Cinema Royale

It's the perfect week to be joined by Tim Gordon, my homie and president of the Black Reel Awards. We'll have a chance to discuss Nate Parker's controversial The Birth of a Nation, a film we saw way back at Sundance in January.  With that film's arrival and potential place as a Best Picture contender at the Academy Awards, we're going to look at the black movies that may give it some competition....

On this week's episode of Cinema Royale I'm joined by my homie Chris Bumbray of Joblo.com, who has just returned from the Toronto International Film Festival. I'm going to pick his considerably brain on the best movies from TIFF, and what we should look out for this awards season. Maybe he can also tell us what to avoid. Plus he and I will discuss The Magnificent Seven remake starring Denzel Washi...

Cinema Royale is joined by Oscar winner Lupita Nyong'o as she discusses her latest film, Queen of Katwe, based on the true story of Ugandan chess champion, Phiona Mutesi! Nyong'o discusses her motivation in making the film, her working relationship with director Mira Nair, playing Phiona's fiery mother, and diversity in Hollywood.

Ever since Adam Wingard's boringly-titled The Forest was revealed to actually be Blair Witch, a sequel to the terrrifying The Blair Witch Project, I've been eager to see if it can hold up to the original. Does it live up to the original? Will it make you never want to enter he woods of Maryland again? As if you would ever want to anyway? Plus we do what nobody should do and ride with Tom Hanks in...

It's the 1980s all over again and damn is it sweet! I grew up on the martial arts action flicks of Jean-Claude Van Damme and Kickboxer was...well, it wasn't Bloodsport, but it was still awesome. Now twentyfive years later JCVD is back and playing the mentor role in Kickboxer: Vengeance! But can this new, updated version starring Alain Moussi and Dave Bautista kick butt like the original?  Joblo.co...

The story of Barack and Michelle Obama's first date is told in Richard Tanne's spirited new film, Southside with You. Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson had a chance to sit down with Parker Sawyers and Tika Sumpter, who had the unenviable task of playing the Obamas, to talk with them and Tanne about the pressures of telling this story.

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson sits down with Alysia Reiner (Orange is the New Black), Sarah Megan Thomas, and director Meera Menon to discuss the red-hot Wall Street thriller, Equity!

On the latest episode of Cinema Royale, we're runnin' guns with Miles Teller and Jonah Hill in War Dogs, the latest film from The Hangover director, Todd Phillips! I'll also be joined by Tim Gordon, President and founder of the Black Reel Awards, to talk about the controversy surrounding Birth of a Nation director Nate Parker. Will prior rape charges derail what looks to be a clear Oscars favorite...

On one side, you have Disney's Pete's Dragon a remake of their 1977 live-action/animated hybrid and the latest in the Mouse House's successful line of retellings. On the other, the gritty neo-Western Hell or High Water starring Jeff Bridges, Ben Foster, and Chris Pine. What do they have in common? Probably low expectations, but for very different reasons. We'll look at both of these films along wi...

Logan Lerman and director James Schamus chat with Cinema Royale about their new film, 'Indignation', an adaptation of the book by cherished author, Philip Roth.

Are you down with the Skwad? Warner Bros. hopes you are, and that you love Suicide Squad more than you apparently loved Man of Steel and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. On this week's show we're going to look at the film with the baddest team of do-gooders ever, and if it's the start of bold new era for the DCU!  

It's a wrap for this year's San Diego Comic-Con, and while I took a year off I'm inviting someone to Cinema Royale who definitely was there. Brandon Troy of ReelFilmNews.com joins us to talk about what he saw on the show floor and in Hall H where all the big stuff happens! Justice League, Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy 2, Captain Marvel, we'll talk about all of that and more so tune in, joi...

Who ya gonna call? Probably not the whiny fans of the original Ghostbusters complaining about Paul Feig's reboot.  But do they have good reason to be upset? Are Melissa McCarthy, Kristen Wiig, Leslie Jones, and Kate McKinnon really the harbingers of nostalgic doom? Or are a bunch of dudes really upset over nothing?  Kristen Lopez of Journeys in Classic Film joins me to talk about Ghostbusters, its...

