BLADES OF GLORYMarch 30, 2007
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Will Ferrell as CHAZZ MICHAEL MICHAELS
Jon Heder as JIMMY MACELROY
Will Arnett as STRANZ VAN WALDENBERG
Amy Poehler as FAIRCHILD VAN WALDENBERG
Jenna Fischer as KATIE VAN WALDENBERG
William Fichtner as DARREN MACELROY
Craig T. Nelson as COACH
Studio: DreamWorks
Directed by: Josh Gordon & Will Speck
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What’s better than watching Roger Ebert talk about movies on TV? Listening to two Fat Guys from Film School Rejects spout off about movies in the comfort of your own office, car or even your bedroom (if you are Jessica Biel, that is. She listens to our show in the nude.) Today we are proud to bring you Episode 1 of our NEW Podcast, Fat Guys at the Movies. Hosted by Kevin Carr of 7m Pictures and myself, Neil Miller, Fat Guys at the Movies is a revolution in film criticism. If you are sick of all of the stuffy, snobby film critics who drone on and on about film theory and artsy-fartsy films or you can’t handle the random fanboy blogging from his mom’s basement, then we are your cure.
This Week’s Episode: Welcome to the Program!
On this week’s show, we will review this weekends feature releases: Blades of Glory, starring Will Ferrell and Jon Heder; The Lookout, starring Joseph Gordon Levitt; and the Disney animated flick Meet the Robinsons. We also talk about what is hot right now on DVD, who is making News in the movie business and which trailers are getting us all jacked up for the summer movie season!
To read our full print reviews of each film, please use the links below:
Neil Miller — Blades of Glory | Meet the Robinsons | The Lookout
Kevin Carr — Blades of Glory | Meet the Robinsons | The Lookout
Also, here are some links from some of the stories we talked about on the show:
7m Pictures – The Home of Kevin Carr
Trailers: 28 Weeks Later | The Bourne Ultimatum | I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry | Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End | War Inc.
Former MPAA Head Jack Valenti suffers a stroke [Source: Monsters & Critics]
Nanny Diaries pushed back, Scarlett Johannson to be used as Oscar Bait [Source: /Film]
That’s our show for this week! Be sure to check back next week as we will take a look at Grindhouse and other fine bits of movie news!
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MEET THE ROBINSONSMarch 30, 2007
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Angela Bassett as MILDRED
Daniel Hansen as LEWIS
Matthew Josten as GOOB
Laurie Metcalf as LUCILLE KRUNKLEHORN
Stephen J. Anderson as BOWLER HAT GUY
Harland Williams as CARL
Adam West as UNCLE ART
Nicole Sullivan as FRANNY
Studio: Disney
Directed by: Stephen J. Anderson
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THE HILLS HAVE EYES 2March 23, 2007
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Michael McMillian as NAPOLEON
Jessica Stroup as AMBER
Daniella Alonso as MISSY
Jacob Vargas as CRANK
Lee Thompson Young as DELMER
Ben Growley as STUMP
Studio: Fox Atomic
Directed by: Martin Weisz
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TMNTMarch 23, 2007
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Chris Evans as CASEY JONES
Sarah Michelle Gellar as APRIL O’NEIL
Make as MASTER SPLINTER
Kevin Smith as DINER
Patrick Stewart as MAX WINTERS
Laurence Fishburne as NARRATOR
Ziyi Zhang as KARAI
Mitchell Whitfield as DONATELLO
James Arnold Taylor as LEONARDO
Mikey Kelley as MICHAELANGELO
Nolan North as RAPHAEL
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Kevin Munroe
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SHOOTERMarch 23, 2007
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Mark Wahlberg as BOB LEE SWAGGER
Michael Pena as NICK MEMPHIS
Danny Glover as COLONEL ISAAC JOHNSON
Kate Mara as SARAH FENN
Elias Koteas as JACK PAYNE
Rhona Mitra as ALOURDES GALINDO
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Directed by: Antoine Fuqua
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REIGN OVER MEMarch 23, 2007
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Adam Sandler as CHARLIE FINEMAN
Don Cheadle as ALAN JOHNSON
Jada Pinkett Smith as JANEANE JOHNSON
Liv Tyler as ANGELA OAKHURST
Saffron Burrows as DONNA REMAR
Studio: Columbia Pictures
Directed by: Mike Binder
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PRIDEMarch 23, 2007
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Terrence Howard as JIM ELLIS
Bernie Mac as ELSTON
Kimberly Elise as SUE DAVIS
Tom Arnold as BINK
Brandon Fobbs as PUDDIN HEAD
Alphonso McAuley as WALT
Regine Nehy as WILLIE
Nate Parker as HAKIM
Studio: Lion’s Gate
Directed by: Sunu Gonera
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THE LAST MIMZYMarch 23, 2007
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Chris O’Neil as NOAH WILDER
Rhiannon Leigh Wryn as EMMA WILDER
Joely Richardson as JO WILDER
Timothy Hutton as DAVID WILDER
Rainn Wilson as LARRY WHITE
Kathryn Hahn as NAOMI SCHWARTZ
Michael Clarke Duncan as NATHANIAL BROADMAN
Studio: New Line Cinema
Directed by: Robert Shaye
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An Interview with Wes Craven and Jonathan Craven, writers and producers of “The Hills Have Eyes 2″
BY KEVIN CARR
Horror maven Wes Craven has joined with his son Jonathan Craven to write the sequel to the 2005 horror remake “The Hills Have Eyes.” This new film follows a group of partially-trained soldiers who stumble across a band of terrifying mutants in the hills of the American desert southwest. Wes Craven made the original “The Hills Have Eyes” and a sequel to it in the mid-1970s.
