Cinema Royale

It's GODZILLA!!!! The King of All Monster deserves the biggest of summer movies, and on this week's show we'll see if Godzilla lives up to all of the incredible anticipation! Plus, Godzilla director Gareth Edwards joins the show to talk about the challenges of bringing the movie monster to the big screen! Jack Giroux of Film School Rejects joins us to talk Godzilla and the Disney baseball dramedy Million Dollar Arm starrng Jon Hamm.  

A review of the indie drama, God's Pocket, directed by John Slattery (Mad Men) and featuring one of Philip Seymour Hoffman's final performances. The film also stars Christina Hendricks, John Turturro, Eddie Marsan, and Richard Jenkins. PLOT: When Mickey's crazy step-son Leon is killed in a construction 'accident', nobody in the working class neighborhood of God's Pocket is sorry he's gone. Mickey tries to bury the bad news with the body, but when the boy's mother demands the truth, Mickey finds himself stuck in a life-and-death struggle between a body he can't bury, a wife he can't please and a debt he can't pay.

A review of the psychedelic stoner comedy, Don Peyote, written, directed, and starring Dan Fogler. PLOT: A midlife crisis over his upcoming wedding sends 32-year-old unemployed stoner Warren Allman on the drug trip of a lifetime in this off-the-wall comedy starring Dan Fogler, Josh Duhamel, Jay Baruchel and a host of celebrity cameos. Fueled by vivid apocalyptic dreams, Warren becomes obsessed with Doomsday theories and decides to make a documentary on the subject while his fiancé is busy planning their wedding.

On this week's Cinema Royale, college hazing is taken to disturbing levels in Seth Rogen and Zac Efron's R-rated comedy, Neighbors! Plus, we'll take a look at the historical drama, Belle, which some have compared to 12 Years A Slave! Mae Abdulbaki of Punch Drunk Critics and The Movie Examiner joins us to review this week's biggest flicks. We'll also have the latest info on Star Wars: Episode VII, a Lethal Weapon remake, and more straight from Hollywood!  

Steven Knight, writer of Eastern Promises and Dirty Pretty Things, talks directing Tom Hardy in the acclaimed real-time thriller, Locke!

The summer blockbuster season kicks into gear with one of the year's most anticipated films, The Amazing Spider-Man 2! Will it quiet the critics who less than impressed with the first film? Does it set up the Sinister Six and Venom for their own movies? And does Emma Stone's Gwen Stacy survive to see the sequel? Well, we won't answer that last one. Plus, Brendon Connelly of Bleeding Cool stops by to talk about the biggest news of the week: the reveal of the Star Wars: Episode VII cast and the confirmation of Zack Snyder's Justice League! Told you the blockbuster season was in full swing! We'll also have a review of the real-time thriller, Locke, starring the one and only Tom Hardy!  

On this week's Cinema Royale, Leslie "The Cinema Siren" Combemale joins us to take a look at Brick Mansions, the final completed film by the late Paul Walker. Plus, we'll review revenge comedy The Other Woman, starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Upton's cleavage. This past weekend Johnny Depp suffered his fourth box office flop in a row with Transcendence, a big-budget spectacle nobody thought would fail. We'll take a look at the reasons why it bombed, and what this means for Depp as a bankable Hollywood star. Plus, huge news on Warner Bros. Justice League movie!  

She kicks butt every week as Black Canary on CW's Arrow, but now Caity Lotz sits down with Cinema Royale to talk about her new sci-fi film, The Machine!

Cinema Royale is joined by Jonas Armstrong, Simon Kunz and Simon Sutton, stars of the harrowing WWII thriller, Walking with the Enemy.

The NFL season may be months away, but pro football hits the big screen in Draft Day, the new film starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner! Directed by Ivan Reitman and backed fully by the NFL, we'll take a look at whether it truly captures the energy and excitement surrounding the annual NFL Draft! Plus, we'll look at Jonathan Glazer's sci-fi flick Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson as a sexy alien hunting on Earth; and Jude Law is a foul-mouthed, uncontrollable criminal in Dom Hemingway. All this and we'll look at the growing war between Marvel and DC's upcoming superhero films

Two kick ass action flicks and one awesome interview makes for an amazing show! Captain America: The Winter Soldier storms into theaters, bringing back the "First Avenger" to face a threat from his past! We'll look at whether it can keep up Marvel's incredible momentum as they march towards Avengers: Age of Ultron! But that's not all, as Cinema Royale will be joined by directors Joe and Anthony Russo to discuss Captain America's latest adventure! The Raid: Redemption was an instant classic when it premiered a couple of years ago. Can the eagerly-anticipated sequel, The Raid 2, possibly hope to live up to the extraordinary expectations?

The controversy surrounding Darren Aronofsky's Noah has led some to write off the Biblical epic, but on this week's Cinema Royale we're going to look at whether the film can be enjoyed by all audiences. Noah stars Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connolly, and Anthony Hopkins. Plus, Arnold Schwarzenegger gears up for Sabotage, the cop thriller from the director of End of Watch! All this plus DVDs, news on Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant-Man, Star Wars, and more!

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, Jason Bateman calls in to talk about his raunchy, R-rated directorial debut, Bad Words. Does Shailene Woodley and Divergent have what it takes to join The Hunger Games as the next great YA adaptation? We'll take a look at the futuristic action film and what it means for Woodley, Kate Winslet, and the rest of the phenomenal cast. Plus, we'll join Kermit, Miss Piggy, Tina Fey, and the rest of the gang for Muppets Most Wanted! All this plus the latest news, DVD releases, and more!  

Former professional wrestler and the tallest leading actress in Hollywood history, Lindsay Kay Hayward, steps into Cinema Royale to talk about her career and bizarre new film, R100! Hayward, who measures up as 6' 9", worked in the WWE as Aloisia and grappled under the ring name of Isis the Amazon! Plus, we'll take a look at three very different movies this week. Welcome back to Neptune, marshmallows! We'll take a look at the return of Kristen Bell as every fan's favorite feisty detective, Veronica Mars! Is the Kickstarter-funded film everything fans hoped it would be? Then we'll feel the Need for Speed with Breaking Bad star Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, and Michael Keaton! Then we'll check-in to Wes Anderson's star-studded comedy caper, The Grand Budapest Hotel.  

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, The Namesake) talks to us about his latest film, the mature romantic-drama, The Lunchbox. Plus, we'll return to Sparta for 300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to Zack Snyder's hit action flick, 300! And we'll jump back in time with Dreamworks' Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman!