Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Sebastian Stan as Donald Trump in THE APPRENTICE! A young Donald Trump (Sebastian Stan), eager to make his name as a hungry scion of a wealthy family in 1970s New York, comes under the spell of Roy Cohn (Jeremy Strong), the cutthroat attorney who would help create the Donald Trump we know today. Cohn see…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics and CInema Royale reviews John Crowley's WE LIVE IN TIME starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. Almut (Florence Pugh) and Tobias (Andrew Garfield) are brought together in a surprise encounter that changes their lives. As they embark on a path challenged by the limits of time, they learn to cherish each mome…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Pharrell Williams biopic PIECE BY PIECE, directed by Morgan Neville! PIECE BY PIECE is a unique cinematic experience that invites audiences on a vibrant journey through the life of cultural icon Pharrell Williams. Told through the lens of LEGO® animation, turn up the volume on your imagination and witnes…

JOKER: FOLIE à DEUX is here! The surprising, unexpected musical sequel to 2019’s hit JOKER has been divisive from the beginning. On the latest episode of Cinema Royale, me and Joblo.com’s Chris Bumbray discuss Joaquin Phoenix’s return as Arthur Fleck and Lady Gaga’s Harley Quinn! Does it hold up to the original? Or is JOKER: FOLIE à DEUX just one b…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews LEE, a biopic starring Kate Winslet as model turned war photographer Lee Miller. LEE, the directorial feature from award-winning Cinematographer Ellen Kuras, portrays a pivotal decade in the life of American war correspondent and photographer, Lee Miller (Kate Winslett). Miller’s singular talent and unbr…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews the apocalyptic survival horror AZRAEL starring Samara Weaving! In a world in which no one speaks, a devout female-led community hunts down a young woman who has escaped her imprisonment. Recaptured by its ruthless leaders, Azrael is to be sacrificed to pacify an ancient evil that resid…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Francis Ford Coppola's long-awaited magnum opus, MEGALOPOLIS, starring Adam Driver, Nathalie Emmanuel, Giancarlo Esposito, Shia LaBeouf, and Aubrey Plaza! MEGALOPOLIS opens in theaters Sept. 27th. Megalopolis is a Roman Epic set in an imagined Modern America. The City of New Rome must change, causing con…

On the latest episode of Cinema Royale, me and Chris Bumbray of Joblo.com get injected with THE SUBSTANCE! Coralie Fargeat's wild, grotesque, unhinged examination of Hollywood beauty standards stars Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid, and Demi Moore in a role unlike any she's ever played before and could put her back on top for the first time in years.…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Jon Watts' action-comedy WOLFS starring Brad Pitt and George Clooney! George Clooney and Brad Pitt reunite for the action comedy WOLFS. Clooney plays a professional fixer hired to cover up a high profile crime. But when a second fixer (Pitt) shows up and the two “lone wolves” are forced…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews TRANSFORMERS ONE, an animated origin story featuring the voices of Chris Hemsworth, Brian Tyree Henry, Scarlett Johansson, Keegan-Michael Key, Laurence Fishburne, and Jon Hamm! TRANSFORMERS ONE is the untold origin story of Optimus Prime and Megatron, better known as sworn enemies, but once were friends …

