Cinema Royale

We’re back! After what felt like forever, but was really only one week away, we’re back on your feed with the latest films and news from Holly-weird. This week it’s Clint Eastwood proving that age is just a number as the 91-year-old premiers his latest effort, acting, directing, and producing Cry Macho. Then we check in with nuevo action star Frank Grillo in the throwback shoot ’em up Copshop. Plu...

This week on Cinema Royale, we were shocked by the tragic loss of Michael K Williams, which we learned literally moments before taping. We then try to rebound with John’s take on Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, plus reviews of the new Cinderella featuring Camila Cabello and Billy Porter, and Worth starring Michael Keaton. All of this and more! You can subscribe to Cinema Royale wherever...

So much to do and so little time, this week on Cinema Royale! It’s fists flying and gun’s blazing in the first half of this week’s show with an early look at Marvel’s latest Shang-Chi and The Legend of the Ten Rings and Maggie Q’s awesome actioner The Protégé. From deadly to terrifying the second half of our show ventures into dark territory review the latest in horror with Rebecca Hall’s The Nigh...

On the latest Cinema Royale, is Free Guy the greatest video game movie EVER!? We discuss that very real possibility while admiring Ryan Reynolds’ new action-comedy with Jodie Comer and Taika Waititi! Plus, the Blind Man is back and he’s…the good guy? Don’t Breathe 2 is sure to be controversial but is the criticism on point? Plus, a review of the acclaimed feel-good comedy CODA, and news on Star Wa...

First off, apologies for the low audio through parts of this week’s episode! We’ll be sure to have those technical problems fixed for the next show, but all you missed was Travis anyway so nothing too crucial! j/k What does Harley Quinn, an old theme park ride, and a creepy stand-up comedian who falls in love with an Opera singer have in common? They’re all on Cinema Royale this week. Of course, I...

By the power of Greyskull there’s a lot of movies this week! A full slate to be sure with little time for news (but of course, we made the time!). Questions answered this week; Is Snake Eyes still awesome sans mask? Is M. Night Shyamalan really that bad? How does Kate Beckinsale look THAT good at 50, and finally How awesome is the new He-man? All of these questions will be answered as we review Ol...

Talk about a busy week! There was almost no time for rants and diversions (almost, we got a few in) this week with a slate of films unlike we’ve had for months, normalcy here we come! A catch-up review of Black Widow and the joys of Florence Pugh are the main points, but we also begrudgingly like the new Space Jam, and marvel at Nicolas Cage’s ability as an actor in Pig. All that plus reviews of E...

On this week’s Cinema Royale, we’re past the halfway point of 2021! Can you believe it? What better time to look at our picks for the best movies of the year so far. Will some of your favorites make our cut? Plus, we travel into the future with Chris Pratt in Amazon Studios’ The Tomorrow War, and try to survive the night with The Forever Purge! All of this and more! You can subscribe to Cinema Roy...

This week on Cinema Royale we check the latest 1/4 mile time with F9, the latest in the Fast & Furious franchise, and just end up missing Gal Gadot’s Giselle. *sniff* Please come back, Giselle! Then we ponder how Liam Neeson is still a believable action star in his 70’s in The Ice Road which leads us down the road of a fun Canon Films retrospective that shouldn’t be missed! Last but certainly not...

This week on Cinema Royale the guys dive into Kevin Hart’s tear-jerking dramatic turn in Fatherhood, then head to animated Italy with Pixar’s latest, Luca. Plus a brief look at horror-comedy Werewolves Within with Sam Richardson and Milana Vayntrub. Plenty of news to bound about this week as we get into the new trailer for The Suicide Squad, the announcement of Transformers: Rise of the Beasts and...

This week on Cinema Royale we are partying in the streets of NYC with Lin Manuel Miranda’s love letter to Washington Heights, In the Heights. Then Travis and John just get more confused trying to understand the plot of Paraount+’s Antoine Fuqua/Mark Whalberg action flick, Infinite. To round out the reviews the guys try to figure out what a movie needs to be to qualify as good as Travis uses his ‘B...

It’s a week of diverting blame and mischief as we talk through the newest foray into the weird and sometimes wicked lives of Ed and Lorraine Warren with The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It. Then it’s on to the last stop on the train to the next major MCU release with the first two episodes of Loki!. All this and much more, including Namor’s debut in Black Panther 2, and a thorough trashing of J...

On this week’s Cinema Royale, we’re talking the triumphant premiere of A Quiet Place Part II and its impact on the box office. But does John Krasinski’s long-awaited sequel make as much noise as the first? Plus, Disney’s latest reclamation project Cruella has Emma Stone as the iconic 101 Dalmatians villain, but should you care about her origin story? All of this, plus our thoughts on the huge Amaz...

