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Episode 554 – A Movie Little Christmas

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This Week: Kevin kicks off the Christmas season with decorations in the Magical Studio in the Sky and Christmas music abound. He takes a little time from that to bid farewell to Matt Lauer from his last gig at the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, then talks about some new award season news. Later, he takes a look at the new trailer for Avengers: Infinity War and the new new trailer for All the Money in the World. When it comes to the reviews, he looks back at expansions for Last Flag Flying and Marshall. He also takes a look at the award-worthy The Disaster Artist before having a nice conversation with special guest Alonso Duralde, author of the perennial favorite Have Yourself a Movie Little Christmas. Finally, Kevin wraps things up with a bow by talking about the box office and Wind River as the home-cinema spotlight.


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Episode 551 – Making Dinner For Yourself

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This Week: Kevin rolls his eyes as there is even more sexual misconduct allegations rippling through Hollywood, and he tries to wrap his brain around these. Then, he looks at the new trailers for The Disaster Artist and Fifty Shades Freed before launching into reviews of the original Daddy’s Home, its sequel Daddy’s Home 2 as well as Murder on the Orient Express and Wonderstruck. Finally, he wraps things up with some listener feedback, box office reporting and a look at Cars 3 in the Home-Cinema Round-Up!


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Episode 505 – The Big, Fat Christmas Special 2016

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This Week: Kevin celebrates the true meaning of Christmas by first calling out silly #DumpStarWars protests and an even sillier backlash to Wonder Woman and the U.N. Later, he reviews this year’s Christmas releases, including Passengers, Assassin’s Creed, Why Him?, Sing and Fences. He also offers some stocking stuffers in the form of new trailers, box office predictions and last-minute gift ideas in the home cinema round-up! Ho! Ho! Ho!


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Episode 469 – Never Cell Phones in Theaters!

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This Week: Kevin starts off on his soap box, responding to AMC CEO Adam Aron’s comments about the possibility of allowing rampant cell phone use in their theaters. Kevin offers a multi-leveled argument of all the problems that would cause. Later, he also reviews a couple films, including The Jungle Book, Criminal, Barbershop: The Next Cut, The Adderall Diaries, Colonia and Born to Be Blue. As the show wraps up, Kevin offers some insight into the upcoming box office and the home cinema selections.


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Episode 417 – Oh Chimpanzee That Monkey News!

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This Week: Kevin sets his sites on fat jokes for Kevin James as well as a look at the much more intellectual world of monkeys. Of course, he starts off with some movie news, including his take on the Cabin in the Woods lawsuit and the Wonder Woman director debacle. After going gaga over the new Star Wars teaser, he launches into the reviews of the week: Paul Blart 2, Monkey Kingdom, True Story, Unfriended and Beyond the Reach. Finally, it’s about box office and DVDs before sending you off into this fat world.


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‘True Story’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

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truestory_smRated R
Opens: April 17, 2015
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Starring: James Franco, Felicity Jones, Jonah Hill, Gretchen Mol, Ethan Suplee
Directed by: Rupert Goold

Kevin says True Story kinda rocks!

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Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 02/17/15

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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: The Theory of Everything, The Tale of Princess Kaguya, St. Vincent, Birdman and The Interview

Stinker of the week: Dying of the Light

Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 02/17/15

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Episode 375 – Mumboest Jumboest Mumbo Jumbo

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This Week: Kevin blasts into the Magical Studio in the Sky with a packed show and tons of excitement. After rattling through some movie news and addressing a listener’s question about Superman sequels, he moves on to talk about Kim Jong-un and how the dictator fits into this week’s Trailer Park. Then, it’s off to the movies with reviews of The Internet’s Own Boy, Radio Free Albemuth, Transformers: Age of Extinction, They Came Together and Cabin Fever: Patient Zero. In addition, Kevin also interviews Jillian Murray for her role in Cabin Fever: Patient Zero before going through the box office and giving instructions on how to win your own copy of Enemy on DVD (see below for more info). Then, it’s on with the DVD Round-Up and time to ride off into the sunset.


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Episode 357 – Boo-dee-hoo-hoo!

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This Week: Kevin battles a violent episode of the show with raging volcanoes, CIA wet-work specialists, murdering Victorian-era Parisan housewives and planes from Pearl Harbor. He also weighs in on the Fantastic Four casting news as well as highlights the Guardians of the Galaxy trailer before heading into the movie reviews. This week’s selections include Pompeii, 3 Days to Kill, In Secret and The Wind Rises. Later, he plays a kudos voice mail, goes through the box office, rips on Katherine Heigl and dresses down Shia LaBeouf in response to James Franco’s New York Times letter of support. Just a standard day at the office in the Magical Studio in the Sky.


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‘Homefront’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

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homefront_smRated R
Opens: November 29, 2013
Studio: Open Road Films
Starring: Jason Statham, James Franco, Kate Bosworth, Frank Grillo, Izabela Vidovic
Directed by: Gary Fleder

Kevin says Homefront kinda rocks!

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Episode 345 – Call Me Gator

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This Week: Kevin and Kristin get ready for Turkey Day and Kill-Your-Fellow-Shopper Day by looking at the oodles of new movies out in theaters this week. Most of them are family-themed musicals, like Oldboy, Philomena and Homefront. There’s also Black Nativity and Frozen to have some fun with as well. There is some development news that tramples Patrick Swayze’s grave as well as some idiotic Wall Street blundering in response to the unbridled success of The Hunger Games: Catching Fire. Finally, it’s a quick ride through box office news and the DVD Round-Up!


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‘Spring Breakers’ Blu-ray Review

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springbreakersbdSPRING BREAKERS

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MOVIE: *1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: ***1/2 (out of 5)

STARRING
James Franco as ALIEN
Selena Gomez as FAITH
Vanessa Hudgens as CANDY
Ashley Benson as BRIT
Rachel Korine as COTTY
Gucci Mane as ARCHIE

Studio: A24

Directed by: Harmony Korine
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