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews SPEAK NO EVIL, starring James McAvoy, Mackenzie Davis, Scoot McNairy, and Aisling Franciosi! When an American family is invited to spend the weekend at the idyllic country estate of a charming British family they befriended on vacation, what begins as a dream holiday soon warps into a s…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Kevin Smith's nostalgic teen comedy THE 4:30 MOVIE, opening in theaters on September 13th! Writer-director Kevin Smith presents his most personal film to date with this coming-of-age story — set in the summer of 1986 — that follows three sixteen-year-old friends who spend their Saturday…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Western thriller THE THICKET, starring Peter Dinklage, Juliette Lewis, Levon Hawke, Gbenga Akinnagbe, Leslie Grace, and Esme Creed-Miles. When fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage) is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only as Cutthroat Bil…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Tim Burton's BEETLEJUICE BEETLEJUICE starring Tim Burton, Winona Ryder, Catherine O'Hara, Jenna Ortega, Justin Theroux, Monica Bellucci, and Willem Dafoe! After an unexpected family tragedy, three generations of the Deetz family return home to Winter River. Still haunted by Beetlejuice,…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews GREEDY PEOPLE starring Himesh Patel, Jordan-Levitt, and Lily James! In this darkly comedic crime thriller, rookie cop Will (Himesh Patel) and his rogue partner Terry (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) upend their small island town when they accidentally discover one million dollars at a crime scene (of their own mak…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Zoe Kravitz's BLINK TWICE starring Naomi Ackie and Channing Tatum! When tech billionaire Slater King (Channing Tatum) meets cocktail waitress Frida (Naomi Ackie) at his fundraising gala, sparks fly. He invites her to join him and his friends on a dream vacation on his private island. It…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews THE CROW reboot starring Bill Skarsgard, FKA twigs and Danny Huston! Soulmates Eric Draven (Skarsgård) and Shelly Webster (FKA twigs) are brutally murdered when the demons of her dark past catch up with them. Given the chance to save his true love by sacrificing himself, Eric sets out t…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews SKINCARE, a true-crime thriller starring Elizabeth Banks, Nathan Fillion, Luis Gerardo Méndez, and Lewis Pullman. In SKINCARE, famed aesthetician Hope Goldman (Elizabeth Banks) is about to take her career to the next level by launching her very own skincare line, but her personal and wo…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Chiwetel Ejiofor's ROB PEACE, starring Jay Will, Ejiofor, Mary J. Blige, and Camila Cabello. Directed, adapted by, and starring Academy Award® nominee Chiwetel Ejiofor (12 YEARS A SLAVE), ROB PEACE follows the true story of a brilliant young man (Jay Will) torn between his father’s shadowed past and his …

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews Paul Feig's action-comedy JACKPOT! starring Awkwafina, John Cena, and Simu Liu! In the near future, a ‘Grand Lottery’ has been newly established in California – the catch: kill the winner before sundown to legally claim their multi-billion dollar jackpot. When Katie Kim (Awkwafina) move…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Fede Alvarez's ALIEN: ROMULUS starring Cailee Spaeny, David Jonsson, Isabela Merced, Archie Reneaux, Spike Fearn, and Aileen Wu. Set between the events of Alien and Aliens, the story concerns a group of young space colonists who, while scavenging a derelict space station, come face to face with the most …

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics reviews CUCKOO starring Hunter Schafer, Dan Stevens, Jessica Henwick, and Marton Csokas! Reluctantly, 17-year-old Gretchen leaves her American home to live with her father, who has just moved into a resort in the German Alps with his new family. Arriving at their future residence, they are gree…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Eli Roth's BORDERLANDS, the video game move starring Cate Blanchett, Kevin Hart, Ariana Greenblatt, Florian Munteanu, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jack Black, and Edgar Ramirez. Lilith (Blanchett), an infamous bounty hunter with a mysterious past, reluctantly returns to her home, Pandora, the most chaotic planet in…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews IT ENDS WITH US, the adaptation of Colleen Hoover's bestselling book starring Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni, Jenny Slate, and Brandon Sklenar. “IT ENDS WITH US, the first Colleen Hoover novel adapted for the big screen, tells the compelling story of Lily Bloom (Blake Lively), a woman who overcomes a traumatic c…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics and Cinema Royale gives his reaction to Marvel Studios' huge SDCC '24 panel from over the weekend, and all of the gigantic announcements and footage! All of this and more can be found at Punch Drunk Critics: https://www.punchdrunkcritics.com Subscribe to Punch Drunk Critics on YouTube: / @punchdrunkcritics1 Foll…

