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Tag Archives: Kurt Russell

Episode 864 – Lizards and Trolls and Monsters, Oh My!

Posted on November 17, 2023

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This Week: Kevin starts things off with a little discussion of AI and the SAG-AFTRA resolution, then moves on to the kerfuffle with Coyote vs. ACME. Next, he looks at new trailers for The Garfield Movie and Inside Out 2. Later, he reviews The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, Trolls: Band Together, Leo, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off and Monarch: Legacy of Monsters. Finally, he wraps things up with the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on Village of the Damned.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Adam Sandler, AI, Bill Burr, Chris Pratt, Coyote vs. ACME, Godzilla, Inside Out 2, Jason Schwartzman, Justin Timberlake, King Kong, Kurt Russell, Leo, Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, NSYNC, Peter Dinklage, Rachel Zegler, SAG-AFTRA, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off, The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes, The Garfield Movie, The Hunger Games, Tom Blyth, Trolls: Band Together, Village of the Damned, Viola Davis, Warner Bros., Wyatt Russell |

Episode 854 – Start Your Halloween Engines!

Posted on September 8, 2023

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This Week: Kevin starts off with a look at the box office, the Taylor Swift movie, and the success of TubiTV. Next, he looks at new trailers for Mary Had a Little Lamb and Thanksgiving. Later, he reviews The Nun II, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Star Treks Lower Decks: Season 4, I Am Groot: Season 2 and The Thing from Another World. Finally, he wraps things up with a look back at Escape from L.A.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Eli Roth, Equalizer 3, Escape from L.A., Grindhouse, Howard Hawks, I Am Groot, James Arness, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Lower Decks, Marvel, Mary Had a Little Lamb, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, Star Trek, Taissa Fermiga, Taylor Swift, Thanksgiving, The Conjuring, The Nun II, The Thing from Another World, Tubi, Tubi TV, Warner Bros. Discovery, WGA Strike |

Episode 849 – Mutant Megham

Posted on August 4, 2023

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This Week: Kevin starts off with some box office, then addresses the review of a film he hasn’t seen yet. Finally, he bids farewell to Paul Reubens, who died this week. Next, he looks at trailers for Saw X and Loki: Season 2. Later, he reviews Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, Meg 2: The Trench, The Beanie Bubble, Big Top Pee-Wee and Escape from New York. Finally, he takes a look at the new 4K of Nightbreed in the Home-Cinema Round-Up!


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Barbie, Big Top Pee-Wee, Clive Barker, Elizabeth Banks, Escape from New York, Jason Statham, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Loki, Meg 2: The Trench, Nightbreed, Paul Reubens, Pee-Wee Herman, Sarah Snook, Saw X, Seth Rogen, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, The Beanie Bubble, TMNT, Valeria Golino, Zach Galifianakis |

Episode 710 – Never Stop Eating

Posted on November 27, 2020

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This Week: Kevin kicks things off with a look at some more theatrical delays and an honest look into the latest Baby Yoda controversy. Next, he looks at some new trailers for Let Them All Talk and Pieces of a Woman. Later, he reviews the new films The Croods: A New Age, The Christmas Chronicles 2, Happiest Season, Hillbilly Elegy and Mank. Finally, he takes a ride into the Home-Cinema Round-Up, with a spotlight on Sleepless Beauty.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Amy Adams, Baby Yoda, Citizen Kane, David Fincher, Emma Stone, Gary Oldman, Glenn Close, Goldie Hawn, Happiest Season, Herman Mankowicz, Hillbilly Elegy, Kristen Stewart, Kurt Russell, Let Them All Talk, Mackenzie Davis, Mank, Meryl Streep, Nicolas Cage, Peter Dinklage, Pieces of a Woman, Ron Howard, Sleepless Beauty, Steven Soderbergh, The Christmas Chronicles 2, The Croods: A New Age, The Mandalorian |

Episode 709 – Fever Dream of 1970s Insanity

Posted on November 20, 2020

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This Week: Kevin starts off with some shameless self-promotion before talking about the big Wonder Woman 1984 news. Then, he looks at new trailers for Chaos Walking and Tom & Jerry. Next, he reviews the films Vanguard, The Last Vermeer, The Star Wars Holiday Special, The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special and Run. Finally, he leaps into the Home-Cinema Round-Up with a spotlight on The Christmas Chronicles. Ho! Ho! Ho!


