Tag: movie reviews
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Review: ‘The Party,’ Invitations Are Out, But It May Not Be For Everyone
Janet (Kristin Scott Thomas) has just achieved a new level of political success and decided that the best way to celebrate would be to invite some close friends over for a dinner party. Of course, this group of people is arguably as dysfunctional as they come. April (Patricia Clarkson) and her boyfriend Gottfried (Bruno Ganz)…
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Podcast: BLACK PANTHER, The Good, The Bad, And What Its Success Means
I’ve just returned from my second trip to Wakanda, and now I think it’s a good time to talk BLACK PANTHER! On this week’s Cinema Royale I’ll be joined by my buddy, fellow WAFCA and BFCA member, and president of the Black Reel Awards, Tim Gordon, to talk about Marvel’s first major film in years…
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Review: ‘The Clapper’ Starring Ed Helms, Amanda Seyfried, And Tracy Morgan
The Clapper is about a man named Eddie Krumble (Ed Helms) who has a job as an infomercial audience member. He’s basically paid to clap, look interested, laugh and more on these things. Pretty down on his luck, things turn sideways with unexpected and wanted fame when he becomes the focus of an ongoing joke…
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Podcast: Cinema Royale Previews Sundance 2018!
With the 2018 Sundance Film Festival right around the corner, it’s time for me and Joblo.com’s Chris Bumbray to rap about all of the movies that you’ll be talking about for the rest of the year. Except we’ll have seen them mad early. After freezing our asses off under tents. Plus we’ll review PADDINGTON 2…
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Review: ‘Insidious: The Last Key’ Starring Lin Shaye
The wide-release, low-budget, horror scene of the last decade has been driven by a single studio…Blumhouse. Jason Blum and his company has done more for horror then any other single studio that I can think of, at least any other studio dealing exclusively in horror…certainly Dimension is up there as well. Under that Blumhouse banner…
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Podcast: PITCH PERFECT 3, THE POST, Plus Reactions to THE LAST JEDI & BRIGHT
Before Santa comes barreling illegally down the chimney, Cinema Royale has a couple of gifts of its own under the tree. Rogerebert.com’s Susan Wloszczyna joins me so we can perform a duet review of PITCH PERFECT 3! Then we do our due dilligence and review Steven Spielberg’s THE POST because they’ll murder us here in DC…
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Podcast: The STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI (mostly) Spoiler Free Review Show!
Christmas has come early! STAR WARS: THE LAST JEDI is here and we’ve got a lot to talk about! I’ll be joined by Flixist.com’s Matt Razak to spoil EVERYTHING!!!! Okay no, we won’t. Seriously, we will try not to ruin anything in our extreme excitement to talk Star Wars. No promises! I mean, that thing…
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Podcast: Cinema Royale Reviews A Really Good Movie About An Epically Bad One
Can there be a really good, perhaps Oscars worthy movie about one of the worst movies ever? And can it be done by James Franco? This week on Cinema Royale I’ll be reviewing James Franco’s THE DISASTER ARTIST about the making of Tommy Wiseau’s bizarre, atrocious THE ROOM! And I’ll be saying “Oh hai Hannah…
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Podcast: Cinema Royale Tackles Three Awards Season Contenders
It’s the second episode of Cinema Royale this week! Who says you don’t have anything to give thanks for?? Now, are these movies worth being thankful for? I’ll be joine by my homie Chris Bumbray of Joblo.com to review Denzel Washington’s legal thriller, ROMAN J. ISRAEL, Esq. That will be followed by Gary Oldman’s much…
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Podcast: Does JUSTICE LEAGUE Unite the League or Destroy It?
Does JUSTICE LEAGUE unite the League or destroy? Following the success of WONDER WOMAN can Warner Bros. keep the momentum going with JUSTICE LEAGUE? On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, I’ll be joined by Matt Razak of Flixist.com and Jeff Lyles of Lyles Movie Files for a slightly spoilery review of the anticipated…