Cinema Royale

Welcome to the all-new, all-different Cinema Royale!! Okay, maybe not so different and not so all new, but we're back and better than ever! And this episode is going to be about, what else, Captain America: Civil War! But this won't just be another review because we had the chance to sit down with the film's directors, the Russo Brothers, to talk about the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe, introdu...

On a special joint episode of Cinema Royale and the Punch Drunk Podcast! Valentines Day weekend so you know what movie we'll be talking about, though I struggle to find the connection between BDSM and romance....guess I'm not with it anymore, that's right ladies and gentleman it's finally time to talk about 50 Shades of Grey. Also up this week is the long-awaited (to me at least) actioner Kingsman...

Happy New Year! Cinema Royale is kicking 2015 off right with a huge show! First off, my homie up north Christopher Bumbray joins me to talk about the latest film from Paul Thomas Anderson, the drugged-out detective comedy Inherent Vice! Plus it all ends here for Liam Neeson in Taken 3! Plus, with the incredible Martin Luther King Jr. film Selma expanding into more theaters, Cinema Royale is joined...

On the final Cinema Royale of 2014, we end the year with one amazing show! As the awards season kicks into full swing we'll look at two of the year's biggest films. Ava DuVernay's Selma has been earning accolades for her direction and the performance of star David Oyelowo as Martin Luther King, Jr, but is it the Oscar contender some have pegged it to be? And Peter Jackson wraps up his second Tolki...

On a very special show, we will announce the winners of the 13th annual Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Awards. Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson will be joined by Jason Fraley of WTOP and film critic Jen Chaney to reveal the winners in multiple categories, honoring the very best in cinema for the year 2014!

After a week away Cinema Royale is back and so is Jennifer Lawrence in The Hunger Games: Mockingjay! The "Cinema Siren" Leslie Combemale dials in to review the anticipated first chapter of The Hunger Games finale! Plus, we'll take a look at Bennett Miller's Foxcatcher starring Steve Carell, Channing Tatum, and Mark Ruffalo. All this and news on Marvel's upcoming Netflix series, the Highlander rebo...

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson sits down with writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood and star Nate Parker to talk about their music industry romance, Beyond the Lights!

On this week's Cinema Royale, I'll be leaving orbit before heading off to the prestigious Virginia Film Festival! Christopher Bumbray of Joblo.com joins me to review Christopher Nolan's Interstellar! Plus I'll take a brief look at Marvel and Disney's animated superhero flick, Big Hero 6! With the Virginia Film Festival right around the corner, I also had a chance to talk with Amanda Patterson, who...

Gah! Did you see what Marvel did yesterday!?!? Black Panther! Captain Marvel! Captain America: Civil War! Avengers: Infinity War! Inhumans! And that's not even the half of what they revealed, and we're going to talk about all of it! What does all of this mean for the future of the Marvel Cinematic Universe? We'll be joined by Jeff Lyles of Lyles' Movie Files to try and wrap our brains around all o...

One is easily the most anticipated movie of the season; the other is anticipated only by Keanu Reeves fans. But which one will actually turn out to be the best movie of the week: Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu's meta-comedy Birdman starring Michael Keaton, Emma Stone, and Edward Norton? Or John Wick, with Reeves back as an action superstar? Plus, DVDs, the biggest news straight from Hollywood, and of...

On this week's Cinema Royale, two of the fall's most anticipated films! Wilson Morales of Blackfilm.com joins us to talk about the racial satire, Dear White People, directed by rising star Justin Simen! Plus, Brad Pitt heads back to war in David Ayer's tank thriller, Fury! Also, Cinema Royale sits down with Theodore Melfii, writer/director of the new comedy St. Vincent, starring Bill Murray in a p...

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson sits down with Jeremy Renner and Homeland director Michael Cuesta to talk about their new film, Kill the Messenger. Renner plays journalist Gary Webb who saw his professional and personal life destroyed after exposing the cocaine connection between the CIA and Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

The verdict is in and this week's Cinema Royale is going to be huge! We're joined by director David Dobkin to talk about his new film, the courtroom drama The Judge, starring Robert Downey Jr. and Robert Duvall. Plus, Matt Razak of Flixist calls in to review The Judge and Dracula Untold, the historical action flick starring Luke Evans. Plus news on Iron Man, rumors of Spider-Man crossing over with...