On this special episode of Cinema Royale, I get to indulge in two of my favorite things ever: movies and professional wrestling. Lucha Mexico directors Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz join me to talk about their new documentary on Mexico's wild, mysterious, dazzling world of Lucha Libre!

In a special episode of Cinema Royale, I chat with the hilarious Adam Devine about his new comedy, Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates, in which he stars alongside Zac Efron, Aubrey Plaza, and reteams with Pitch Perfect's Anna Kendrick. 

On this week's Cinema Royale, I finally get a chance to talk with fellow PDCer and Nicolas Winding Refn superfan Rocky Hadadi about The Neon Demon, the polarizing director's twisted LA horror starring Elle Fanning, Keanu Reeves, Jena Malone, and more. It's so visually resplendent my review was done in all GIFs, so check that out before Rocky and I chat it up. I'll also see if she stopped staring a...

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, I'm joined by film critic and animation expert Leslie Combemale to talk about Pixar's long-awaited sequel, Finding Dory. I wasn't totally convinced that Finding Nemo needed a sequel, but did Pixar manage to make me care about the forgetful fish voiced by Ellen Degeneres? Plus, the sudden tragic death of Antony Yelchin has hit me pretty hard, and I'll tak...

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson sits down with award-winning Chi-Raq writer Kevin Willmott to talk about his hilarious sci-fi spoof and racial satire, Destination: Planet Negro! 

On this week's Cinema Royale we head across the pond and try not to be scared out of our boots by James Wan's The Conjuring 2, reuniting Vera Farmiga and Patrick Wilson! Good thing we have Kristen Lopez (@Journeys_Film) calling in to keep us safe!  Plus, we'll talk about the all-new Ocean's Eleven "sequel" led by Sandra Bullock and an all-female cast. We'll get the full casting rundown and discuss...

Do we really need to be worried about Rogue One: A Star Wars Story? It seems like we do. On this episode of Cinema Royale, I'll talk with my buddy Jeff Lyles of Lyles' Movie Files to figure out what's going on with Disney's anticipated spinoff, because it sounds like it may be going down the toilet. Plus, the two of us will talk Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows! Does it make you wa...

Cue the X-Men: The Animated Series theme! On this week's Cinema Royale comics afianado, artist, and fellow Punch Drunk Critic Julian Lytle gets in on the action reviewing X-Men: Apocalypse, the biggest film in the long-running franchise yet. But is it necessarily the best? So tune in for what should be an uncanny, astonishing, amazing, episode of Cinema Royale!  And also please consider subscribin...

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson is joined by Josh Kriegman and Elyse Steinberg, directors of the award-winning documentary Weiner on disgraced Congressman and mayoral candidate, Anthony Weiner. 

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson talks with writer/director Rebecca Miller about her latest film, Maggie's Plan, a screwball comedy starring Greta Gerwig, Ethan Hawke, and Julianne Moore. She also discusses the difficulty for female directors in Hollywood, her interesting career path, and more. 

Who is the better comic duo? Is it Ryan Gosling and Russell Crowe in Shane Black's The Nice Guys? Or is it Seth Rogen and Zac Efron in Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising? I keep fighting the urge to write 'Sorority Row' there, ugh!! Anyway, we'll be joined by fellow Punch Drunk Critic Roxana Hadadi to talk about both films, and to explore her deep-rooted love for the Baby Goose. Plus, there's been a hug...

On this week's episode of Cinema Royale, we're joined by Joblo.com's Christopher Bumbray to review two very different movies. The Ancient One, Voldemort, Anastasia Steele, and...Matthias Schoenaerts star in Luca Guadagnino's seductive drama, A Bigger Splash! Plus, George Clooney and Julia Roberts take Wall Street to task in Jodie Foster's thriller, Money Monster! Finally, we get Bumbray to admit t...