This Week: Kevin starts off with a look at the hubbub around Scarlett Johansson’s latest casting backlash. Later, he looks at new trailers for Destination Wedding and The Grinch. He also reviews the new films Ant-Man and the Wasp, The First Purge, Whitney and the 50th anniversary of Yellow Submarine. Finally, he wraps up the show with some home-cinema recommendations, including The China Hustle and The Cured.
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This Week: Kevin takes a few detours in this episode, taking a look at a kind listener email as well as finally getting back in the swing of things to talk about a listener recommendation. He also covers the new movies The Birth of a Nation, The Girl on the Train, Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life and Phantasm: Ravager. Finally, he wraps up the show with a vintage review of Wonder Boys before offering some box office wisdom and home cinema recommendations.
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ANT-MANJuly 17, 2015
STARRING
Paul Rudd as SCOTT LANG / ANT-MAN
Michael Douglas as DR. HANK PYM
Evangeline Lilly as HOPE VAN DYNE
Corey Stoll as DARREN CROSS / YELLOWJACKET
Bobby Cannavale as PAXTON
Judy Greer as MAGGIE LANG
Abby Ryder Fortson as CASSIE LANG
Michael Peña as LUIS
David Dastmalchian as KURT
T.I. as DAVE
Studio: Marvel
Directed by: Peyton Reed
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Rated PG-13
Opens: July 17, 2015
Studio: Marvel
Starring: Paul Rudd, Evangeline Lilly, Hayley Atwell, Corey Stoll, Michael Douglas
Directed by: Peyton Reed
Kevin says Ant-Man ROCKS!
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This Week: Kevin launches into the mid-point of summer movie season by celebrating a new Marvel movie. But first, he reacts to some minor Comic-Con news and looks at the DC Cinematic Universe trailers for Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice and Suicide Squad. Later in the show, he reviews Ant-Man, Trainwreck, Mr. Holmes and the Syfy movie Sharknado 3: Oh Hell No! before looking the listener recommended Torch Song Trilogy. Finally, he gives his sure-fire-accurate box office predictions and offers some recommendations in the DVD Round-Up!
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Rated R
Opens: April 17, 2015
Studio: Roadside Attractions
Starring: Jeremy Irvine, Michael Douglas, Hanna Mangan Lawrence, Ronny Cox, Patricia Bethune
Directed by: Jean-Baptiste Léonetti
Kevin says Beyond the Reach kinda sucks!
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This Week: Kevin gets set to offend the women in the audience for dissing the new trailer for Fifty Shades of Grey. For good measure, he also has a few things to say about the trailer for Dear White People just in case there aren’t enough people mad at him. But first, he explains why he doesn’t go to the San Diego Comic-Con, then talks about some news from the event. Later, he reviews the new movies Hercules, Lucy, And So It Goes and Wish I Was Here before also giving his final thoughts on Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. Then, he’s left with box office and the DVD Round-Up before riding off into the sunset.
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A CHORUS LINE
(PG-13)
MOVIE: **1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: * (out of 5)
STARRING
Michael Douglas as ZACH
Alyson Reed as CASSIE
Terrence Mann as LARRY
Sharon Brown as KIM
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
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This Week: Kevin and Kristin get ready for the month of Thanksgiving by talking about some turkeys, in particularly the turkey of a film Free Birds. They also review Last Vegas, Ender’s Game the off-kilter Man of Tai Chi. News discussed includes new Star Wars shenanigans, John Belushi and a secret Marvel project. They also answer a listener question and recommend some DVDs (which are hopefully not all turkeys).
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OSNAP: Vagina Glazed Mouth
This week, Merrill reveals the sad truth of his solo-podcasting ventures and a secret origin that leaves Kevin asking the only question worth asking, can he hear it? Then Kevin tells a tale of the ultimate fail ever perpetrated with “reply-all.” All of it leading to a wacky news discussion, including wondering just what it means to be gone down on by Michael Douglas. Oh, snap!
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THE WAR OF THE ROSES
(R)
MOVIE: *** (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: ***1/2 (out of 5)
STARRING
Michael Douglas as OLIVER ROSE
Kathleen Turner as BARBARA ROSE
Danny DeVito as GAVIN D’AMATO
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Directed by: Danny DeVito
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Rated R
Opens: January 20, 2012
Studio: Relativity Media
Starring: Gina Carano, Channing Tatum, Ewan McGregor, Michael Douglas and Michael Fassbender
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
Kevin says Haywire ROCKS!
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HAYWIREJanuary 20, 2012
STARRING
Gina Carano as MALLORY
Michael Angarano as SCOTT
Channing Tatum as AARON
Michael Douglas as COBLENZ
Antonio Banderas as RODRIGO
Ewan McGregor as KENNETH
Michael Fassbender as PAUL
Bill Paxton as MR. KANE
Directed by: Steven Soderbergh
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This Week: Kevin is awash in love for George Lucas, so he sallies forth to see Red Tails, then an early peek at Haywire. After having a few hopes dashed, he invites Emily Intravia from DeadlyDollsHouse.com and Gleekast to join him to talk about the new movies of the week. They chew the fat about George Lucas hits and misses, Steven Soderbergh’s way of redefining a genre and why British actress Kate Beckinsale sounds like she’s doing a fake British accent in the Underworld movies. They also talk about the Oscar bait flick Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close before going into box office analysis and a special George Lucas Fat Guy Five.
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole, Devil, Salt, The Town and Step-Up 3
Stinker of the week: Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps
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