On this week's show, BFCA film critic Travis Hopson and Joblo.com's Christopher Bumbray  review David Fincher's Gone Girl, starring Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, and based on the best-selling novel by Gillian Flynn. Is the hype all its cracked up to be? Should we be looking at Gone Girl as a potential Oscar contender? Plus, up 'n coming writer/director Justin Simien joins the show to talk about his...

On this weeks' show, Denzel Washington reunites with his Training Day director to equalize the #&#&# out of the Russian mob in The Equalizer! Plus, Miles Teller and Analeigh Tipton make for a charming couple, but is Two Night Stand a walk of shame? Mae Abdulbaki of Punch Drunk Critics and Movies with Mae joins us to help you decide what to see in theaters this week!

On this week's Cinema Royale, Michelle Monaghan (Gone Baby Gone, True Detective) joins in to talk about her new film, the heartfelt military drama Fort Bliss. Directed by Claudia Myers, the film centers on a decorated soldier trying to reconnect with her son after an extended tour overseas. Plus, our resident YA expert Sandie Angulo Chen gives her thoughts on this week's big film, The Maze Runner,...

On this week's Cinema Royale we're joined by writer/director Ned Benson whose romance drama The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby has been building up buzz going into the awards season. The ambitious film stars Jessica Chastain and James McAvoy, centering on a crumbling relationship in the wake of tragedy. Plus we'll look at the anticipated crime drama, The Drop, starring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, and...

For Cinema Royale's landmark 75th episode we're looking back at some of the best celebrity guests of the past year! Locke director Steven Knight talks about working alongside Tom Hardy; Jason Bateman joins Cinema Royale to talk about his directorial debut, Bad Words; and Godzilla director Gareth Edwards reveals all about the king of monsters!  

The nine-year wait is over, and on this week's Cinema Royale we will return to the sleazy streets of Basin City for Robert Rodriguez and Frank Miller's Sin City: A Dame to Kill For! Was the wait worth it? And how does the sequel to 2005's groundbreaking film fit into the current comic book movie landscape? Plus, Cinema Royale will be joined by Life of Crime director Dan Schechter to talk about his...

On this week's show we'll look at Sylvester Stallone's The Expendables 3 to see if he, Wesley Snipes, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the rest of the '80s action heroes have anything left in the tank. Also, Mae Abdulbaki joins us live in studio to give a fan's perspective on the adaptation of The Giver, starring Jeff Bridges and Meryl Streep. Plus big news regarding an Aquaman movie, Marvel's plans for...

Cowabunga! On this weeks' show, Michael Bay and the guy who brought you Battle: Los Angeles try not to ruin your childhood with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Plus, a review of the culinary rom-com The Hundred-Foot Journey starring Helen Mirren, and John Michael McDonagh's dark religious comedy, Calvary. This plus news on Batman v Superman, a possible female spinoff of The Amazing Spider-Man, and m...

A talking raccoon and the "Godfather of Soul" headline this week's episode of Cinema Royale! I'll take a look at Marvel's riskiest gamble yet, the quirky team of heroes known as the Guardians of the Galaxy! Then I'll sit down and chat with the lady who helped make it all happen, co-writer Nicole Perlman! Plus, Chadwick Boseman does his best to embody the "hardest working man in show business" Jame...

Alexandre Aja, director of horrors High Tension, Piranha 3D, and The Hills Have Eyes, stops by Cinema Royale to talk about his latest film, Horns, starring Daniel Radcliffe. He discusses casting Radcliffe in the lead role of Ig Parrish, a boy who grows magical horns and uses them to solve a murder mystery. With Horns set to have a presence at Comic-Con, Aja talks about what fans can look forward t...

You may not know the name Nicole Perlman, but she's the lady who wrote Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy! On the eve of the San Diego Comic-Con, Perlman sat down with Cinema Royale to talk about breaking into the male dominated field of comic book movies, why she chose the Guardians of the Galaxy as her path to that, and what she hopes to do next!  

On this week's Cinema Royale it's time to grow up, geek out, and reach for the cloud. Richard Linklater's epic coming-of-age drama Boyhood finally hits theaters after twelve years in the making. The film was a smash at Sundance and we'll see if the wait was truly worth it. Plus, Jason Segel and Cameron Diaz try to get their Sex Tape down from the cloud in their new comedy. With San Diego Comic-Con...