Cinema Royale

Travis Hopson reviews erotic horror BONE LAKE starring Maddie Hasson, Margo Pigossi, Alex Roe, and Andra Nechita! A couple’s romantic vacation at a secluded lakeside estate is upended when they are forced to share the mansion with a mysterious and attractive couple. In this darkly hilarious and seductive horror story, a dream getaway spirals into a nightmarish maze of sex, lies, and manipulation,...

Travis Hopson reviews Benny Safdie's THE SMASHING MACHINE starring Dwayne Johnson and Emily Blunt. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pdcmovies Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pdcmovies You can also subs...

Travis Hopson chats with UFC great Mark Kerr about the biopic of his life and career, THE SMASHING MACHINE, starring Dwayne Johnson! THE SMASHING MACHINE is open in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pdcmovies Follow Punch...

Travis Hopson talks with Keegan-Michael Key and Nat Wolff about starring with Mark Wahlberg in the Shane Black action-comedy PLAY DIRTY! An expert thief rolls out the biggest heist of his life in Play Dirty, an action-packed thriller from director Shane Black. Parker (Mark Wahlberg), along with Grofield (LaKeith Stanfield), Zen (Rosa Salazar), and a skilled crew, stumble onto a score that pits the...

Travis Hopson reviews Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Chase Infiniti, Teyana Taylor, Sean Penn, Regina Hall, and Benicio Del Toro! “When their evil enemy resurfaces after 16 years, a group of ex-revolutionaries reunites to rescue one of their own’s daughter.” ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER is in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunk...

Travis Hopson reviews football horror HIM starring Marlon Wayans, Tyriq Withers, and Julia Fox! Directed by Justin Tipping and produced by Jordan Peele. HIM stars former college wide-receiver Tyriq Withers (Atlanta, I Know What You Did Last Summer) as Cameron Cade, a rising-star quarterback who has devoted his life, and identity, to football. On the eve of professional football’s annual scouting C...

Travis Hopson reviews Kogonada's surreal romance A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY starring Colin Farrell and Margot Robbie! What if you could open a doorway and walk through it to re-live a defining moment from your past? Sarah (Robbie) and David (Farrell) are single strangers who meet at a mutual friend’s wedding and soon, through a surprising twist of fate, find themselves on A Big Bold Beautiful Jo...

Travis Hopson reviews Macon Blair's THE TOXIC AVENGER reboot starring Peter Dinklage, Taylour Paige, Kevin Bacon, and Jacob Tremblay. In THE TOXIC AVENGER, when a downtrodden janitor, Winston Gooze, is exposed to a catastrophic toxic accident, he’s transformed into a new kind of hero: The Toxic Avenger. Now, Toxie must rise from outcast to savior, taking on ruthless corporate overlords and corrupt...

Travis Hopson reviews THE ROSES starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Olivia Colman! Life seems easy for picture-perfect couple Ivy (Olivia Colman) and Theo (Benedict Cumberbatch): successful careers, a loving marriage, great kids. But beneath the façade of their supposed ideal life, a storm is brewing – as Theo’s career nosedives while Ivy’s own ambitions take off, a tinderbox of fierce competition a...

Travis Hopson reviews Darren Aronofsky's thriller CAUGHT STEALING starring Austin Butler, Zoe Kravitz, Matt Smith, Liev Schreiber, Vincent D'Onofrio, Bad Bunny, and Regina King! Burned-out ex-baseball player Hank Thompson unexpectedly finds himself embroiled in a dangerous struggle for survival amidst the criminal underbelly of 1990s New York City, forced to navigate a treacherous underworld he ne...

Travis Hopson reviews Ethan Coen's HONEY DON'T! starring Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, and Chris Evans! A dark comedy about small-town private investigator Honey O'Donahue, who delves into a series of strange deaths tied to a mysterious church. HONEY DON'T! is in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punch...

Travis Hopson reviews Alex Russell's tense celebrity thriller LURKER starring Archie Madekwe, Theodore Pellerin, and Havana Rose Liu! When a twenty-something retail clerk encounters a rising pop star, he takes the opportunity to edge his way into the in-crowd. But as the line between friend and fan blurs beyond recognition, access and proximity become a matter of life and death. LURKER is open in...

