Cinema Royale

The NFL season may be months away, but pro football hits the big screen in Draft Day, the new film starring Kevin Costner and Jennifer Garner! Directed by Ivan Reitman and backed fully by the NFL, we'll take a look at whether it truly captures the energy and excitement surrounding the annual NFL Draft! Plus, we'll look at Jonathan Glazer's sci-fi flick Under the Skin, starring Scarlett Johansson a...

Two kick ass action flicks and one awesome interview makes for an amazing show! Captain America: The Winter Soldier storms into theaters, bringing back the "First Avenger" to face a threat from his past! We'll look at whether it can keep up Marvel's incredible momentum as they march towards Avengers: Age of Ultron! But that's not all, as Cinema Royale will be joined by directors Joe and Anthony Ru...

The controversy surrounding Darren Aronofsky's Noah has led some to write off the Biblical epic, but on this week's Cinema Royale we're going to look at whether the film can be enjoyed by all audiences. Noah stars Russell Crowe, Emma Watson, Jennifer Connolly, and Anthony Hopkins. Plus, Arnold Schwarzenegger gears up for Sabotage, the cop thriller from the director of End of Watch! All this plus D...

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, Jason Bateman calls in to talk about his raunchy, R-rated directorial debut, Bad Words. Does Shailene Woodley and Divergent have what it takes to join The Hunger Games as the next great YA adaptation? We'll take a look at the futuristic action film and what it means for Woodley, Kate Winslet, and the rest of the phenomenal cast. Plus, we'll join Kermit,...

Former professional wrestler and the tallest leading actress in Hollywood history, Lindsay Kay Hayward, steps into Cinema Royale to talk about her career and bizarre new film, R100! Hayward, who measures up as 6' 9", worked in the WWE as Aloisia and grappled under the ring name of Isis the Amazon! Plus, we'll take a look at three very different movies this week. Welcome back to Neptune, marshmallo...

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, acclaimed Indian actor Irrfan Khan (Life of Pi, The Namesake) talks to us about his latest film, the mature romantic-drama, The Lunchbox. Plus, we'll return to Sparta for 300: Rise of an Empire, the sequel to Zack Snyder's hit action flick, 300! And we'll jump back in time with Dreamworks' Animation's Mr. Peabody & Sherman!

The parties are over, the votes are counted, and now it's time to learn who will walk away the big winners at the Academy Awards! Cinema Royale will be joined by film critic and RogerEbert.com contributor Susan Wloszczyna to predict the night's victors. Can 12 Years a Slave hold off the push of American Hustle and Gravity? Will Jennifer Lawrence steal a surprise win from favorite Lupita Nyong'o? I...

With the Academy Awards right around the corner, Cinema Royale is joined by Joshua Oppenheimer to talk about his amazing Oscar-nominated documentary, The Act of Killing.

On this week's Cinema Royale, the "Cinema Siren" Leslie Combemale joins us in-studio to review historical disaster film, Pompeii, starring Kit Harington! Kevin Costner and Amber Heard have 3 Days to Kill in their upcoming action flick, and we also take a look at The Wind Rises, the Oscar-nominated "final" film from the legendary Hayao Miyazaki. Plus we'll look at the controversy over the recent Fa...

On the extra-special 50th episode of Cinema Royale, Travis Hopson is joined by Game of Thrones star Kit Harington to talk about his blockbuster film, Pompeii! Plus, it's the 1980s all over again a we'll have reviews of the Robocop remake, starring Joel Kinnaman and Samuel L. Jackson; and About Last Night starring Kevin Hart!  

On this week's show, Cinema Royale opens the toybox and snaps together a review of The LEGO Movie featuring Batman, Superman, Ninja Turtles, and the voices of Morgan Freeman, Chris Pratt, and Elizabeth Banks. Then we'll journey back in history with George Clooney for The Monuments Men, a WWII thriller starring Matt Damon, Bill Murray, and Cate Blanchett. Plus news on X-men: Days of Future Past, Th...

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson is joined by Fishing without Nets director Cutter Hodierne, winner of the Best Directing award for Drama at this year's Sundance Film Festival. His debut feature stars Abdikani Muktar and presents a different side to the Somali pirates story, one not seen in last year's Captain Phillips.

