Karen’s Birthdays, 9/10/15 – Hugh Grant & Colin Firth
Karen Volpe’s celebrity birthday celebration segment from the September 9th, 2015 Movie Showcast – Hugh Grant & Colin Firth
Karen Volpe’s celebrity birthday celebration segment from the September 9th, 2015 Movie Showcast – Hugh Grant & Colin Firth
Paul Preston’s annual, exhaustively-researched, category-by-category breakdown of the entire Oscars for 2017
All the nominees in the awards race for the movies of 2016, all in one place.
It may have taken nine months, but Universal brings us the first romantic comedy of 2016.
Showcast Episode 117: The Movie Guys are joined by great guest and rapid-fire story machine Doug Jones (“Hellboy”, “Pan’s Labyrinth”) for tales from movie sets and red carpets. Plus, previews of “The Visit” and “The Perfect Guy”, which has Karen conjuring up her own vision of the perfect guy, cobbled together from Hollywood celebs.
I worry about Ritchie’s signature as a director. Coming on the scene with films like “Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels” and “Snatch”, he lately seems like a director-for-hire
Showcast Episode 17: A preview of “Insidious: Chapter 2” sparks another round of Creepy Kids Singing and after a preview of “The Family”, a surprise guest risks his life to talk about all the films that are in witness protection. Plus, improv legend and podcast host Dave Razowsky joins us, and at one point rants about “Lee Daniels’ The Butler” to where we named this Showcast episode after his rant.
(“Lee Daniels’ The Butler” spoilers abound)
Reviews and articles by Paul Preston and Mary Gent