Episode 422 – Disney Wonder vs. Human Centipede

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This Week: Kevin celebrates Memorial Day weekend with a long slate of movies to run down for the long weekend. He gives some interesting news stories but soon gets distracted again by gender politics about Maggie Gyllenhaal. Later, he weeps over the Batkid Begins trailer before moving on to the reviews of Tomorrowland, Poltergeist, Slow West, Human Centipede 3 (Final Sequence), Good Kill and Tangerines. Finally, he wraps things up with some brilliant box office predictions and the even more brilliant DVD Round-Up!


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Marathon Chat #10

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On This Episode: Now that the 32nd Annual Sci-Fi Marathon is a thing of the past, and the 7th Annual Horror Marathon is in the not-so-distant future, Joe decides to sit down with Kevin and give their own oral history of the marathon experience. In this first installment of this mini-series, Joe and Kevin reflect on what it was like to experience their first marathon and how the old Drexel North days influenced their movie-watching experience over the years. It’s a trip down memory lane, delving into the fascinating decades of human history: the 1980s and 1990s!

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‘Far From the Madding Crowd’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

farfromthemaddingcrowd_smRated PG-13
Opens: May 1, 2015
Studio: Fox Searchlight
Starring: Juno Temple, Carey Mulligan, Michael Sheen, Tom Sturridge, Matthias Schoenaerts
Directed by: Thomas Vinterberg

Kevin says Far From the Madding Crowd kinda sucks!

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‘I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

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Opens: May 15, 2015
Studio: Tribeca Films
Starring: Frank Oz, Jim Henson, Matt Vogel, Sonia Manzano, Caroll Spinney
Directed by: Dave LaMattina, Chad N. Walker

Kevin says I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story ROCKS!

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Episode 421 – Big Bird, Mad Maxine and Explodey Goodness!

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This Week: Kevin takes a break from talking too much about gender politics in Hollywood (though not completely) to run down some development and TV news. Then he looks at trailers for some fall movies, one which may be unexpected good and another that will have fans freaking out with holographic rage. Later, Kevin reviews a huge slate of big and small films, including Mad Max: Fury Road, Pitch Perfect 2, Far From the Madding Crowd, I Am Big Bird: The Caroll Spinney Story, Animals and Echoes of War. Finally, Kevin explains why the Bellas might beat the Avengers at the box office before unleashing his Cylon raiders on the galaxy-famous DVD Round-Up!


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‘Roar’ Movie Review



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(PG)
***1/2 (out of 5)

November 12, 1981

STARRING
Tippi Hendren as MADELAINE
Noel Marshall as HANK
Melanie Griffith as MELANIE
John Marshall as JOHN
Jerry Marshall as JERRY
Kyalo Mativo as MATIVO

Studio: Drafthouse Films

Directed by: Noel Marshall
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‘Hot Pursuit’ Movie Review



hotpursuitHOT PURSUIT
(PG-13)
** (out of 5)

May 8, 2015

STARRING
Reese Witherspoon as COOPER
Sofia Vergara as DANIELLA RIVA
Matthew Del Negro as DETECTIVE HAUSER
Michael Mosley as DETECTIVE DIXON
Robert Kazinsky as RANDY
Richard T. Jones as DETECTIVE JACKSON
Joaquin Cosio as VINCENTE CORTEZ
John Carroll Lynch as CAPTAIN EMMETT

Studio: Warner Bros.

Directed by: Anne Fletcher
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