On this week’s Cinema Royale, we’re joined by Scott Menzel of We Live Entertainment to rave about Zack Snyder’s anticipated Zombie heist film Army of the Dead, and talk about the future of it as a Netflix franchise. Plus, the latest ScreenLife thriller Profile made quite an impression, and so did The Woman in the Window and Spiral: Saw but not in the same way. Finally, Angelina Jolie returns to ac...

It’s Michael B. Jordan, Robot overlords and clone commandos! On the latest episode, the latest Tom Clancy thriller Without Remorse is the most badass Michael B. Jordan yet…right? We’ll talk about if this is the start of a new franchise for him. Plus, is Netflix’s The Mitchells vs. The Machines the best animated film since Into the Spider-Verse? Also, we’ve got the first episodes of Star Wars serie...

First of all, we apologize for the audio problems in the second half of this episode and will fix them for next week! This week we drop into the Netherrealm to battle with the latest adaptation of the iconic video game, Mortal Kombat. The fights not over there, we slap on some wings to check in with the finale of the amazing The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. It came too soon, but did it pack the...

Marvel has taken over Cinema Royale this week! We talk about the penultimate episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, and whine about it ending so damn soon! Plus, we look at that awesome Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings trailer, the incredible Secret Invasion casting, and more. There’s so much we totally forgot to do what we were supposed to do this episode and that’s select the video g...

This week on Cinema Royale we intend to make it short and sweet, and fail miserably as we always do. It’s not our fault, Wrestlemania and Colin Farrell distracted us! Other than that we cover reviews of the Lord of the Flies in space sci-fi film Voyagers, Netflix’s plus-sized superhero comedy Thunder Force with Melissa McCarthy and Octavia Spencer, and that AMAZING episode 4 of The Falcon and The...

On this week’s Cinema Royale, John and Travis referee the epic clash of the cinematic titans in Godzilla vs. Kong! Did this long-awaited showdown live up to the hype? Plus, Idris Elba gallops into his latest Netflix drama with Concrete Cowboy, about the real-life black cowboy culture. Finally, a look at the latest episode of Falcon and the Winter Soldier, plus exciting news on a ThunderCats movie!...

Two parts ass-kicking and one part hilarity this week on Cinema Royale as the guys look at Bob Odenkirk as an elite assassin in Nobody. Then a check-in with Eric Andre in Bad Trip before diving into the first two episodes of Disney+’s new series The Falcon and The Winter Soldier. Oh, and make sure to stay to the end as we dissect the amazing trailer for James Gunn’s The Suicide Squad (spoiler aler...

This week on Cinema Royale there’s only one thing on the guy’s minds, the AWESOME new Zack Snyder’s Justice League. For something this big we weren’t about to go it alone and asked good friend of the show Matt Razak of Flixist.com to join us in breaking down the history and execution of this ground-breaking film that’s guaranteed to change how movies are made and released! Was the wait worth it? W...

Lots to talk about on this week’s Cinema Royale, starting with the season (series??) finale of WandaVision! Do the Avengers lovebirds manage to fight their way into sitcom happily ever after? Plus, the long wait for Coming 2 America is over, and should fans of Eddie Murphy’s classic comedy be worried? Also, reviews of Chaos Walking with Tom Holland and Daisy Ridley, following a production that was...

On this week’s Cinema Royale, we put together our pitch for an epic Black Cloud Atlas movie that will never happen. Probably. Plus reviews ofThe United States vs. Billie Holiday starring Golden Globe winner Andra Day, the Russo Brothers’ drug epic Cherry with Tom Holland, and the new Tom & Jerry movie. Plus we’ve got all the news on Spider-Man 3‘s official title, the latest episode of WandaVision,...

This really wasn’t the plan for Cinema Royale this week, but somehow we fell into a rabbit hole of talking about old school sequels with some of our favorite actresses, such as Wild Things 2, Poison Ivy, and others. Once we get our shit together we look at the latest crazy career turn for Nicolas Cage with Willy’s Wonderland. Plus reviews of To All the Boys: Always and Forever, and Barb and Star g...

On this week’s show, what else? We’re talking Wandavision and how one incredible cameo may, or may not, have altered the fabric of the MCU. Plus, reviews of the revolutionary drama Judas and the Black Messiah starring Lakeith Stanfield and Daniel Kaluuya, and Netflix’s intense relationship film Malcolm & Marie starring Zendaya and John David Washington! Plus, a breakdown of the 2021 virtual Sundan...