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Episode 476 – As Relevant as Kanye West’s Burps

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This Week: Kevin continues explaining why fan service based on Internet demands is a bad thing, particularly when it comes to the new Star Wars movie. He also offers a fresh alternative to the grand James Bond debate. Later, he reviews the new films Me Before You, The Congressman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows, Almost Holy and Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Finally, as he wraps things up, he offers some box office insight and home cinema recommendations.


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Episode 468 – Hardcore Fatty

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This Week: Kevin gets ready to take on six movies this week, including The Boss, Hardcore Henry, Demolition, Midnight Special, Remember and One More Time. Of course, first he has to sound off about the new Rogue One: A Star Wars Story trailer and the strawman backlash that it caused. Later, he also offers some more Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice box office analysis as well as some home viewing selections in the Home Cinema Round-Up!


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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Blu-ray Review

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starwarstheforceawakensbdSTAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS

(PG-13)
MOVIE: ****1/2 (out of 5)
BLU-RAY EXPERIENCE: **** (out of 5)

STARRING
Harrison Ford as HAN SOLO
Mark Hamill as LUKE SKYWALKER
Carrie Fisher as GENERAL LEIA ORGANA
Adam Driver as KYLO REN
Daisy Ridley as REY
John Boyega as FINN
Oscar Isaac as POE DAMERON
Lupita Nyong’o as MAZ KANATA
Andy Serkis as SUPREME LEADER SNOKE
Domhnall Gleeson as GENERAL HUX
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Peter Mayhew as CHEWBACCA

Studio: Lucasfilm

Directed by: J.J. Abrams
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Episode 460 – I Know What the Ladies Like

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This Week: Kevin pours the champagne and breaks out the fresh strawberries. It’s wooing time for the women in the Magical Studio in the Sky. First, Kevin covers some movie news, then takes a look at the new trailers. Then to sex things up, he reviews How to Be Single, Zoolander 2, Deadpool, Southbound and Tumbledown. Later, he offers some DVD suggestions, but not before answering a Roar!-inspired listener question. XXOO


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Episode 454 – Best and Worst of 2015

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This Week: Kevin dresses up in his Baby New Year diaper and rings in 2016 with a final accounting of the last films to be released: The Hateful Eight and Anomalisa. Of course, he can’t start this without some Star Wars talk, so he deconstructs Carrie Fisher’s tantrum on Twitter and mansplains why there are not as many girl characters in the toy market. Later, he breaks down the Best and Worst of 2015 before offering his wisdom on box office predictions and the home cinema recommendations. Happy New Year!


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Episode 452 – Star Wars: The Fat Awakens

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This Week: Kevin runs around, giddy as a schoolgirl, celebrating the release of a new Star Wars movie, but he also makes sure to talk about some of the other films going up against this juggernaut at the box office. After looking at some scant news, he dissects the problems with the Star Trek Beyond teaser (and the damage control that followed) and gives a thumbs up to Independence Day Resurgence, Kevin launches into reviews of Alvin and the Chipmunks (in full-on chipmunk voice), Body, Sisters and of course Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Later, he gives his insane predictions about the box office and offers some home cinema suggestions.


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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Movie Review by Kevin Carr

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theforceawakens_smRated PG-13
Opens: December 18, 2015
Studio: Lucasfilm
Starring: Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford, Carrie Fisher, John Boyega, Daisy Ridley, Adam Driver
Directed by: J.J. Abrams

Kevin says Star Wars: The Force Awakens ROCKS!

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Movie Review

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theforceawakensSTAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS
(PG-13)
****1/2 (out of 5)

December 18, 2015

STARRING
Harrison Ford as HAN SOLO
Mark Hamill as LUKE SKYWALKER
Carrie Fisher as GENERAL LEIA ORGANA
Adam Driver as KYLO REN
Daisy Ridley as REY
John Boyega as FINN
Oscar Isaac as POE DAMERON
Lupita Nyong’o as MAZ ANATA
Andy Serkis as SUPREME LEADER SNOKE
Domhnall Gleeson as GENERAL HUX
Anthony Daniels as C-3PO
Peter Mayhew as CHEWBACCA

Studio: Lucasfilm

Directed by: J.J. Abrams
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Episode 435 – You No Doctor Who!

