Category Archives: Fat Guys at the Movies

Episode 397 – Austin Powers with Penguins

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This Week: It’s time to talk turkey, and to talk turkeys, and to talk movie turkeys. Kevin Carr is happy to oblige. But first, he rattles through some casting, directing and trailer news before leading into the blockbuster trailer park to look at Cinderella and Jurassic World. Later in the show, Kevin reviews Horrible Bosses 2, Penguins of Madagascar and The Babadook, also giving his recommendations for the best turkeys to watch over the long Thanksgiving weekend. Finally, Kevin wraps things up with a Mockingjay box office analysis and the world famous DVD Round-Up! Gobble gobble!


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Episode 396 – No, I’m an Idiot

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This Week: This week, Kevin is hanging up his bow and arrow for mightier weapons, and he’s going to war with the Capital… or at least he will start to until next year when things can rightfully conclude. Kevin takes aim at The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part I, The Theory of Everything, Rosewater and V/H/S: Viral. However, before that commences, he weighs in on some news, particularly the Bill Cosby hullabaloo. Later in the show, Kevin answers a listener question and then makes his hefty box office predictions before rattling through some DVD and Blu-ray recommendations. Then, it’s on to the Hunger Games… next year.


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Episode 395 – Christopher Nolan Is M. Night Shyamalan

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This Week: Kevin charges through the chilly Thanksgiving season by serving up a smorgasbord of movies to review, including Dumb and Dumber To, Beyond the Lights, Beside Still Waters and Wolves. But first, he looks at a smaller smorgasbord of frustrating and confusing superhero news, as well as considering who he would like to mace in a movie theater. Later, he delivers a backlash to the backlash to the backlash against Christopher Nolan and Interstellar before chewing through the box office and some DVD recommendations.


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Episode 394 – Where Are My Groupies?

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This Week: Kevin flies off into space to catch the first big blockbusters of the holiday movie season. He confront’s Matthew McConaugheyhey’s cry-face as well as joining up with robotically-enhanced superheroes. After taking some frustrations out on the sociopath Lena Dunham, he looks at some anticipated trailers before heading into the movies reviews of Big Hero 6, Listen Up Philip, Laggies and Interstellar. Later, he looks at the larger debate of film versus video before talking box office and DVD selections for the week.

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Episode 393 – Two Turtles Play Chess

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This Week: It is officially Halloween (though it becomes November on the weekend itself), so Kevin is saying good-bye to all of his horror movies for the year. He also goes through some of the movie news, including Marvel’s huge info dump this week. Then he talks about some upcoming trailers before reviewing some films: Before I Go to Sleep, The ABCs of Death 2, Nightcrawler, Horns and Saw: 10th Anniversary. Later, Kevin talks about some of the horror movies he watched during the month of October, then offers some box office predictions and DVD/Blu-ray recommendations.

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Episode 392 – Uwe Boll, You’re a Coward!

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This Week: The week before Halloween has Kevin getting ready to scare the pants off of anyone who is wearing too many pants. He rattles through some movie news before going on a tear about Renee Zellweger and her un-Zellweger-ish looks. Then he looks at two new hot trailers before rolling into the movie reviews of John Wick, Ouija, Birdman, Dear White People and Dead Snow 2: Red vs. Dead. Finally, Kevin gets into the spirit of things by finishing up with wild box office predictions and some DVD recommendations.

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Episode 391 – Frank Depiction of Sex

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This Week: As Halloween swings into full gear, Kevin goes to war with men, women & children. He also goes to war against internet movie news journalism and non-news being reported about comic book movies. After sampling some trailers, he rolls into the reviews, covering The Book of Life, The Best of Me, Fury, Men Women & Children and St. Vincent. Finally, he works himself up over the box office and DVDs before checking out for his weekend at the 24-hour horror movie marathon! Boo!

