This Week: Kevin starts things with a look at some Cinemacon news as well as the box office from last weekend. Then, he looks at new trailers for Jurassic World: Dominion and Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris. Later, he reviews Memory, The Offer, Outer Range, Ten Percent and Hard Cell. Finally, he wraps things up with a look at the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Better Call Saul: Season 6.
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This Week: Kevin looks back at the box office from Halloween Kills and then compares it to other pandemic releases. He also grumbles about Rob Zombie’s new look for The Munsters. Next, he looks at new trailers for Cowboy Bebop and The Batman. Later, he reviews the new films Dune, The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, The Harder They Fall, Just Beyond and Invasion. Finally, he takes a look at the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Wes Craven’s Deadly Friend.
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This Week: Kevin winds up for another superhero film weekend with some news before looking at trailers for BlackKKlansman and Bohemian Rhapsody. Later, he reviews Book Club, Show Dogs and Pope Francis: A Man of His Words. He also brings special guest, his 14-year-old son Ben, into the Magical Studio in the Sky to help him review Deadpool 2. Finally, things wrap up with the box office and the Home-Cinema Round-Up, featuring Black Panther.
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This Week: Kevin gears up to kick off the summer movie season by reviewing Avengers: Infinity War, the most anticipated films of the year. He also dives into a retrospective of the Marvel movies with a Fat Guy Five. Before this, he looks at new trailers for Oceans 8 and Venom. Later, he looks at the box office and reviews the smaller indie film Lean on Pete. Finally, he wraps things up with a look back at Paddington 2 in the Home-Cinema Round-Up!
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This Week: Kevin gets set to look at the bevy of new movies for this week, including Only the Brave, The Snowman, Mark Felt: The Man Who Brought Down the White House, Walking Out, Breathe, Geostorm and Boo 2: A Madea Halloween. He also gives his possibly not-quite-politically-correct take on the #MeToo movement. Kevin also takes a listener question before launching into the Home Cinema Round-Up, with a spotlight on Girls Trip. Holla!
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This Week: Kevin celebrates Super Bowl weekend by not talking about football at all. (After all, have we learned nothing from the film Concussion aside from how white the Oscars are?) First he talks about some low-level movie news and highlights upcoming trailers. Later, he reviews the films Pride & Prejudice & Zombies, The Choice, Hail Caeser! and 45 Years, then a quick listener recommendation review of Honeymoon. Later in the show, Kevin talks about the box office and some pretty awesome picks for this week’s home cinema watching. Home run!
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This week’s suggestions of new content on Blu-ray, DVD and streaming for maximum home viewing enjoyment.
Be sure to listen live each Tuesday morning on 700 WLW, when Kevin gives his top recommendations to Mike McConnell.
Also, tune in each week to the Fat Guys at the Movies radio program to hear Kevin talk about the top recommendations for home cinema for the week.
Sicario
Rated R
Studio: Lionsgate
Formats available: BD, DVD, VOD
My pick for the best film of 2015, this thriller about the drug war on the U.S.-Mexico border is shot like a horror movie, featuring fantastic performances by Benecio Del Toro and Josh Brolin.
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INHERENT VICEJanuary 9, 2015
STARRING
Joaquin Phoenix as LARRY “DOC” SPORTELLO
Josh Brolin as DET. CHRISTIAN F. “BIGFOOT” BJORNSEN
Owen Wilson as COY HARLINGEN
Katherine Waterston as SHASTA FAY HEPWORTH
Reese Witherspoon as PENNY KIMBALL
Benicio del Toro as SAUNCHO SMILAX, ESQ.
Studio: Warner Bros.
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
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Rated R
Opens: January 9, 2015
Studio: Warner Bros.
Starring: Joaquin Phoenix, Benicio Del Toro, Sasha Pieterse, Jena Malone, Josh Brolin
Directed by: Paul Thomas Anderson
Kevin says Inherent Vice kinda sucks!
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: The Rodgers & Hammerstein Collection, Escape from Tomorrow, The Legend of Hercules, Gimme Shelter and Devil’s Due
Stinker of the week: Labor Day
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 04/29/14
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LABOR DAYJanuary 31, 2014
STARRING
Kate Winslet as ADELE
Josh Brolin as FRANK
Gattlin Griffith as HENRY
Tobey Maguire as ADULT HENRY
Tom Lipinski as YOUNG FRANK
Maika Monroe as MANDY
Clark Gregg as GERALD
James Van Der Beek as OFFICER TREADWELL
Studio: Paramount
Directed by: Jason Reitman
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Rated PG-13
Opens: January 31, 2014
Studio: Paramount
Starring: Kate Winslet, Josh Brolin, Gattlin Griffith, Tom Lipinski, Clark Gregg
Directed by: Jason Reitman
Kevin says Labor Day kinda sucks!
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This Week: Kevin kicks things off with a happy birthday to Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, then moves onto some news about Quentin Tarantino going bonkers after which he looks at some of the new trailers that have dropped this past week. Then, he moves onto the bad movies like Best Night Ever and Labor Day before talking about the better ones like That Awkward Moment and Tim’s Vermeer. Finally, he goes through some box office results and a review of the Oscar-Nominated Shorts. Finally, it’s the DVD Round-Up before riding off into the sunset.
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OLDBOYNovember 27, 2013
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Josh Brolin as JOE DOUCETT
Elizabeth Olsen as MARIE SEBASTIAN
Sharlto Copley as THE STRANGER
Samuel L. Jackson as CHANEY
Michael Imperioli as CHUCKY
Pom Klementieff as HAENG-BOK
Studio: FilmDistrict
Directed by: Spike Lee
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Rated R
Opens: November 29, 2013
Studio: FilmDistrict
Starring: Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen, Sharlto Copley, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Imperioli
Directed by: Spike Lee
Kevin says Oldboy kinda rocks!
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