Cinema Royale

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson gives a review of Violet & Daisy, starring Saoirse Ronan and Alexis Bledel as teen assassins. Written and directed by Geoffrey Fletcher (Precious), the film also stars James Gandolfini.

Cinema Royale is joined by Ellen Page, Brit Marling, and director Zal Batmanglij to talk about their upcoming eco-thriller, 'The East'. Also starring Alexander Skarsgard and Patricia Clarkson, the film was a huge hit at the Sundance Film Festival and opens nationwide on June 7th.

Paranormal Activity and Insidious producer Jason Blum joins Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson to talk about his upcoming film, the home-invasion horror The Purge!

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson is joined by Jesse Eisenberg, who reveals all of the tricks in his new magician heist film, Now You See Me. The summer blockbuster season usually belongs to Will Smith, but can he and son Jaden maintain their dominance wtih M. Night Shyamalan's new film, After Earth? 

On this week's show, we take a look at two homegrown franchises racing in two opposite directions. The Wolfpack trilogy comes to a chaotic end with The Hangover Part III starring Bradley Cooper and Zach Galifianakis! Nobody could have predicted back in 2002 that the Fast & Furious franchise would still be going strong, but ten years later the biggest one of all is here in Fast & Furious 6. We'll not only take a look at the latest action-packed chapter, but take a look back at where it all started!

Oscar-winning director Alex Gibney joins Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson to discuss his controversial new film, 'We Steal Secrets: The Story of WikiLeaks'.

J.J Abrams is boldly taking us where no man has gone before with his anticipated sequel, Star Trek Into Darkness! So it only makes sense that we'll be joined by resident Star Trek expert Leslie Combemale! Plus, Paramount's handling of Star Trek Into Darkness embargoes has kicked up a hornet's nest among critics, but is it all warranted? We'll explore the growing animosity between the working press and the big studios with Blackfilm.com's Wilson Morales.

Prepare to be transported to the Jazz Age as seen through the eyes of Baz Luhrmann! On this week's show, Cinema In Noir host Rebecca Theodore-Vachon steps into the arena to talk his divisive adaptation of The Great Gatsby! Plus, writer/director Tina Gordon Chism chimes in to discuss her new comedy, Tyler Perry's Peeples, starring Craig Robinson.

You know him from The Office and Hot Tub Time Machine, but now Craig Robinson steps into the arena to discuss his first leading role in the new comedy, Peeples, produced by Tyler Perry!

When the world needs saving and The Avengers are nowhere to be found, who do you turn to? Iron Man, of course, and film critic Rocky Hadadi steps into the arena to talk Marvel's latest action epic, Iron Man 3! Roger Ebert listed Ramin Bahrani's acclaimed film Chop Shop as one of the best of the last decade. Bahrani checks in with Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson to talk about his latest project, At Any Price, which stars Zac Efron and Dennis Quaid.

Musclebound heroes and anti-heroes are all over the place in this week's episode of Cinema Royale! With Iron Man 3 right around the corner, film critic Jeffrey K. Lyles and Harry Cee from The Next Issue Podcast step into the arena to breakdown this summer's biggest comic book films. Plus, we'll take a look at Michael Bay's bodybuilder crime comedy, Pain & Gain, with jacked up stars Mark Wahlberg and Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson!

It's sci-fi overload on this week's show as we take a look at two very different stabs at the genre. Primer director Shane Carruth steps into the arena to talk about his latest mind-boggling film, Upstream Color. Then we head out into the far-flung future with film critic Tricia Olszewski to talk about Oblivion, Tom Cruise's first foray into science fiction in eight years.  

Pasha Roberts, director of the Libertarian animated action film Silver Circle steps into the arena with Cinema Royale host, Travis Hopson.

On this week's show, Chadwick Boseman steps into the arena with WAFCA film critic Travis Hopson to discuss playing legendary Hall of Famer Jackie Robinson in '42'.  Leslie "The Cinema Siren" Combemale chimes in to try and decipher Danny Boyle's trippy new heist film, 'Trance', plus we'll take a look at Terrence Malick's 'To the Wonder'.

On this week's show, host Travis Hopson is joined by 'The Place Beyond the Pines' director Derek Cianfrance to talk about working with Ryan Gosling and Bradley Cooper on the acclaimed drama. Plus, Sam Raimi has called his 'Evil Dead' remake the most terrifying film you'll ever experience, but does it measure up to that bold claim? The best crtiics in the Nation's Capital weigh in on the much buzzed-about horror!