Travis Hopson reviews Ron Howard's survival thriller EDEN starring Jude Law, Vanessa Kirby, Sydney Sweeney, Daniel Bruhl, and Ana de Armas! Director Ron Howard’s Eden unravels the shocking true story of a group of disillusioned outsiders who abandon civilization, settling on a remote, uninhabited island only to discover that the greatest threat isn’t the brutal climate or deadly wildlife, but each...

Travis Hopson is joined by Nnamdi Asomugha, Melissa Leo, and Aja Naomi King to talk about the new racially-charged thriller THE KNIFE! Construction worker Chris (Nnamdi Asomugha) is prepared to do whatever he can to build a solid life for his family, yet his plans are thrown into disarray after a mysterious woman appears in their new home late one night. By the time police arrive, the intruder is...

Travis Hopson and Chris Bumbray of Joblo.com review NOBODY 2 with Bob Odenkirk vs. Sharon Stone! NOBODY 2 is in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pdcmovies Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/...

Travis Hopson reviews RED SONJA starring Matilda Lutz! RED SONJA streams digitally on August 29th. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pdcmovies Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pdcmovies You can also subs...

Travis Hopson reviews Spike Lee's #Highest2Lowest starring Denzel Washington! When a titan music mogul (Denzel Washington), widely known as having the “best ears in the business”, is targeted with a ransom plot, he is jammed up in a life-or-death moral dilemma. Brothers Denzel Washington and Spike Lee reunite for the 5th in their long working relationship for a reinterpretation of the great filmma...

Travis Hopson reviews Disney's FREAKIER FRIDAY, reuniting Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan! In the film, Curtis and Lohan reprise their roles as Tess and Anna Coleman. The story picks up years after Tess (Curtis) and Anna (Lohan) endured an identity crisis. Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge,...

Travis Hopson reviews Zach Cregger's WEAPONS starring Julia Garner and Josh Brolin! When all but one child from the same class mysteriously vanish on the same night at exactly the same time, a community is left questioning who or what is behind their disappearance. WEAPONS is open in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on Y...

Ella Balinska and director Hugo Keijzer join Travis Hopson to talk about the grueling challenge of their sci-fi survival thriller THE OCCUPANT, set in the dangerous Georgian wilderness. Desperate to save her sister, Abby (Ella Balinska) takes a dangerous job in the remote Georgian wilderness. Stranded in the mountains after her helicopter crashes, she finds hope through John (Rob Delaney), a myste...

Travis Hopson and Joblo.com's Chris Bumbray review #TheNakedGun with #LiamNeeson attempting to fill the shoes of the late great Leslie Nielsen! Plus, a brief discussion of our favorite hot ladies of the '80s and '90s. THE NAKED GUN is in theaters now. All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch...

THE WHITE LOTUS breakout Beatrice Grannò talks with Travis Hopson about her role in Nacho Vigalondo's surreal DANIELA FOREVER, her experiences with lucid dreaming, working with Henry Golding, and more.  All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.co...

Travis Hopson talks with THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS director Matt Shakman about bringing Marvel's First Family to the MCU, the challenge of debuting Silver and Galactus, and so much more. THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS is in theaters now.  All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk...

Film critic Travis Hopson review Marvel Studios' THE FANTASTIC FOUR: FIRST STEPS starring Pedro Pascal, Vanessa Kirby, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, and Joseph Quinn! All of this and more can be found at www.punchdrunkcritics.com! Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube:    / @punchdrunkcritics1   Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/pdcmovies Follow Punch Drunk Critics on Face...

Up up and away! This episode of Cinema Royale to the ultimate boyscout, the hero of heroes, the Last Son of Krypton, Superman! I'm joined by Chris Bumbray of Joblo.com to talk about (free of major spoilers) the most anticipated movie of the summer! Has James Gunn knocked it out of the park with SUPERMAN? Or will this go the way of Zack Snyder's MAN OF STEEL, Bryan Singer's SUPERMAN RETURNS, and pr...