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Episode 390 – The Most Profitable Pigeon-Holing You Can Do

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This Week: It still counts as horror movie month as Kevin rolls into the second weekend of October. He takes a bite out of Dracula Untold and also offers reviews of The Judge, Alexander and the Terrible Horrible No Good Very Bad Day, Kill the Messenger and Automata. Of course, he also talks about some movie news and backs up into the trailer park. Later, he rolls through the box office and gives his picks for the world famous DVD Round-up! Yee-haw, and boo!

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Episode 389 – Batman Meets Madea

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This Week: Kevin continues with his month of horror movies for October, but not before weighing in on the news of the week, including silly claims by Kevin Smith, reboot news, why Netflix’s new deals aren’t that new, and why he is totally okay with the new direction of Twilight. Then, it’s off to review the new films: Annabelle, Gone Girl, Left Behind, Stephen King’s A Good Marriage and The Two Faces of January. Kevin also wraps things up with the box office and the world-famous DVD Round-up! Boo times two!

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Episode 388 – What Are You Doing With That Tribble?

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This Week: Kevin jumps the gun this week in anticipation for a horror-movie-filled October (which doesn’t actually start until next week). Still, that doesn’t stop him from planning all of his scary movie watching. However, before he does that, he looks at some odd and disappointing movie news, then reviews the new movies of the week: The Equalizer, The Boxtrolls, The Skeleton Twins and Love Is Strange. Later, amid the horror movie plans, he also looks at the box office and the DVDs and Blu-rays available this week. Boo!

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Episode 387 – Zombies Attract Time Lords

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This Week: Kevin juggles a ton of movies this week, most of which should have come out in previous weeks when the schedule was lighter. He talks about some low-key movie news before rattling into the reviews of The Maze Runner, A Walk Among the Tombstones, This Is Where I Leave You, Tusk and The Zero Theorem. Then he rolls into the box office and DVDs, all in all a busy week in the Magical Studio in the Sky.

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Episode 386 – It’s My Job to Say This Is Crap!

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This Week: Kevin pulls back the veil on his swanky job as a movie reviewer and gives the audience some keen insight on what happens when a studio doesn’t want an audience to see its movie (cough… cough… No Good Deed). He also talks about how smaller independent companies market their movies that have a proven track record of audiences staying away (cough… cough… Atlas Shrugged: Who Is John Galt?). And then there’s reviews of The Drop, Dolphin Tale 2 and Life After Beth as well. Kevin also talks movie news (mostly superhero stuff), eulogizes Richard Kiel, answers another listener question, looks at new trailers, examines last week’s box office and recommends some DVDs and Blu-rays.

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Episode 385 – Jennifer Lawrence’s Boobs

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This Week: Kevin kicks off the slump of the week after Labor Day by first paying a bit of tribute to Richard Attenborough and Joan Rivers. Then he moves on to the massive news story of the week: Jennifer Lawrence’s boobs. After thoroughly offending everyone about the nude celebrity photo leak, Kevin looks at a couple new trailers and heads into the reviews: Thunder in the House of Magic, The Identical and Innocence. Finally, he wraps things up by answering a listener question, examining the box office and rounding up this week’s new DVDs.

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Episode 384 – Absolutely Bonkers

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This Week: Kevin celebrates Labor Day by acknowledging that it’s a terrible time for movie releases, traditionally. Still, that doesn’t stop him from reviewing The November Man, As Above/So Below, The Congress, Frank and Ivory Tower. Kevin also looks at the shocking news about Hello Kitty and Full House. Later, he talks about the box office and DVDs before going into Labor… Day.

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Episode 383 – Doctor Who Sex Appeal

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This Week: Before Kevin launches into the five movies to review this week, he waxes poetic about sex appeal and companions of Doctor Who, as well as wonders about a Blu-ray release of the unaltered original Star Wars trilogy. After commenting on some trailers, he reviews the line-up: If I Stay, Calvary, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, When the Game Stands Tall and To Be Takei. Later, he looks at the box office and the real reason why The Expendables 3 tanked. Finally, Kevin looks at the DVD releases and rides off into the sunset.

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