This Week: Kevin bids farewell to legendary Batman actor Adam West and ponders the future of Wonder Woman’s optimism in the films. After looking at some trailers, he reviews 47 Meters Down, All Eyez on Me, Rough Night and Paris Can Wait. Later, he brings back his son to help review Cars 3, look at the box office and highlight The LEGO Batman Movie in the Home Cinema Round-Up!
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FINDING DORYJune 17, 2016
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Ellen DeGeneres as DORY
Albert Brooks as MARLIN
Ed O’Neill as HANK
Kaitlin Olson as DESTINY
Hayden Rolence as NEMO
Ty Burrell as BAILEY
Diane Keaton as JENNY
Eugene Levy as CHARLIE
Studio: Pixar
Directed by: Andrew Stanton
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This Week: Kevin churns through some development news before looking at some trailers for the holiday season. Then he reviews the new films Finding Dory, Central Intelligence, Clown, The Witness and Dheepan. As things wrap up, he offers some box office wisdom and also gives some classic home cinema recommendations.
Featured music: Now You See Me 2 Original Motion Picture Soundtrack by Brian Tyler
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Rated PG
Opens: June 17, 2016
Kevin says Finding Dory ROCKS!
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This Week: Kevin takes a few shots at the Warcraft success in China and LGBT demands for Pixar and Star Wars before launching into the reviews of the sequels of the summer, including The Conjuring 2 and Now You See Me 2. Other films reviewed include Warcraft, Maggie’s Plan and Rabin: The Last Day. In the final segment, Kevin offers a bit of Ghostbusters love with a Fat Guy Movie Food Review of the Key Lime Slime Twinkie and the Hi-C Ecto-Cooler, before talking about some of the home cinema recommendations for the week.
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On This Episode: Kevin speaks with Bryn Imagire, the Shading Art Director for Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur.
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This Week: Kevin celebrates Thanksgiving by tearing into the turkey box office of Mockingjay: Part 2, chiding those who are making unnecessary excuses for the bloated franchise. He then offers up reviews of the new films The Good Dinosaur, Creed, Victor Frankenstein and The Danish Girl. Later, he talks to Bryn Imagire from Pixar about The Good Dinosaur, gives his take on the box office and offers some suggestions for home video viewing.
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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.
Inside Out
Rated PG
Studio: Disney
Formats available: 3D BD, BD, DVD, VOD
Pixar does it again with this brilliant animated film about a young girl’s emotions inside her head. It’s a great treat for the whole family and one of the best films of the year. (Bonus content includes shorts, multiple behind-the-scenes featurettes, deleted scenes, commentary and trailers.)
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INSIDE OUTJune 19, 2015
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Amy Poehler as JOY
Phyllis Smith as SADNESS
Richard Kind as BING BONG
Bill Hader as FEAR
Lewis Black as ANGER
Mindy Kaling as DISGUST
Kaitlyn Dias as RILEY
Diane Lane as MOM
Kyle MacLachlan as DAD
Studio: Pixar
Directed by: Pete Docter
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This Week: Kevin loosens his belt and devours six movies this week, after taking some time to talk horrific entertainment news and to look at the new trailers (including the sure-to-be-amazingly-bad A Deadly Adoption with Will Ferrell and Kristen Wiig). Then, he moves onto the new movies of the week, including Inside Out, Dope, Hungry Hearts, The Stranger, The Connection and The Yes Men Are Revolting. Finally, Kevin puts forth his theory as to why Jurassic World did so monstrously well last weekend and eventually ends with some recommendations in the world-famous DVD Round-Up!
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MONSTERS UNIVERSITY
(G)
MOVIE: ***1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)
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Billy Crystal as MIKE
John Goodman as SULLIVAN
Steve Buscemi as RANDY
Helen Mirren as DEAN HARDSCRABBLE
Peter Sohn as SQUISHY
Joel Murray as DON
Sean Hayes as TERRI
Dave Foley as TERRY
Charlie Day as ART
Studio: Disney/Pixar
Directed by: Dan Scanlon
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Kevin’s picks on DVD this week: Monsters University, Cars 3D, R.I.P.D., Santa Claus Conquers the Martians and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist
Stinker of the week: Yo Gabba Gabba Christmas
Kevin Carr’s DVD Rundown for 10/29/13
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This Week: Kristin and Kevin rattle through the slate of movies, both big and small, this week. Selections include the thriller Prisoners and the incomprehensible Battle of the Year in wide release. There’s also Enough Said and Thanks for Sharing in limited release. They also talk about the genius Twitter thoughts of Jaden Smith, The Little Mermaid: Second Screen Experience, additional Star Wars and Pixar news, and some box office and DVDs. It’s a jam-packed show for a jam-packed show.
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This Week: Kevin and Kristin check out the big releases for the 4th of July weekend (including Despicable Me 2 and The Lone Ranger), and they also give nods to smaller movies for the week (including Kevin Hart: Let Me Explain and Best Friends Forever). They also talk about how feminism relates to The Heat, as well as some news about Pixar sequels. There’s also some talk about box office winners, losers and predictions (which includes movie totals in the trillions of dollars… trillions, I tell you!). Finally, there’s some DVD and Blu-ray release. And when we say “some,” we really mean just a few.
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Rated G
Opens: June 21, 2013
Studio: Disney/Pixar
Starring: Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Dave Foley and Julia Sweeney
Directed by: Dan Scanlon
Kevin says Monsters University kinda rocks!
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