Showcast Episode 11: The longest, most jam-packed Showcast yet!…’cause you can’t make enough jokes about “The Smurfs 2”. The Movie Guys are also visited in studio by Hollywood Movie Titleists, who explain the work that goes into complex movie names like “2 Guns”, and prolific director Willy Laszlo talks about his adventures in the worlds of comedy short films and reality TV.
Showcast Episode 10: Wolverine makes his sixth appearance on the big screen and The Movie Guys are all over it. Plus, they preview Aubrey Plaza in “The To-Do List”, take a look at movie news and have a Comic-Con report, including an interview with legendary independent filmmaker Lloyd Kaufman of Troma Entertainment.
The Movie Guys send good friends from The Hater Nation Radio Show & Podcast, MC Hater and Ali, to a screening of “Pacific Rim”. They record their thoughts going to and from the movie. Should they have high expectations? Will there be time for beer and food? Will they spoil the ending? Stay tuned…
Showcast Episode 9: The Movie Guys celebrate Ryan Reynolds week with previews of his new films “Turbo” and “R.I.P.D.”. Also, they take in a horror movie trailer they’ve always wanted to hear and preview the new action film “Red 2”. Plus, a specialist stops by to explain animation casting. Then film producer Pat Peach stops by to talk movies and movie-making.
Showcast Episode 8: Let’s call it a ‘mini-Showcast’. Movie Guys Lee Kias and Adam Witt hit the “Pacific Rim” premiere to get a few comments out of Guillermo del Toro and play “Is that Charlie Day?”, all in the un-ending red carpet presence of Chris Hardwick.
Showcast Episode 6: Stand-up comic Robert Buscemi joins The Movie Guys for the whole show as they preview Roland Emmerich’s latest way to destroy our nation’s capitol, “White House Down” and also the Sandra Bullock/Melissa McCarthy comedy “The Heat”. Plus, a look at upcoming Flockbusters, and the show’s latest sponsor sparks a look at who could be cast as The Movie Guys on-screen cop buddies.
New movie trailers include “300: Rise of an Empire”, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “The Butler”, “Diana”, “The Family”, “Free Birds”, “Disney’s Frozen”, “Girl Most Likely”, “Insidious 2”, “Jobs”, “The Lego Movie”, “Machete Kills”, “The Wolf of Wall Street”
It’s a big movie weekend as The Movie Guys look at upcoming films “World War Z” and “Monsters University”, including a call in to Monsters University of Phoenix. They also welcome special guests Herm Winningham, who is a zombie, and writer/actor/director Mitch Rouse, who is not.
Realizing the son of Jor-El is living amongst the humans on Earth, a warning is issued from General Zod and Rebecca Martinson to give over the alien or else.
The Movie Guys send good friends from The Hater Nation Radio Show & Podcast, MC Hater and Ali, to a screening of “This is the End”. They record their thoughts going to and from the movie. Will the film be hilarious? Will they get there in a car with only one headlight? Will they be allowed in the theater? Stay tuned.
Showcast Episode 4: Locked up safely in a Bomb Shelter, The Movie Guys lament their final Showcast before the world ends. But it doesn’t end without previews of “Man of Steel” and “This is the End”. Plus, a handy once-over of an apocalypse survival guide, a look at a hi-tech superhero movie title generator and finally a visit from guests Yelena Popovic and Alexander Zisiades, who talk about their new indie film “L.A. Superheroes: Illegal in Hollywood”.
Showcast Episode 3: The new film “The Internship” inspires Paul to interview for new Movie Guys interns, also the new thriller “The Purge” gets previewed, including it’s straight-to-DVD companion piece. Plus, our signature look at movie news and a long talk with indie filmmaker Paul Osborne on the eve of the Los Angeles debut of his new film, “Favor”.
Showcast Episode 2: This week’s Showcast gets all Shyamalan-y with previews of “After Earth” and “Now You See Me”. Plus, The Movie Guys take to the street to talk celebrity children, the triumphant return of radio magician The Amazing Mono and guest Mike J. Nichols talks up the 30th anniversary of “Return of the Jedi”, including a tribute to little-known legend and Millenium Falcon co-pilot, Nien Nunb.
