Bleav in Sports Movies with The Movie Guys

It’s mash-up week PART III! The title says it all – Over the Top. Sylvester Stallone stars in the only movie we can think of that treats this subject as a legitimate sport in Over the Top – armwrestling. Paul Preston heads on over to the Cinema Poo-radiso podcast and host P.J. Baio to talk about it. … Continued

It’s mash-up week PART II! What movie-based podcast doesn’t love a sequel? Paul Preston goes podcast hopping again and ends up on the Your Weekly Dose podcast to talk about the best football movies with hosts Sean Roberts and Steve Silva. On the verge of the kickoff of the 2019 NFL season, which movies will … Continued

It’s mash-up week as your host Paul Preston heads on over to The Mt. Rushmore Podcast to sit in on their madness the whole show. At the Mt. Rushmore pod, three hosts debate what should be on the Mt. Rushmore of ____. This week, with Paul sitting in, they take on the Mt. Rushmore of … Continued

To talk about Angels in the Outfield, we went to the source – an actual Angel. Former MLB player for the California Angels and current Bleav podcast host Adam Riggs calls into the show. He and host Paul Preston talk about the 1994 Disney remake of the story of how magical angels help out Anaheim’s struggling … Continued

The Naked Gun? A sports movie? Let us ‘splain. The last half hour of that movie contains the funniest, most definitive movie spoof of the game of baseball that you’ll see anywhere. And even though it’s only the last third of the film, it covers all parts of the game! Plus, twist the arms of … Continued

Paul Preston, Adam Witt and Steven Lewis fire up the Movie Guys roundtable PROPER with this look at the 1978 critical and commercial hit Heaven Can Wait. Things kick off with a signature Movie Guys plot recap, followed by deep dives into the story, history, making of, characters and casting, which included Warren Beatty, Jack Warden, … Continued

Bethany Hamilton: Unstoppable is in theaters now and Bleav host Paul Preston has a sit-down with the documentary’s resilient and funny subject and surfing legend, Bethany Hamilton. They talk about her comeback from a shark attack, her return to competing and balancing it all with becoming a mother for the first time.

The final dive into The Movie Showcast archives has host Paul Preston pulling up movie roundtables about Eddie the Eagle and The Longest Ride. These two movies didn’t fit into a previous category that these shows have based themselves around, so these two get The Professor and Mary-Ann treatment. Karen Volpe, Adam Witt and Bart Kias join Paul to … Continued

Paul Preston winds down the clip show versions of Bleav in Sports Movies, looking at the last few sports films covered on his old show, The Movie Showcast. And by “covered”, it’s more like a roast. Million Dollar Arm gets the business with the help of special guest Michael McNutt and Here Comes The Boom digs way back to The … Continued

The question “What’s your favorite movie of all time?” was asked to over 200 guests on The Movie Guys’ old show, The Movie Showcast. Five guests answered “The Big Lebowski”. Pretty good percentage, so host Paul Preston dedicates an episode of Bleav in Sports Movies to that film on the premise that hey, there’s bowling in … Continued

Paul Preston fires up the flux capacitor to go eight years back in time to the early days of The Movie Guys, when they were doing movie preview videos and covered Moneyball, Warrior and Soul Surfer. Guest hosts David Beach and Justin Bowler join Paul for jokes and more jokes about these movies and Paul drops a … Continued

Its right about the time you get the seventh movie that your franchise has to do something like fight a Predator. Does a Predator show up in this seventh episode of Bleav in Sports Movies? You’ll have to listen to find out. What you do get in this episode is more great clips from The Movie … Continued

This week’s sports movies (Race and McFarland, USA) also just happen to be real movies about race. Paul Preston introduces the two classic clips from The Movie Showcast but make no mistake, this isn’t a news show, so there’s still room for jokes, jokes and more jokes. Race was covered by The Movie Guys as part of … Continued

Paul Preston fires up the way-back machine again this week with two clips from The Movie Guys’ comedy show, The Movie Showcast, when hosts Paul, Adam Witt, Bart Kias and Karen Volpe looked at two football movies – My All-American and When the Game Stands Tall. Then, they break out the bits! For no extra charge, you get … Continued

Fresh off the Indy 500, Paul Preston hosts a couple of classic clips from The Movie Showcast looking at two racing films. Well…Ron Howard’s Rush and…does Turbo count? The DreamWorks Animation movie about the racing snail? Sure, why not? In these clips, Paul is joined by Adam Witt, Bart (or Lee) Kias and Karen Volpe for a comic look … Continued

This dip into The Movie Guys archives features two boxing movies. Paul Preston hosts two clips from The Movie Showcast with comedic looks at Bleed For This and Southpaw. Movie Guys regulars Adam Witt, Karen Volpe and Bart Kias are joined at one point by actress Lisa Ann Walter (Bruce Almighty, The Parent Trap). Bart shares a classic … Continued

Paul Preston is back to share more moments from The Movie Guys archives that include special guests talking about their favorite movies of all time, all of which are sports movies! Bleav it! This includes: Actor/puppeteer Allan Trautman (The Jungle Book), screenwriter Rhett Reese (Deadpool), director Marcus Nispel (Conan the Barbarian 3D), Chicago improv legend … Continued

Host Paul Preston gets you set for what to expect from Bleav in Sports Movies. Paul runs TheMovieGuys.net and he shares a couple of moments from his old show, The Movie Showcast, with animated talk about the Michael B. Jordan/Sylvester Stallone vehicle Creed and the Kevin Costner football comedy Draft Day. The clips feature guests Justin T. Bowler, Adam … Continued