Ep. 165: This week’s guest is a winner as stand-up comic and filmmaker Samantha Hale is the perfect fit with the show. Two new releases get previewed: Don’t Breathe & Mechanic: Resurrection.
Good timely social commentary but it easily gets steamrolled by the persistent raunch fest
Director Lowery employs a lot to buoy the sentiment, going for an unapologetically romantic take on boyhood fantasy.
Ep. 164: Three new films this week and The Movie Guys are all over ’em: War Dogs, Ben-Hur & Kubo and the Two Strings and author Kevin Theis (Confessions of a Transylvanian) sits in the whole show.
Justin Bowler looks at “Game of Thrones” – is it a depiction of medieval literature OR of the medieval world itself?
Ep. 163: Access Hollywood film critic Scott “Movie” Mantz joins The Movie Guys in The Admiral’s Club for rapid fire previews of new releases Sausage Party, Pete’s Dragon and Florence Foster Jenkins.
Does Suicide Squad have its share of entertaining moments? Most definitely.
Ep. 162: Two new films get the business as The Movie Guys preview Suicide Squad and Nine Lives with special guest stand-up comic Jason Webb. Also, a Comic-Con roundtable.
About two-thirds of the way through the film, I was reminded just how exciting action can be without special effects.
Justin Bowler sums up his time at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con for TheMovieGuys.net
Alan Moore’s gotta be pissed.
Ep. 161: Comedian and great friend of The Showcast Robert Buscemi sits in the whole show with The Movie Guys to talk new releases Jason Bourne, Bad Moms and Nerve.
Ep. 160: It’s a big weekend and The Movie Guys bring full previews of Star Trek Beyond, Ice Age: Collision Course, Absolutely Fabulous & Lights Out, and actor Chris Mulkey stops by to talk about his career.
The creators of each show, David Schickler & Jonathan Tropper (Banshee) and Jonathan Logan (Penny Dreadful), made a thoughtful decision to end their shows where they felt they should be.
Ironically, for a movie that stars all women, this movie had the balls to be the movie it wanted to be.
Ep. 159: The Movie Guys don’t need no stinking guests when the only movie worth talking about this week is Ghostbusters! Karen’s favorite movie of all time sparks tons of talk about the ’80s original, trivia, a Movie Guys Quote-Off, profiles of some legendary and not-so-legendary characters from the franchise, a Ken Burns take on dealing with online haters and a flashback to The Movie Showcast’s original preview of Ghostbusters from 1984.
How is The BFG, the first team up between Disney and director Steven Spielberg not a bigger deal?
Critics and moviegoers just aren’t in line anymore
Ep. 158: Tons of jokes (perhaps too many) about this week’s new releases, The Secret Life of Pets and Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, also a mashup look at The Secret Life of Zac Efron. Plus, The Movie Guys are joined all episode long by TV actor Kurt Scholler, whose improv troupe, The Resistance, performs an improvised movie every week at the ioWest Theater in Hollywood.
Ep. 157: There is MUCH to discuss with this week’s special guest Robert Meyer Burnett, director of the classic Free Enterprise, who is also one of the makers of the Star Trek fan film series Axanar. He discusses Paramount’s new fan film guidelines, working in the Star Trek Universe and the future of the franchise. As ever, the show kicks off with extended movie previews, this week covering the big 4th of July weekend – The BFG, The Legend of Tarzan and The Purge: Election Year.
You’ll laugh a ton at this movie
Pixar has done it again. When they are at they best, they find a combination of laughs, action and heart that few other animated (or live action) films can match.
Ep. 156: The Movie Guys cover a trio of new movies trying to get a jump on the upcoming 4th of July holiday weekend – The Shallows, Independence Day: Resurgence and Free State of Jones. All three get the thorough preview treatment. Sitting in the whole show is actor Chris Williams, currently recurring on HBO’s Silicon Valley and soon to be seen on the new CBS series The Great Indoors. We talk all of that, plus his appearances in Curb Your Enthusiasm, The World’s Fastest Indian, Dodgeball and more!
I have a twisted fascination with cults. The focus on smaller sects are the ones that are mesmerizing and right now seem to be another cultural touchstone. Another indication of troubled times, lost souls and perhaps a universal cry for change.
Let’s say you’re in Hollywood and you’ve no desire to come up with an original idea. You’re thinking – remake.
Ep. 155: Ghostbusters season is upon us! Karen’s excited as The Movie Guys finally get someone from Ghostbusters in studio – The Stay Puft Marshmallow Man. William Bryan was the actor inside the Stay Puft suit in the classic comedy and he joins the show with stories about working on the sets of not only Ghostbusters, but Army of Darkness, Bicentennial Man and more. Plus, previews of Central Intelligence and Finding Dory, including a look at how Peter Gabriel’s “Solsbury Hill” is STILL finding its way into movie trailers.
BONUS: Donald Drumpf calls into the show!!!
The Conjuring 2 succeeds mostly because of Wan’s ability as director to trust the audience will be with the film during the film’s quiet and unhurried moments.
Paul Preston of The Movie Guys interviews John Bennardo, director of “The Two Dollar Bill Documentary”.
I gotta admit that halfway through “Warcraft”, I was pretty damn puzzled as to what the hell was going on.
Ep. 154: Sequel week continues with two new franchise “seconds” – The Conjuring 2 and Now You See Me 2. The Movie Guys cover them all as well as franchise “first” Warcraft. Sitting in the whole show is writer/producer Brian Bradley, the week of the debut of his new TV series, Uncle Buck, based on the classic film.
In most cases of a remake, you’re being subjected to the cynical trappings of a money-grab. And despite the sad corpses of failed remakes that litter the ground in Hollywood, if ONE hits big, then it’s open season to greenlight more…
A long time ago we used to tell ourselves the kind of stories these two shows are portraying. The mythologies, legends and stories of gods and witches, ghosts and creatures otherworldly, that magic and glamour of the supernatural.
Ep. 153: A longtime guest wish is fulfilled as ’80s icon Diane Franklin of the legendary films “Better Off Dead…” and “Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure” joins the Movie Guys in studio! Plus, previews of new films “Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping”, “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows” and “Me Before You”.
Ah, screw it. I enjoyed this movie.
Ep. 152: The big holiday weekend sees the release of two huge summer films, X-Men: Apocalypse and Alice Through the Looking Glass, and The Movie Guys are all over them both with full, patented comedy previews. Then guest Damion Poitier, seen in theaters right now in Captain America: Civil War joins the show to discuss being involved in some of the coolest films and TV shows of the last fifteen years.
There’s a new horror auteur in town and he goes by the name of Mike Flanagan.
Despite the pedigree on display in the new of-the-moment drama, Money Monster, the whole doesn’t equal the sum of its parts.
Ep. 151: This week The Showcast is live from Whedonopolis, the all-things-Joss-Whedon fan convention in Los Angeles where Paul, Karen, Adam & Bart find time to preview new releases Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising, The Nice Guys and The Angry Birds Movie. They are joined the whole show by A Christmas Story and Transformers actor Zack Ward, at the fest to talk about his two-episode arc on Whedon’s Dollhouse and more. The Movie Guys nab him to talk about his directorial debut, Restoration.
A wonderful celebration of independent filmmaking that provides a platform for the unique voice that captures our imaginations and gives us hope for the kind of movies that do more than just entertain.
Ep. 150: The Movie Guys celebrate 150 episodes and three years in their studio, The Admiral’s Club with special guest Paul Bunnell, director of The Ghastly Love of Johnny X. Also, previews of Money Monster and The Darkness with a very in-depth look at what it means when a film is ‘based on a true story’.