It seems like the career of M. Night Shyamalan has gotten to the point where “it’s not embarrassing” is high compliment.
The filmmakers have wisely taken a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach here.
The characters were creative and the universe that formed around them was charming, but nothing was committed to.
Showcast Episode #1: The Movie Guys return in their brand-new weekly comedy show “The Movie Showcast” This week, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen preview “6Fast 6Furious”, or whatever it’s called, “The Hangover, Part III”, “Epic, Part One” and they welcome special guest Chip Krolik to review “Star Trek Into Darkness”.
The Movie Guys weekly comedy show comes back at the end of May. In the meantime, Paul, Adam, Lee & Karen crank out another test show, talking about what films they’ve seen lately and a preview of “Star Trek Into Darkness”.
They say the devil is in the details, and it certainly was with this film.
Movie Guys Paul Preston, Karen Volpe, Adam Witt & Lee Kias test out the audio juice of The Admiral’s Club, their new Burbank-based podcast studio. There’s lively talk and previews of “The Great Gatsby” and “Peeples” in between planes flying overhead.
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s “Broad Topics” to preview the big summer movies. This is no place for art-house films…
In the end, Bay has a made a film struggling with the fact that it’s a Michael Bay film. It’s fun to watch the best parts peak through Bay’s usual main ingredient – excess.
Movie news from The Movie Guys includes big changes for Grauman’s Chinese Theater, behind-the-scenes photos from “The Empire Strikes Back” and a message from General Zod.
It’s like having an orange popcicle, the mild orange taste is pleasing enough, but no one ever spends much time thinking about it afterwards, its banished from our thoughts because while the taste is good, it’s also unremarkable.
Honestly, I’m trying to remember what happened during the mid part of this movie other then a few hazy isolated moments of plot development
The dialogue was it’s only strong area, but liking the film because of that would be akin to thinking a park bench a good snack because someone spilled your favorite espresso on it.
The demon-speeding-through-the-woods shots that we’ve come to love in the original are still in tact and still effective.
The Movie Guys LIVE! Radio Show welcomes the world’s only Radio Magician, The Amazing Mono. Listen to his amazing feats of illusion and slights of what we’re told by host Paul Preston, are his hand.
Kerr Lordygan reviews another horror film for themovieguys.net, continuing his “From the Dark Side” series. This time out, he reviews the new release “The Last Exorcism, Part II”
Not as much fun as a pageant of big-breasted women.
Movie Guys Paul Preston and Karen Volpe stopped in on LA TALK RADIO’s “Broad Topics” to update host Laura Nickerson on what’s out in the movie theaters for the month of November, including “Flight”, “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Skyfall”, “Lincoln” and more.
Be that guy at the party who knows shit. Movie Guy Matteo Molinari has compiled facts to impress the people around you, organized in numerical fashion. Enjoy.
Ridley Scott’s neo-noir, cyberpunk vision of Los Angeles in 2019 is one of those touchstone filmic environments that is so imaginative and so fully realized onscreen that it immediately transports you into its reality. Would it were that something more memorable happened there.
Is this the best movie ever made? Well, the great thing about movies is that arguing what the best one of all time is can keep you arguing until you pass out. But this is certainly my favorite, hands down.
“The Odd Life of Timothy Green” is about a sterile couple, so…start getting excited.
This film plays out like a quality western without the old west.
Perhaps in years to come, once we’ve gotten a little more distance on it, the entire Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy will be thought of in the public mind less as an entire piece, and more along the lines of “The one with Heath Ledger in it as Joker, and the other two.”
The Movie Guys give the once-over to July movie releases, including SAVAGES, THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, KATY PERRY: PART OF ME, ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL DRIFT, STEP UP: REVOLUTION and THE WATCH. Quick, sharp and funny, we’ll tell you what they’re all about.
Prepare for old people sex. Meryl moaning, crotch shots of Tommy Lee Jones. Just don’t say I didn’t prepare you.
