Cinema Royale

It's not enough to simply label Steve Coogan as a British comedian, as his career has grown well beyond making people laugh. Coogan joins Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson to talk about working wirth Judi Dench on the Oscar hopeful, Philomena, and answers questions about the evolution of his career.

Wondering why there was a "Best Of" show last week? Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson spent a few days on the UVA grounds attending the Virginia Film Festival, and now it's time to rundown the event's best and worst films! Did any new Oscar contenders emerge? Is there a dark horse on the horizon? Speaking of Oscar favorites, we'll review The Book Thief, the WWII drama starring Geoffrey Rush and Emi...

First-time directors Gabe and Alan Polsky sit down with Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson to discuss their adaptation of acclaimed novel, The Motel Life, starring Emile Hirsch, Stephen Dorff, and Dakota Fanning.

Now's your chance to relive some great interviews with today's best directors! Cinema Royale chats with groundbreaking filmmaker Shane Carruth about Upstream Color. The Kings of Summer director Jordan Vogt-Roberts calls in to discuss his breakthrough coming-of-age comedy. And finally Derek Cianfrance of The Place Beyond the Pines describes working alongside Ryan Gosling!

It's a mighty special episode of Cinema Royale to look at two mighty fall season movies that couldn't be more different!! Chris Hemsworth and Tom HIddleston are back in the blockbuster Marvel sequel, Thor: The Dark World! From one superhero movie to a film about a real life hero, the Oscar buzz has been building for Matthew McConaughey in Dallas Buyers Club, in which he plays an AIDS-stricken man...

Too...many...movies! Brain...exploding! It's an all movie review sorta show this week as we'll take a look at controversial Palm d'Or winner Blue is the Warmest Color; the old-age comedy Last Vegas; Ender's Game; Kill Your Darlings starring Daniel Radcliffe; and lastly Keanu Reeves' Man of Tai Chi!  

One's a star-studded ensemble crime thriller about a drug dealing lawyer; the other a contemplative character study about one man's fight for survival in the high seas. On this week's episode of Cinema Royale we take a look at two very different fall season heavy-hitters. The first is Ridley Scott's The Counselor, starring Michael Fassbender, Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Javier Bardem and Cameron Dia...

The Oscar race is here, and on this week's show we'll look at the film many have already declared this year's Best Picture winner, Steve McQueen's 12 Years A Slave! Plus, we sit down with Splice and Cube director Vincenzo Natali to talk about his latest film, Haunter, a ghost story starring Abigail Breslin.

Alfonso Cuaron's Gravity has struck a fierce debate amongst critics and audiences alike over its technical accuracy and Oscar chances, but is there a larger, more significant debate that needs to be had?  Tim Gordon of the Black Reel Awards  calls in to discuss the lack of racial diversity in the science-fiction genre. Plus, reviews of Academy Award-hopeful Captain Phillips, and the not-so-awards-...

She's starred with Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, and Steven Seagal, and now "Scream Queen" Danielle Harris joins Cinema Royale to talk about her fan-favorite career, her love of horror movies, and her latest film, Shiver!

James Cameron called Alfonso Cuaron's ambitious sci-fi epic Gravity the "best space film ever done", and on this week's show explore whether the phenomenal praise is truly deserved. Is it really the game changer many have proclaimed it to be? Plus, director Peter Landesman calls in to talk about his new film, the JFK assassination drama Parkland, starring Zac Efron, Billy Bob Thornton, and Paul Gi...

The Oscar season has begun, and many are predicting Ron Howard's Rush to be a definite contender. But does the Formula One flick starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Bruhl have goods to reach the finish line?  Plus, we'll take a look at Joseph Gordon-Levitt's directorial debut, the sex addiction comedy Don Jon! Plus, we'll be joined by the Cinema Siren Leslie Combemale to wrap up our insanely early...

Fan-favorite actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt steps in the arena with Travis Hopson to discuss his directorial debut, the sex addiction comedy Don Jon.

Cinema Royale host Travis Hopson sits down with director Haifaa al-Mansour, whose critically-acclaimed film Wadjda is the first ever by a Saudia Arabian female.

On this week's episode of Cinema Royale, James Wan takes us back into the evil realm known as The Further as we review Insidious Chapter 2! Plus, since we projected our thoughts into the future and handicapped the Best Picture field, we'll now look ahead and see who has the best chance to walk away with some Best Actor gold! WIll it be Robert Redford for All Is Lost? Forest Whitaker for The Butler...

Bounty Killer director Henry Saine joins Cinema Royale to talk about his high-octane grindhouse flick starring Matthew Marsden, Eve, Gary Busey, and Christian Pitre!

Now that the summer's over, it's time to turn the page and look forward to the fall and the Oscar season. And on this episode Cinema Royale we'll do that by reviewing Vin Diesel's sci-fi flick, Riddick! What, that makes no sense you say? What ever do you mean? We WILL look ahead, probably way too far ahead, at the early Best Picture contenders likely to emerge this season. Could the kidnapping dra...

A review of horror comedy Hell Baby, starring Rob Corddry, Keegan Michael Key, and Leslie Bibb.

On a very special Cinema Royale, Munich and Troy star Eric Bana calls in to talk about his terrorism thriller, Closed Circuit! Plus, we'll review Wong Kar Wai's anticipated martial arts epic, The Grandmaster!

They battled zombies in Shaun of the Dead and took on old folks in Hot Fuzz, and now Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost bring their cherished "Three Flavours Cornetto" trilogy to a close with The World's End! Is it everything their most die-hard fans have been hoping for? Should we star begging for a brand new trilogy now? Does Simon Pegg fall for the collapsing fence again? Plus, a look at...

JJ Feild and director Jerusha Hess join Cinema Royale to talk their Jane Austen romantic comedy, Austenland, starring Keri Russell.

On a very special Cinema Royale, host Travis Hopson downs a pint with Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, and director Edgar Wright while talking the conclusion of their "Cornetto Trilogy", The World's End! Plus, reviews of Lee Daniels' The Butler and Kick-Ass 2!

On this week's show, director Joshua Michael Stern and co-star Josh Gad join Cinema Royale to discuss Jobs, the new Steve Jobs biopic starring Ashton Kutcher as the legendary tech giant. How does Kutcher measure up playing the late Apple founder? Plus, reviews of Neill Blomkamp's anticipated sci-fi blockbuster, Elysium, and We're the Millers starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis.

'The Spectacular Now' writing duo Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter talk working with Shailene Woodley and Miles Teller on the award-winning teen romance. 

SNIKT! Known as the X-man who is "The best there is at what he does", Wolverine's solo film debut was panned by even the staunchest X-men fan. Now Hugh Jackman is back as the clawed mutant in The Wolverine, but is this the film fans have been waiting so long for? Plus, as The Wolverine sets up next year's X-men: Days of Future Past, we'll take a look back at the history of the X-men on the big scr...