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Movie Review: ‘Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close’

Kevin Carr — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 20:05:45 +0000

Rated PG-13
Opens: January 20, 2012
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Tom Hanks, Sandra Bullock, John Goodman and Max von Sydow
Directed by: Stephen Daldry

Kevin says Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close kinda sucks!
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Episode 248 – The Lando Apology

Kevin Carr — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 22:00:35 +0000

This Week: Kevin is awash in love for George Lucas, so he sallies forth to see Red Tails, then an early peek at Haywire. After having a few hopes dashed, he invites Emily Intravia from DeadlyDollsHouse.com and Gleekast to join him to talk about the new movies of the week. They chew the fat about George Lucas hits and misses, Steven Soderbergh’s way of redefining a genre and why British actress Kate Beckinsale sounds like she’s doing a fake British accent in the Underworld movies. They also talk about the Oscar bait flick Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close before going into box office analysis and a special George Lucas Fat Guy Five.

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Part I: A preview of Underworld: Awakening (8:50)

Part II: Review of Red Tails and a tease of Haywire (10:40)

Part III: More on Red Tails and Haywire, then a review of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Box Office Recap, Box Office Predictions and the Fat Guy Five: Five Favorite Non-Star Wars Lucas Projects (1:06:00)

Part IV: DVD Round-Up: License to Drive Blu-ray, Tremors Blu-ray, Bel du Jour Criterion, The Ides of March, Traffic on Criterion Blu-ray, Mad: Season 1 Part 2, Merlin: Season 3, Abduction, Division III: Football’s Finest, Donner Pass and Dirty Girl (6:35)

Next Week:

The Gray, Man on a Ledge and One for the Money

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Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 03/23/10

Kevin Carr — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 09:42:16 +0000

Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Toy Story 1 & 2 on Blu-ray, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The Men Who Stare at Goats, Kröd Mändoon and the Flaming Sword of Fire and The Blind Side

Stinker of the week: Damage.

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Video: Kevin Picks the Big Six Oscar Winners

Kevin Carr — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 11:43:11 +0000

The Friday before the Oscars, Fat Guy Kevin Carr rolled into the FOX 28 studios in Columbus, Ohio for his weekly movie review segment. This week, he picked the winners of the Big Six categories in the Oscars – Best Actor, Best Actress, Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress, Best Director and Best Picture. And he was batting 1.000!

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Movie Review: ‘The Blind Side’

Kevin Carr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:28:03 +0000

Rated PG-13
Opens: November 20, 2009
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Kathy Bates, Tim McGraw, Ray McKinnon and Quinton Aaron
Directed by: John Lee Hancock

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Episode 141 – Big Fat Moon

Kevin Carr — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 10:45:52 +0000

Fat Guys at the Movies is the official podcast of Film School Rejects

On This Week’s Show: Neil squeals about Team Jacob in his review of the highly anticipated The Twilight Saga: New Moon while Kevin struts around the Magical Studio in the Sky with no shirt on, desperately hoping people will mistake him for Taylor Lautner. After recounting their harrowing stories of braving the hoards of teenage girls at their respective screenings, Kevin and Neil take a trip to Planet 51 then are Blind Sided by Precious before laying down a Fat Guy Five about awesome vampire/werewolf movies (hint: neither Twilight film makes the list). There’s also a bizarre discussion of where Somali Pirates might fit into one of this week’s movies… how does that all work? Listen and find out!

Films Reviewed this Week: The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Planet 51, The Blind Side and Precious: Based on the Novel “Push” by Sapphire and Not to Be Confused with the Psychic Warrior Movie That Came Out Earlier This Year That No One Really Remembers Because Sapphire Doesn’t Know Squat About Psychic Warriors

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Segment 1 [8:50] – Reviews of Planet 51 and Precious

Segment 2 [10:40] – Review of The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Segment 3 [12:45] – Review of The Blind Side, Box office recap and the Fat Guy Five: Awesome Werewolf/Vampire Movies

Segment 4 [6:35] – DVD Round-Up: Neil’s picks are Star Trek, Fight Club on Blu-ray and the Gone with the Wind box set; Kevin’s picks include Bruno, It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia: A Very Sunny Christmas, The Kevin Smith Blu-ray Box Set, Drawn Together: The Complete Series, Scrubs: Season 8 on Blu-ray and (God help him) Dane Cook: ISolated INcident; Review Recap and a look ahead to next week.

