13 June
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DOCTOR SLEEP Writer/Director: Mike FlanaganStarring: Ewan McGregor, Rebecca Ferguson, Jacob Tremblay, Bruce Greenwood, Carel Struycken, Carl Lumbly, Emily Alyn Lind Warner Bros. has unleashed their first teaser trailer and poster for Doctor Sleep. Yes, it’s called Doctor Sleep and not “Redrum” like the poster may look. If you know your Stephen King canon, you may remember that “Redrum” is a phrase used in The Shining. Doctor Sleep is his follow up published in 2013. Bringing this story to the big screen is writer/director Mike Flanagan who has become a force in the horror genre with film like Oculus, Hush, and the Netflix series The HauntingRead More →

13 June
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LATE NIGHT Director: Nisha GanatraStarring: Mindy Kaling, Emma Thompson, John Lithgow, Hugh Dancy, Reid Scott, Denis O’Hare, Max Casella, Ike Barinholtz Molly (Kaling) works for a chemical plant but is an aspiring comedy writer. She gets the nerve to interview for “Late Night with Katherine Newbury” with no experience in television writing. She gets hired on the sole basis she fills the minority quota in an all-male writers room. The show is sliding down in the ratings. Katherine Newbury (Thompson) has been the host for decades doing long informative interviews. The industry wants short, funny bits with YouTube stars instead. She’s at risk of losingRead More →

09 June
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THIS WEEK – “SINCE STONEWALL” It’s Pride Month, and we are only a few days away from the “Since Stonewall” series at the Trylon. They will be showing two films, The Celluloid Closet and The Boys in the Band, and I’ll be part of a Q&A with My Talk 107.1’s Bradley Traynor following the Sunday screenings on June 16. Here is their description for the series. On June 28, 1969, police raids at Greenwich Village’s Stonewall Inn led to street riots and the birth of the Gay Liberation movement. We mark the 50 years since that night with two classic LGBTQ films. Promotional support forRead More →

06 June
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DARK PHOENIX Writer/Director: Simon KinbergStarring: Sophie Turner, Tye Sheridan, James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Nicholas Hoult, Jessica Chastain, Alexandra Shipp, Evan Peters, Kodi Smit-Phee Jean Grey is a favorite among X-Men fans. She’s had quite the journey as we’ve seen in the comics and film series. Dark Phoenix acts as part origin story as it charts evolution as mutant into the fully fledged Dark Phoenix. Game of Thrones’ Sophie Turner returns to the role of Jean Grey after appearing in X-Men: Apocalypse. We learn as a young girl she accidentally caused the death of her parents in a car accident. Her powers of telepathy and telekinesisRead More →

03 June
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THE GOLDFINCH Director: John CrowleyStarring: Ansel Elgort, Oakes Fegley, Nicole Kidman, Sarah Paulson, Finn Wolfhard, Willa Fitzgerald, Luke Wilson, Jeffrey Wright, Denis O’Hare The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt has been passed around from book club to book club. My mother-in-law absolutely loved it and couldn’t put it down. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2014. The film adaptation is now here with a wonderful cast including: Ansel Elgort (The Fault in Our Stars), Oakes Fegley (Wonderstruck), Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story) and Nicole “rip my heart out” Kidman. Per the Warner Bros. website “Theodore “Theo” Decker was 13 years oldRead More →

03 June
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GODZILLA: KING OF THE MONSTERS Director: Michael DoughertyStarring: Vera Farmiga, Millie Bobby Brown, Kyle Chandler, Sally Hawkins, Ken Watanabe, Bradley Whitford, Ziyi Shang, Charles Dance, O’Shea Jackson Jr., Anthony Ramos San Francisco has been left picking up the pieces after Godzilla nearly destroyed the city in 2014. He hasn’t been seen since then, but there’s evidence that he’s still lurking under the ocean. Monarch, the organization researching these monsters, has come under attack and now the focus of Senate hearings. The government wants these monsters destroyed but Monarch sees opportunities to co-habitat with them. Monarch has outposts all across the globe secretly doing their researchRead More →

30 May
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ROCKETMAN Director: Dexter FletcherStarring: Taron Egerton, Jamie Bell, Richard Maddon, Bryce Dallas Howard, Gemma Jones When you think of Elton John, you may think of his beautiful songs, the glitz, the glamour, and the tantrums. It’s all here in Rocketman. At a young age, Elton (Egerton) was a gifted piano player. He could play anything he heard on first play. He came from a broken home, as his parents were never fully supportive or loving toward him. He took inspiration from Elvis Presley and started playing piano professionally. When he started working with lyricist Bernie Taupin (Bell), his career took off. Their music together becameRead More →

29 May
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PAUL’S 2019 SUMMER MOVIE PREVIEW The summer movie season is officially here, so I wanted to give you a sneak peak at some of the movies I’m most looking forward to in the next few months. There are some big Hollywood studio blockbusters and a few indie gems thrown in that deserve your attention. A little Disney, a little Spidey, some QT and more! What are YOU looking forward to this summer? I’d love to hear your picks. Send me a Tweet @PaulsMovieTrip or leave a comment on Instagram @PaulsMovieTrip and don’t forget to click subscribe on my YouTube channel. You’ll find it the momentRead More →

27 May
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BOOKSMART Director: Olivia WildeStarring: Beanie Feldstein, Kaitlyn Dever, Mason Gooding, Skyler Gisondo, Jason Sudeikis, Will Forte, Lisa Kudrow, Jessica Williams Olivia Wilde makes her directorial debut with Booksmart, a smart coming of age, high school drama. Molly (Feldstein) and Amy (Dever) are best friends and have always taken their academics seriously. They’re strong-willed, feminists with big personalities. They don’t have the greatest reputation in school despite Molly being class president. They have ambitious paths after senior year, but on their last day they decide to let loose. They find out Nick (Gooding) is having a grandiose party and decide to prove to the rest ofRead More →

24 May
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TERMINATOR: DARK FATE Director: Tim MillerStarring: Linda Hamilton, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Mackenzie Davis, Gabriel Luna, Diego Boneta One of the best action movies of all time is James Cameron’s Terminator 2: Judgment Day. You’ll frequently hear it hailed as a sequel that was better than the original. It took Sarah Connor from a victim to the ultimate fighter out to protector her son, John. As Sarah, Linda Hamilton became a bad ass action heroine who set the bar high for those who followed in her footsteps. We’ve seen three sequels since T2’s release in 1991 but none of them lived up to what writer/director James CameronRead More →