DEADPOOL & WOLVERINE is finally here! The long-awaited team-up of Ryan Reynolds' Wade Wilson and Hugh Jackman's Logan has hit the MCU, and is it the greatest superhero movie EVER?!? Check out the spoiler free review from me, Cinema Royale and Punch Drunk Critics' Travis Hopson and Joblo.com's Chris Bumbray! All of this and more on a new episode of …

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews TWISTERS starring Glen Powell and Daisy Edgar-Jones! Edgar-Jones stars as Kate Cooper, a former storm chaser haunted by a devastating encounter with a tornado during her college years who now studies storm patterns on screens safely in New York City. She is lured back to the open plains by her friend, Javi (Go…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews MY SPY THE ETERNAL CITY starring Dave Bautista and Chloe Coleman! Back by popular demand, My Spy’s dynamic duo, veteran CIA operative JJ (Dave Bautista) and his 14-year-old stepdaughter and protégé Sophie (Chloe Coleman), reunite to save the world when a high school choir tour of Italy is interrupted by a nefa…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews serial killer film LONGLEGS starring Maika Monroe and Nicolas Cage. Set in 1974, the film focuses on Lee Harker, a new FBI agent, who has been assigned to an unsolved case of a serial killer. As the investigation becomes more complicated with occult evidence uncovered, Harker realizes a personal link to the ki…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews FLY ME TO THE MOON, a NASA rom-com starring Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson. Starring Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum, FLY ME TO THE MOON is a sharp, stylish comedy-drama set against the high-stakes backdrop of NASA’s historic Apollo 11 moon landing. Brought in to fix NASA’s public image, sparks fl…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews Lee Tamahori's THE CONVERT starring Guy Pearce. Lee Tamahori’s action-filled historical epic stars Guy Pearce as Thomas Munro, a newly arrived preacher in a colonial town in early 19th-century New Zealand who finds himself at the center of a long-standing battle between two Māori tribes. THE CONVERT is in thea…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews MAXXXINE, the final film in Ti West and Mia Goth's horror trilogy about the deadly cost of Hollywood fame! In 1980s Hollywood, adult film star and aspiring actress Maxine Minx finally gets her big break. But as a mysterious killer stalks the starlets of Hollywood, a trail of blood threatens to reveal her…

Travis Hopson reviews DESPICABLE ME 4, featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Kristen Wiig, and Will Ferrell! Following the 2022 summer blockbuster phenomenon of Illumination’s Minions: The Rise of Gru, which earned almost $1 billion worldwide, the biggest global animated franchise in history now begins a new chapter as Gru (Oscar® nominee Steve Car…

Breakdown, takedown, shakedown, you’re busted! On the latest episode of Cinema Royale, the heat is on as I’m joined by the biggest Beverly Hills Cop fan I know, Joblo.com‘s Chris Bumbray, to talk about Eddie Murphy’s return in Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F! Plus, I’m recording this episode on July 4th, so I’m sporting one of many Captain America-themed…

Grab your colors, open the throttle, and get ready to hit the open road! We’re talking Jeff Nichols’ The Bikeriders on this episode of Cinema Royale! I’m joined by my homie Chris Bumbray, editor-in-chief of Joblo.com to discuss Nichols’ motorcycle club drama starring Tom Hardy, Jodie Comer, Austin Butler, and of course Michael Shannon is in it he’s…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews Renny Harlin's THE STRANGERS: CHAPTER 1, the first of a new trilogy in the horror franchise. The film stars Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez. After their car breaks down in an eerie small town, a young couple (Madelaine Petsch and Froy Gutierrez) are forced to spend the night in a remote cabin. Panic ensues…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale review BACK TO BLACK, with Marisa Abela starring as tragic blue singer Amy Winehouse. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, the film also stars Eddie Marsan, Jack O'Connell, and Lesley Manville. BACK TO BLACK is in theaters now. The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden thro…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA starring Anya Taylor-Joy and Chris Hemsworth, directed by George Miller! As the world fell, young Furiosa is snatched from the Green Place of Many Mothers and falls into the hands of a great Biker Horde led by the Warlord Dementus. Sweeping through the Wasteland, they come across the Ci…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics review John Krasinski's imaginary friends film IF, starring Ryan Reynolds, Cailey Fleming, and featuring the voices of Steve Carell, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, and more. IF is in theaters now! From writer and director John Krasinski, IF is about a girl who discovers that she can see everyone’s imaginary friends — and…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Chris Pin's directorial debut, the L.A. noir POOLMAN. Pine co-wrote, directed, and starred in the film alongside Annette Bening, Danny DeVito, Jennifer Jason Leigh, DeWanda Wise, John Ortiz, and more. Poolman tells the story of Darren Barrenman (Pine), a native Los Angeleno who spends his days looking af…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews KINGDOM OF THE PLANET OF THE APES, directed by Wes Ball and starring Owen Teague, Freya Allen, Kevin Durand, Peter Macon, and William H. Macy. Set several generations in the future following Caesar’s reign. Apes are the dominant species living harmoniously with one another, and humans have been reduced t…