Excepts from the interview follow. Hear the entire interview here…
KC: HOW MANY EYES DO THESE HILLS HAVE?
WC: Thousands. As one character says in the film when another character says how many do you think there are, too many. I don’t know… too many.
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DEAD SILENCEMarch 16, 2007
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Ryan Kwanten as JAMIE ASHEN
Amber Valletta as ELLA ASHEN
Donnie Wahlberg as DET. JIM LIPTON
Michael Fairman as HENRY WALKER
Joan Heney as MARION WALKER
Bob Gunton as EDWARD ASHEN
Laura Regan as LISA ASHEN
Studio: Universal
Directed by: James Wan
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PREMONITIONMarch 16, 2007
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Sandra Bullock as LINDA HANSON
Julian McMahon as JIM HANSON
Nia Long as ANNIE
Kate Nelligan as JOANNE
Amber Valletta as CLAIRE
Peter Stormare as DR. NORMON ROTH
Shyann McClure as MEGAN HANSON
Courtney Taylor Burness as BRIDGETTE HANSON
Studio: Tristar Pictures
Directed by: Mennan Yapo
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I THINK I LOVE MY WIFEMarch 16, 2007
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Chris Rock as RICHARD COOPER
Kerry Washington as NIKKI TRU
Gina Torres as BRENDA COOPER
Steve Buscemi as GEORGE
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Directed by: Chris Rock
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An Interview with Julian McMahon, star of “Premonition”
BY KEVIN CARR
On March 16, “Premonition” will open. The film stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose humdrum existence is thrown into an uproar when she has premonitions of her husband’s death. Julian McMahon plays her husband, Jim, a man who doesn’t believe her messages about the future. Excepts from the interview follow.
Excepts from the interview follow. Hear the entire interview here…
KC: HAVE YOU EVER HAD A PREMONITION?
JM: I have actually, to a certain extent. I’ve had a feeling – a very strong feeling – about something that actually occurred a couple days later.
KC: WAS IT ODD TO FILM A MOVIE THAT TAKES PLACE OUT OF ORDER, SINCE MOVIES ARE ALREADY SHOT OUT OF ORDER?
JM: All movies are all shot out of order, so you have that concept of what came before and what came after. This was a little more difficult because the time frames were so skewed. This is all over the place. As much as it was all over the place in the movie, it was at least as much in the script, maybe even more. For me, because I come in and out of it consistently, I’d play a Tuesday before I even got to it. It was a little tricky, but it did span over a week, so you could kinda contain it.
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An Interview with Nia Long, star of “Premonition”
BY KEVIN CARR
On March 16, “Premonition” will open. The film stars Sandra Bullock as a woman whose humdrum existence is thrown into an uproar when she has premonitions of her husband’s death. Nia Long plays her best friend, Annie, who tries to be understanding in the face of fantastic claims. Excepts from the interview follow.
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KC: TELL US ABOUT “PREMONITION.”
NL: It’s kind of a mind twister for the audience because the film goes from reality to Sandra Bullock’s premonition of her husband being killed in a car accident. The interesting thing as you watch the film is it’s sort f this journey between did this happen in real time or is it the premonition that it’s going to happen some time in the future.
KC: WHAT PART DO YOU PLAY IN THE FILM?
NL: I play Annie, which is Sandra’s best friend in the film. I kind of made a backstory for her because on the page, the character isn’t fully fleshed out. But you do get the sense that these two girls have been friends for a long time, that they went to college together. Annie’s still single. She’s still in search of the husband, the kid and the white picket fence, and Sandy’s character kinda has all that on lock-down. What connects them is that their lives are totally different, but they have that core friendship in common.
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