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Art Carney, Bea Arthur, Carrie Fisher, Chaos Walking, Guy Pearce, Jackie Chan, Kurt Russell, Mark Hammill, Run, Sarah Paulson, Star Wars, The Christmas Chronicles, The Last Vermeer, The LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special, The Star Wars Holiday Special, Tom & Jerry, Vanguard, Wonder Woman 1984 |

Episode 659 – I Have Spoken

Posted on December 6, 2019

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This Week: Kevin kicks things off with a look at the idea that Disney will be rebooting Planet of the Apes and also sounds off on Adam Sandler’s film threats. Then he looks at trailers for Mulan and No Time to Die. Next, he reviews the films PlayMobil: The Movie, A Marriage Story, The Aeronauts and Dark Waters. He also reviews the new Disney+ TV series The Mandalorian. After looking at the box office, he heads into the Home-Cinema Round-Up, with a spotlight on Big Trouble in Little China.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: 007, A Marriage Story, Adam Driver, Adam Sandler, Amazon Prime, Baby Yoda, Big Trouble in Little China, Dark Waters, Disney, Eddie Redmayne, Felicity Jones, FOX, James Bond, John Carpenter, Kurt Russell, Mark Ruffalo, Mulan, Netflix, No Time to Die, Noah Baumbach, Planet of the Apes, Playmobil: The Movie, Rob Bilott, Scarlett Johansson, Star Wars, The Aeronauts, The Mandalorian |

‘Deepwater Horizon’ Radio Review

Posted on September 30, 2016

Rated PG-13
Opens: September 30, 2016
Kevin says Deepwater Horizon ROCKS!

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Posted in Podcast, Radio Reviews | Tags: Deepwater Horizon, John Malcovich, Kurt Russell, Mark Wahlberg, Peter Berg |

Episode 493 – Halloween Kick-Off

Posted on September 30, 2016

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This Week: Kevin gears up for Halloween with the first weekend of October (even though it starts in September) with a review of the new horror flick Clowntown, set to the dulcet tune of Petula Clark’s “Downtown.” He also sounds off about the upcoming Lion King remake before reviewing the other new films: Deepwater Horizon, Masterminds, Queen of Katwe and Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. Finally, he rounds out the show with some home cinema recommendations as well as a contest for people to win a DVD of Dinesh D’Souza’s film Hillary’s America: The Secret History of the Demoncratic Party. (Hint: To enter, email fatguys@fatguysatthemovies.com and include “Hillary” in the subject line.)


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Clowntown, David Oyelowo, Deepwater Horizon, Dinesh D'Souza, Hillary's America, Jared Hess, Kate McKinnon, Kristen Wiig, Kurt Russell, Leslie Jones, Lupita Nyong'o, Mark Wahlberg, Masterminds, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, Owen Wilson, Peter Berg, Queen of Katwe, Tim Burton, Zach Galifianakis |

Cinema @ Home – December 29, 2015

Posted on December 29, 2015

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.

WORTH BUYING


Bone Tomahawk
Not Rated
Studio: Image Entertainment
Formats available: BD, DVD, VOD
A brilliant horror western featuring Kurt Russell as a sheriff leading a posse to find a kidnapped wife. They face a dangerous cannibal tribe, making this the go-to cannibal movie of 2015 (instead of The Green Inferno).
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Posted in Blu-ray & DVD Reviews, Cinema @ Home, DVD Pick of the Week | Tags: A Walk in the Woods, Anne Hathaway, Bone Tomahawk, Hitman: Agent 47, Kurt Russell, Nancy Myers, Nick Nolte, Robert De Niro, Robert Redford, The Intern |

‘Bone Tomahawk’ Movie Review

Posted on October 24, 2015



bonetomahawkBONE TOMAHAWK
(not rated)
***1/2 (out of 5)