On the latest episode of Cinema Royale, me and Joblo.com‘s Chris Bumbray talk about The Fall Guy. Ryan Gosling falls hard for Emily Blunt, and who can blame him, as a down on his luck stuntman who must brave the criminal underworld to find a wayward movie star, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. How does the film compare to the ’80s classic TV show? W…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews BOY KILLS WORLD, a hyper violent revenge flick that's part THE RUNNING MAN, part THE RAID. Stars Bill Skarsgard, Famke Janssen, Jessica Rothe, Brett Gelman, Andrew Koji, Michelle Dockery, Isaiah Mustafa, Yayan Ruhian, and Sharlto Copley! Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is murde…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics review Luca Guadagnino's steamy tennis love-triangle romance, CHALLENGERS, starring Zendaya, Mike Faist, and Josh O'Connor. Opens in theaters on April 26th! From visionary filmmaker Luca Guadagnino, Challengers stars Zendaya as Tashi Duncan, a former tennis prodigy turned coach and a force of nature who makes no…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews ABIGAIL, the horror comedy from Radio Silence starring Melissa Barrera, Dan Stevens, Kathryn Newton, Giancarlo Esposito, Angus Cloud, Alisha Weir, Kevin Durand, and William Catlett. After a group of would-be criminals kidnap the 12-year-old ballerina daughter of a powerful underworld figure, all they hav…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Zack Snyder's epic space opera sequel, REBEL MOON-PART 2: THE SCARGIVER, starring Sofia Boutella, Michiel Huisman, Ed Skrein, Djimon Hounsou, Anthony Hopkins, and more! Rebel Moon — Part Two: The Scargiver continues the epic saga of Kora and the surviving warriors as they prepare to sacrifice everything,…

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Alex Garland's nightmarish political thriller CIVIL WAR, starring Kirsten Dunst, Wagner Moura, Stephen McKinley Henderson, and Cailee Spaeny. From filmmaker Alex Garland comes a journey across a dystopian future America, following a team of military-embedded journalists as they race against time to reach…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale reviews the Zellner Brothers' Bigfoot comedy SASQUATCH SUNSET starring Jesse Eisenberg and Riley Keough. In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind— embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ultimately poignant journey over the course of one year. These …

Travis Hopson of Punch Drunk Critics reviews Ben Brewer's creature feature/coming-of-age film ARCADIAN starring Nicolas Cage, Jaeden Martell, and Maxwell Jenkins. In a near future, normal life on Earth has been decimated. Paul and his two sons, Thomas and Joseph, have been living a half-life – tranquility by day and torment by night. One day, Thoma…

Travis Hopson of Cinema Royale review Dev Patel's action flick MONKEY MAN, directed, written, and starring Patel. Produced by Jordan Peele. Inspired by the legend of Hanuman, an icon embodying strength and courage, ‘Monkey Man’ stars Patel as Kid, an anonymous young man who ekes out a meager living in an underground fight club where, night after ni…