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This Week: Kevin takes a few minutes to address the backlash to the success of Straight Outta Compton before dealing his own form of backlash to a celebrity who wants to be the new Doctor Who. Later, Kevin reviews American Ultra, Sinister 2, Hitman: Agent 47, The End of the Tour and Kahlil Gibran’s The Prophet before moving into the box office news and his world-famous DVD Round-Up!


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Episode 416 – Porn Story Characters

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This Week: Kevin churns through the rumor mill, giving his thoughts on a Lynchless Twin Peaks, the Star Wars HD downloads, a remake of a reimagining of a revamp, and a totally unnecessary sequel. Then after some trailers, he reviews this week’s movies, including The Longest Ride, While We’re Young, Cut Bank, Kill Me Three Times and Merchants of Doubt. Finally, he talks about the box office and gives the scant DVD recommendations.


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Episode 412 – Felicity Jones in Star Wars, Yes Please!

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This Week: Kevin rolls into the development announcements from Disney (including Frozen 2, Star Wars, Tron 3 and a live-action Dumbo). He also looks at clowns and Sherlock Holmes in the Trailer Park. Later, he reviews Cinderella, Run All Night, Red Army and Wild Canaries. As he wraps things up, Kevin looks at the Ghostbusters news this week, talks about the box office and let’s everyone in on some suggestions for home video watching in the world-famous DVD Round-Up!


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Episode 407 – Steven Seagal Should Do Hamlet

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This Week: Kevin takes some time to talk about the Super Bowl from last week… not the game, of course, but the movie trailers that dropped during the show. But before this special segment of the Trailer Park, Kevin looks at Disney’s teeth in regards to Star Wars leaks and the idiocy of a Ben-Hur remake. Later, Kevin reviews the new movies, including Jupiter Ascending, Seventh Son, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Song of the Sea and Match. Then he looks at what box office record American Sniper did not snatch last weekend before leading the audience in the world-famous DVD Round-Up!


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Episode 383 – Doctor Who Sex Appeal

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This Week: Before Kevin launches into the five movies to review this week, he waxes poetic about sex appeal and companions of Doctor Who, as well as wonders about a Blu-ray release of the unaltered original Star Wars trilogy. After commenting on some trailers, he reviews the line-up: If I Stay, Calvary, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For, When the Game Stands Tall and To Be Takei. Later, he looks at the box office and the real reason why The Expendables 3 tanked. Finally, Kevin looks at the DVD releases and rides off into the sunset.

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Episode 372 – Oh My God on Game of Thrones!

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This Week: Death and pestilence comes to the Magical Studio in the Sky! Fortunately, Kevin has beaten back the pestilence and is now fighting the good fight with a raspy Demi Moore voice and no shirt. But there’s nothing to do about the death, which is inherent in almost all of the movies this week: Edge of Tomorrow, The Fault of Our Stars, Obvious Child, The Sacrament and Anna! It’s only Burt’s Buzz that keeps things light and fluffy. Kevin talks oodles of Star Wars and superhero news before later rattling off some sure-to-be genius box office predictions and the world-famous DVD Round-Up!


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Episode 370 – Batman vs. Superman: Fuzzy Kittens

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This Week: It’s another super weekend at the box office, and Kevin is ready to tackle the new films: X-Men: Days of Future Past, Blended, Belle and The Hornet’s Nest. Of course, he can’t start without going into some news, which includes a Batman vs. Superman update and a Star Wars program. Later, after reviewing the new films, Kevin gives some in-depth analysis of why Guardians of the Galaxy doesn’t have to do Iron Man numbers at the box office, and later some recommendations for DVDs and Blu-rays.


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