October 23, 2015

STARRING
Kurt Russell as SHERIFF FRANKLIN HUNT
Patrick Wilson as ARTHUR O’DWYER
Matthew Fox as JOHN BROODER
Richard Jenkins as CHICORY
Lili Simmons as SAMANTHA O’DWYER
David Arquette as PURVIS

Studio: RLJ Entertainment

Directed by: S. Craig Zahler
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Posted in Movie Reviews | Tags: Bone Tomahawk, David Arquette, Kurt Russell, Lili Simmons, Matthew Fox, Patrick Wilson, Richard Jenkins, S. Craig Zahler |

Episode 444 – Obligatory Star Wars Click-Bait Headline

Posted on October 23, 2015

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This Week: Kevin starts off a new week with some news, including a rant about how Jeremy Renner is right and Jennifer Lawrence needs to fire her agent. Then he gushes over the new trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens and is reduced to a quivering blob of jelly. Later, he reviews The Last Witch Hunter, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Steve Jobs, Jem and the Holograms and Bone Tomahawk. Finally, to end the show, Kevin looks at the box office and the new releases on home video.


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Aaron Sorkin, Bone Tomahawk, Danny Boyle, Elijah Wood, Jem and the Holograms, Jennifer Lawrence, Jeremy Renner, Kate Winslet, Kurt Russell, Michael Caine, Michael Fassbender, Paranormal Activity: The Ghost Dimension, Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Steve Jobs, The Last Witch Hunter, Vin Diesel |

Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 05/06/14

Posted on May 6, 2014

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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Veronica Mars, Blazing Saddles: 40th Anniversary Blu-ray, The Art of the Steal, Rear Window Blu-ray and Laverne & Shirley: Season 8

Stinker of the week: Peeparama

Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 05/06/14

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Posted in Blu-ray & DVD Reviews, Blu-ray Reviews, DVD Pick of the Week, Podcast | Tags: Alfred Hitchcock, Blazing Saddles, JImmy Stewart, Kurt Russell, Laverne & Shirley, Mel Brooks, Peeparama, Rear Window, The Art of the Steal, Veronica Mars |

Episode 360 – Not in a Genocidal Way

Posted on March 14, 2014

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This Week: Kevin sets the hard news aside this week to rant about everything from spoilers in movie marketing to labeling a movie a bomb even if it makes money. He also looks at some anticipated trailers before diving into the films reviewed for the week: Need for Speed, Veronica Mars, The Single Moms Club and The Art of the Steal. Later, Kevin gives one final chance for listeners to win a copy of Ancient Aliens: Season 5, Volume 2 on Blu-ray, and he also covers the box office and the world famous DVD Round-Up!


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Posted in Fat Guys at the Movies, Podcast | Tags: Aaron Paul, Deliver Us from Evil, High Plains Drfiter, Kristen Bell, Kurt Russell, Need for Speed, Nia Long, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, Terry Crews, The Amazing Spider-Man 2, The Art of the Steal, The Single Moms Club, Tyler Perry, Veronica Mars |

‘The Art of the Steal’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

Posted on March 13, 2014

theartofthesteal_smRated R
Opens: March 14, 2014
Studio: Radius-TWC
Starring: Kurt Russell, Jay Baruchel, Katheryn Winnick, Chris Diamantopoulos, Kenneth Walsh
Directed by: Jonathan Sobol

Kevin says The Art of the Steal kinda rocks!

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Posted in Podcast, Radio Reviews, Reviews | Tags: Chris Diamantopoulos, Jay Baruchel, Jonathan Sobol, Katheryn Winnick, Kenneth Walsh, Kurt Russell, The Art of the Steal |

Blu-ray Blitz: ‘Armageddon’ and ‘Tombstone’

Posted on May 12, 2010

Fat Guy Kevin Carr reviews Walt Disney Studios’ Blu-rays of Armageddon and Tombstone.
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Posted in Blu-ray Blitz, Blu-ray Reviews | Tags: Armageddon, Ben Affleck, Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, Bruce Willis, Giant Asteroids, Kurt Russell, Liv Tyler, Michael Bay, Sam Elliot, Steve Buscemi, Tombstone, Westerns |
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