Freshly returned from the snowy locale of the Sundance Film Festival, Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson sits down with Miles Teller, Paul Reiser, and the director of Whiplash. The Audience and Grand Jury prize-winner co-stars J.K. Simmons and centers on a jazz drumming protegee and his drill sergeant instructor. We'll also be joined by Joblo.com's Chris Bumbray to take one final look at the festiva...

On a special episode of Cinema Royale, Travis Hopson is joined by Keeping It Reel host Tim Gordon to recap the 30th Sundance Film Festival. We'll look at the parties, the celebrities, and of course discuss the very best of the over 200 movies that were part of the annual event. 

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson and Keeping it Reel's Tim Gordon breakdown the shocks, surprises, and snubs from today's Academy Awards nominations!

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson is joined by Trevor White, director of the gritty real-life drama, Jamesy Boy, starring Mary-Louise Parker, Spencer Lofranco, Ving Rhames, and Taissa Farmiga!

On this week's show, Travis is joined by the "Cinema Siren" Leslie Combemale to look at Peter Berg's stunning war film, Lone Survivor, starring Mark Wahlberg, Ben Foster, Emile Hirsch, and Taylor Kitsch! Plus, from the battlefields of Iraq to the arenas of Greece as we'll also review Kellan Lutz in The Legend of Hercules! As the race to next week's Oscar nominations continues, Travis takes a look...

Goodbye 2013! Hello 2014, and Cinema Royale is getting the year kicked off right by looking ahead to this year's Sundance Film Festival. Host Travis Hopson will be joined by Keeping It Reel with Filmgordon's Tim Gordon to discuss the hundreds of films debuting at Park City, and reveal their most anticipated. Plus, a preview of the daily content they'll be providing live from the snowy, celebrity-f...

On the final episode of 2013, Cinema Royale out with a bang taking a look at Martin Scorsese and Leonardo DiCaprio's insane The Wolf of Wall Street! Plus, some have been mentioning Academy Awards and Ben Stiller in the same breath for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, but is it really that good? Plus, big news on Fast & Furious 7, Guardians of the Galaxy, X-men: Days of Future Past and more!

Before we can turn the page on 2013 and move forward into 2014, it's time to look back at what has been an extraordinary year in film! Cinema Royale will be joined by some Tim Gordon and the "Cinema Siren" Leslie Combemale to pick the best movies of the year! Will it be Oscar favorite 12 Years a Slave? Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity? Or something totally unexpected? Join us for what should be an amazing...

On this week's Cinema Royale we journey back in time for two of the year's most anticipated Oscar hopefuls! First, the Coen Brothers take us back to the 1960s folk music scene with Inside Llewyn Davis, starring Oscar Isaac, Carey Mulligan, and Justin Timberlake.  Then we flash forward a couple of decades to the 1980s for the raucous, star-studded political caper American Hustle, starring Jennifer...

On this week's show, we journey back to Middle Earth for Peter Jackson's The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug! Plus, we explore the origins of Mary Poppins with Tom Hanks and Emma Thompson in Disney's Saving Mr. Banks! We venture as far from the world of blockbusters as possible when acclaimed director John Sayles calls in to discuss his latest film, the gritty border drama Go for Sisters! All this...

On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, the nominees for the 12th annual Washington DC Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) Awards will be revealed! Find out the top contenders in 18 categories representing the very best in cinema for 2013!  Will we see The Wolf of Wall Street squaring off against 12 Years A Slave for Best Film? Where does Gravity fit into the picture and is there any room fo...

On this week's show, awards season continues to steamroll along with the gritty crime drama Out of the Furnace, starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck, Woody Harrelson, and Zoe Saldana! This one's been flying under the radar but does it have the good to win some gold? Plus, in the wake of Paul Walker's sudden passing, we take a brief look at his career and the future of the Fast & Furious franchis...

May the odds be ever in your favor! On a very special episode of Cinema Royale, we journey back to Panem for the anticipated sequel, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire! Plus, Willow Shields who plays Primrose Everdeen calls in to talk about her experience alongside Jennifer Lawrence and Josh Hutcherson!