Movie Review – Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
Vol. 2 of the oddest space team in the universe continues Marvel’s remarkable winning streak.
Vol. 2 of the oddest space team in the universe continues Marvel’s remarkable winning streak.
This is the least of the efforts since franchise-saver Dwayne Johnson came aboard.
Paul Preston’s ongoing effort to watch a movie a day for the rest of his life. Today’s movies – “Here Lies Joe” & “Digital Edition”.
This week Paul heads up his team of Karen, Adam & Bart to take fresh looks at “The Fate of the Furious” and “Gifted”.
Former guest comic Joe Canale returns to The Admiral’s Club for previews of new movies – “The Founder”, “Split” and “xXx: Return of Xander Cage”.
We can’t be too picky with our car movies because we love them despite their flaws, but these movies exemplify a genre bias.
Showcast Episode 123: Movie talk meets music talk as special guest director Denny Tedesco joins The Movie Guys in studio to talk about his new documentary “The Wrecking Crew”, chronicling the legendary studio musicians of the ’60s and ’70s. Plus, previews of new movies – “The Last Witch Hunter”, “Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension”, “Jem and the Holograms” and Karen’s head explodes at the thought of Bill Murray in “Rock the Kasbah”.
First and foremost you should know that “Furious 7” is a bunch of bullshit. Once you get beyond knowing that it’s just not a story of this Earth, you can have a fun time!
Showcast Episode 94: Movie geekery runs amok as IMDB over-achiever Glenn Morshower joins The Movie Guys in studio for great stories about “Star Trek: Generations”, “Transformers”, “Black Hawk Down” and more, including his stint as the great Aaron Pierce on the TV show “24”. There’s also roundtable talk of his new film “Flutter”, opening on V.O.D. April 7th. Plus, “Furious 7”, the weekend’s sole major release, gets a thorough once-over.
New movie trailers include “Ant-Man”, “Dragon Blade”, “Entourage”, “Fantastic Four”, “Furious 7”, “In the Heart of the Sea”, “Insurgent”, “Jurassic World”, “Magic Mike XXL”, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron”, “Minions”, “Pitch Perfect 2”, “Poltergeist”, “San Andreas”, “Spy”, “Star Wars: The Force Awakens”, “Ted 2”, “Terminator Genisys”, “Tomorrowland” and “True Story”
James Gunn not only got it right, but he’s possibly pulled off the best Marvel movie yet.
Showcast Episode 61: This show is jam-packed, and can only be described with bullet points:
• Paul returns from Comic-Con, bringing interviews with Robert Picardo (“Star Trek: Voyager”), Mira Furlan (“Lost”) and “Space Command” writer/director Mark Zicree in tow.
• Impressionist and comedian John DiDomenico sits in the whole show.
• Previews of “Guardians of the Galaxy” and “Get On Up”
• The triumphant return of Karen’s Birthday’s as Karen is back from two months out of town, delivering rapid-fire reviews of what she saw while she was gone.
Showcast Episode 16: The Movie Guys preview this week’s big theatrical release, “Riddick”, and then get special guest Craig Cackowski on the mic (and cowboy hats on their heads) to fire up a new edition of “Indie Round-Up!”, covering all the independent films in theaters now. Also, Craig’s “Top 100 Films of All Time” list gets a thorough once-over.
The filmmakers have wisely taken a “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” approach here.
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”.
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…
New movie trailers include “2 Guns”, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs 2”, “The Company You Keep”, “Disney’s Planes”, “Fast and Furious 6”, “Favor”, “The Hangover, Part III”, “The Internship”, “Kick-Ass 2”, “Monsters University”, “The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones”, “Red 2”, “This is The End”, “The Wolverine”, “To The Wonder” and “World War Z”.
Adam Witt says that if a franchise goes so far as to make four movies, you should probably tune in.
After watching “Fast Five”, I realized it would become a quick classic you’ll turn on while cleaning the living room or doing taxes