Cinema Royale

Prepare for Dawn! On this week's Cinema Royale we'll look at the highly anticipated sequel, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, pitting Caesar and his simian army against a band of human survivors played by Jason Clarke, Gary Oldman, and Keri Russell.  Plus, Hoop Dreams director Steve James talks to Cinema Royale about his moving documentary on the late Roger Ebert, Life Itself.

'True Blood' and 'Magic Mike' star Joe Manganiello joins Cinema Royale to talk about his directorial debut, La Bare. Inspired by his experiences on Magic Mike, Manganiello explores the lives of male dancers at the famous La Bare nightclub in Dallas, TX to find out the truth about the profession.

It's become a tradition around these parts and has always been my favorite episode: the Annual Best of the Year (So Far) Show!  Cinema Royale is joined by two of DC's top critics to pick our favorite movies and performances from the first half of 2014! Will your favorite be on the list? Tune in and find out!

Autobots, prepare to roll out! Michael Bay returns for the fourth and possibly his final Transformers movie with Transformers: Age of Extinction! With Dinobots running around and an entirely new cast led by Mark Wahlberg, does Bay go out like explosive energon or like a weak oil slick? Plus, Cinema Royale will be joned by The X-Factor breakout star Brian "Astro" Bradley to talk about his feature f...

Eloise Mumford is a star on the rise with a major role in next year's Fifty Shades of Grey. She stops by Cinema Royale to chat about her new film, the military drama Drones, and also talks about her experience as part of the 'Fifty Shades' phenomenon.

On a special Cinema Royale, Think Like a Man Too stars Michael Ealy and Meagan Good drop by to talk about the comedy sequel which takes the laughs and relationship headaches to Las Vegas! Christopher Bumbray of Joblo.com stops by to review Clint Eastwood's musical Jersey Boys, based on the smash Broadway play. Plus we'll take a look at The Rover with Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce, and Paul Haggi...

BFCA and WAFCA film critic Travis Hopson reviews Rage, the new film starring Nicolas Cage as an ex-mobster turned businessman who resorts to violence after his daughter is kidnapped and murdered by old enemies. Rachel Nichols, Peter Stormare, Max Ryan, and Aubrey Peeples co-star with Paco Cabrezas directing.

On this week's Cinema Royale, director Dean DeBlois stops by to talk about his soaring new sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2! We'll take a look at the thrilling new chapter in Hiccup and Toothless' journey! Plus, Channing Tatum and Jonah Hill are back as bumbling cops Jenko and Schmidt as they go undercover and blow stuff up real good in college! Jeff Lyles of Lyles' Movie Files drops by to talk...

On a special episode, award-winner Djimon Hounsou stops by to talk about this weekend's high-flying sequel, How to Train Your Dragon 2! Plus he'll discuss his upcoming role as Korvath in Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, reflect on his career, and more!

Jenny Slate and writer/director GIllian Robespierre join Cinema Royale to discuss their controversial hit comedy, Obvious Child. Slate brings her raw brand of stand-up comedy to the film about an upstart comedian who loses her boyfriend, her job, and discovers she's pregnant all just in time for Valentine's Day.

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson reviews Trust Me, written, directed, and starring Clark Gregg of Marvel's Agents of SHIELD and The Avengers. The film also stars Saxon Sharbino, Amanda Peet, Sam Rockwell, Felicity Huffman, Allison Janney, Molly Shannon, and Paul Sparks. PLOT: A struggling agent for child actors and former child star himself, Howard Holloway spends years losing his most talented clien...

Get ready for a show of extremes as Cinema Royale is joined by Christopher Bumbray of Joblo.com to talk Tom Cruise's action-packed Edge of Tomorrow! Then get the Kleenex ready and prepare to wallow in some tears for Shailene Woodley's heart-wrenching cancer drama, The Fault In Our Stars. Plus, Words & Pictures director Fred Schepisi stops by to talk about his upcoming rom-com starring Juliette Bin...

On this week's Cinema Royale, Angelina Jolie shows her villainous side in Disney's Maleficent! Leslie "The Cinema Siren" Combemale will join us to talk about Jolie's performance as the infamous Disney villain. Also, we'll take a look at Seth MacFarlane's comedy-western, A Million Ways to Die in the West, starring Charlize Theron, Liam Neeson, and Amanda Seyfried. On the indie front, Jason Ritter c...

Cinema Royale's loyal listeners know host Travis Hopson as the ultimate X-men fanatic, so you know this episode will be ENTIRELY DEVOTED TO X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST! Okay, not entirely, but you get the picture. We'll also take a look at the latest Adam Sandler and Drew Barrymore comedy, Blended. Plus, we'll be joined by director Jim Mickle, whose credits include the horrors We Are What We Are an...

Cinema Royale's Travis Hopson reviews The Angriest Man in Brooklyn starring Robin Williams, Mila Kunis, and Melissa Leo. PLOT: A curmudgeonly man is mistakenly told that he has 90 minutes to live by his doctor and promptly sets out to reconcile with his wife, brother and friends in the short time he believes he has left.

Dan Fogler joins Cinema Royale to talk about his psychedelic new stoner comedy, Don Peyote, which co-stars Anne Hathaway, Jay Baruchel, Josh Duhamel, and more!  

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...

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...

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 wit...

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,...

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...

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 fa...

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.