Next Week’s Show:

Kevin and Neil say Happy Thanksgiving with a possible early show featuring reviews of Old Dogs and Ninja Assassin

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The second episode of Fat Guys at the Movies: Second Reel – Roland Emmerich vs. Michael Bay
FSR’s Weekly Report Card for The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Planet 51, The Blind Side and Precious

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Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 10/13/09

fatguy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:20:41 +0000

Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Disney Christmas DVDs, The Legend of the Seeker: The Complete First Season, The Proposal, Land of the Lost and Drag Me to Hell.

Stinkers of the week: Jackass: The Lost Tapes.

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Episode 130 – Shenanigans!

fatguy — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:23:09 +0000

Fat Guys at the Movies is the official podcast of Film School Rejects

On This Week’s Show: So here we are with another weekend of movies that Hollywood deemed unfit for critical consumption. Kevin and Neil call shenanigans on the studios this week in the Magical Studio in the Sky. Kevin had the gumption to go see the only press screening of Extract while Neil boycotted it out of principle. Word is that even the few press members who got to see Gamer had a chastity belt of a gag order, and All About Steve was only shown in limited markets. Meh! Such is Labor Day weekend. Go rent a DVD or Blu-ray instead of heading to the cinemas. There’s much more quality stuff out at the video store than in the theaters this week.

Films Reviewed this Week: Extract, Gamer and All About Steve

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Segment 2 [10:40] – Previews of Gamer and All About Steve

Segment 3 [13:45] – Box office recap and predictions and the Fat Guy Five: Labor Day Movie Dolldrums

Segment 4 [6:35] – DVD Round-Up: Neil’s picks are DisneyNature’s Earth, Rescue Me Season 5, Sin Nombre and Gladiator & Braveheart on Blu-ray; Kevin’s picks include Heroes: Season 3, Two and a Half Men: Season 6, State of Play, Desperate Housewives: Season 5, Brothers & Sisters: Season 3 and a nod to the older season one release of Lie to Me and Sons of Anarchy; Review Recap and a look ahead to next week.

Next Week’s Show:

Kevin and Neil visit the apocalyptic future with 9, check out some horror with Sorority Row and Whiteout, then do bad all by themselves with Tyler Perry

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FSR’s Weekly Report Card for Extract, Gamer and All About Steve
The Unnamed Podcast at GManReviews.com with Kevin as a special guest

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Movie Review: ‘The Proposal’

fatguy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 11:39:07 +0000

Rated PG-13
Opens: June 19, 2009
Studio: Touchstone
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds, Mary Steenburgen, Craig T. Nelson and Betty White
Directed by: Anne Fletcher

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Episode 120 – One Fat Proposal

fatguy — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 10:58:25 +0000

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On This Week’s Show: Kevin and Neil say “Screw the new films!” and dive into a bed of controversy – Kevin for calling both Sarah Palin and David Letterman idiots and Neil for some racial comments we’re sure he’ll have to apologize for at some point. Oh, and they do talk a little bit about The Proposal and Year One. Later in the show, they unveil a Fat Guy Five about classic historical comedies, and Neil makes the case for Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb even though it was a contemporary comedy in the 60s. And the final answer has also been delivered as to whether Neil can do an effective Schwarzenegger impression.

Films Reviewed this Week: The Proposal and Year One.

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Segment 1 [8:50] – Review of The Proposal

Segment 2 [10:40] – Review of Year One

Segment 3 [12:45] – Box office recap and predictions, Kevin’s rant about Sarah Palin and David Letterman, and the Fat Guy Five: Five Awesome Historical Comedies

Segment 4 [6:35] – DVD Round-Up: Neil’s picks are Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and Burn Notice: Season Two; Kevin’s picks include a Friday teh 13th grab bag, Nature’s Most Amazing Events on Blu-ray and the second season of the family dramas Everwood and The Secret Life of the American Teenager; Review Recap and a look ahead to next week.

Next Week’s Show:
Neil and Kevin review the little indie film called Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen and the billion-dollar blockbuster My Sister’s Keeper

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