18 January
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GLASS Director: M. Night ShyamalanStarring: James McAvoy, Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson, Sarah Paulson, Anya Taylor-Joy, Spencer Treat Clark M. Night Shyamalan fans were teased when they saw Bruce Willis’ Unbreakable character, David Dunn, pop up at the end of his last movie Split. It has been nineteen years since Unbreakable, which pitted Willis against Samuel L. Jackson’s comic book obsessed character Elijah Price aka “Mr. Glass”. In Split, James McAvoy played Kevin Wendell Crumb who suffered from dissociative identity disorder. Shyamalan unites all three characters now in Glass. David is now working for his own home security system with his son and uses hisRead More →

17 January
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DESTROYER Director: Karyn KusamaStarring: Nicole Kidman, Sebastian Stan, Tatiana Maslany, Toby Kebbell, Scoot McNairy, Bradley Whitford If you feel like you’ve seen every side of Nicole Kidman, guess again. In Destroyer, she plays LA Detective Erin Bell, who has seen her better days. Her life is practically in shambles due to the devotion and lengths she’s gone through in her work. The body of a John Doe is found shot to death and the tattoos on his body indicate that a former gang member from her past is back on the scene. Here’s my review. Don’t forget to click SUBSCRIBE on my YouTube channel toRead More →

17 January
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PODCAST EPISODE 41: AND THE AWARD GOES TO…NETFLIX! I have a brand new episode of my podcast “Paul’s Trip to the Movies” up on PodcastOne and My Talk 1071’s website or wherever you get your podcasts. Netflix has made a name for itself in the world of streaming television, but we’ve seen an increase lately with their original movies like “Roma”, “Bird Box”, and “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs”, just to name a few. Host Paul McGuire Grimes and guests Niles Schwartz and Eric Henderson break down some of their new releases, their desire for some award consideration, and discuss how streaming platforms are changing the industryRead More →

15 January
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SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Remi Hii, Cobie Smulders  Good news Marvel fans! Marvel and Sony Pictures Entertainment dropped the trailer for the next Spidey adventure Spider-Man: Far From Home. The bar is pretty high right now given how well the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider Verse has done with audiences and critics. Tom Holland is back as Peter Parker who’s European vacation seems to be cut short upon the arrival of Samuel L. Jackson’s Nick Fury. The grand villain this go-around is Mysterio played by JakeRead More →

15 January
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THE UPSIDE Director: Neil BurgerStarring:   Kevin Hart, Bryan Cranston, Nicole Kidman, Aja Naomi King, Julianna Margulies Dell (Hart) is unemployed and can’t find work due to his criminal record. His bad attitude doesn’t help matters. He’s being threatened with going back to jail if he doesn’t come up with the proof that he’s at least job hunting. His latest attempt has him at the doors of Phillip Lacasse, a wealthy writer (Cranston) who’s quadriplegic. The position is to be his caregiver and attendant. Phillip is attracted to Dell’s unfiltered attitude and hires him on the spot despite the fact that Dell doesn’t really want theRead More →

14 January
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THE 24th CRITICS’ CHOICE AWARDS – THE WINNERS BEST PICTURERoma BEST ACTORChristian Bale – Vice BEST ACTRESSGlenn Close – The WifeLady Gaga – A Star Is Bor BEST SUPPORTING ACTORMahershala Ali – Green Book BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESSRegina King – If Beale Street Could Talk BEST YOUNG ACTOR/ACTRESSElsie Fisher – Eighth Grade BEST ACTING ENSEMBLEThe Favourite BEST DIRECTORAlfonso Cuarón – Roma BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYPaul Schrader – First Reformed BEST ADAPTED SCREENPLAYBarry Jenkins – If Beale Street Could Talk BEST CINEMATOGRAPHYAlfonso Cuarón – Roma BEST PRODUCTION DESIGNHannah Beachler, Jay Hart – Black Panther BEST EDITINGTom Cross – First Man BEST COSTUME DESIGNRuth Carter – Black Panther BESTRead More →

12 January
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BEAUTIFUL BOY Q&A with Timothée Chalamet and Nic Sheff This was originally posted on November 1, 2018 when “Beautiful Boy” was in theaters. I wanted to re-post my Q&A with Timothée Chalamet and author Nic Sheff now that the film is streaming on Amazon Prime. I also featured my review on My Talk 107.1 and “Twin Cities Live” on 1/11/19 The new movie Beautiful Boy is now in theaters courtesy of Amazon Studies. It’s a true story about a father (Steve Carell) coming to terms with his son’s (Timothée Chalamet) addiction to meth. On Sunday October 28th, I moderated a Q&A with Academy Award nomineeRead More →

08 January
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DUMPLIN’ Director: Anne FletcherStarring:  Danielle Macdonald, Jennifer Aniston, Odeya Rush, Maddie Baillio, Bex Taylor-Klaus, Harold Perrineau, Ginger Minj, Luke Benward In the new Netflix movie Dumplin‘, Danielle Macdonald plays Willowdean, the daughter of a former beauty queen. She’s played by Jennifer Aniston and now runs the Miss Teen Bluebonnet pageant. Willowdean was raised by her aunt and has never felt welcome in her mother’s world of pageants. She feels a bit dejected but signs up for the pageant to spite her mother and show the injustices that come with beauty pageants. Here’s my reviewRead More →

08 January
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BUMBLEBEE Director: Travis KnightStarring:  Hailee Steinfeld, John Cena, Jorge Lendeborg Jr., John Ortiz, Pamela Adlon, Stephen Schneider, Len Cariou Charlie (Steinfeld) is turning 18 but still struggling with her father’s death. She works for a hot dog stand but spends her spare time fixing out junker cars. She finds a Volkswagon Beetle in a junkyard and takes it upon herself to fix it up as a birthday present. This Beetle just so happens to be the transformer Bumblebee who’s been sent to earth by Optimus Prime to find shelter from the Decepticons. Travis Knight (Kubo and the Two Strings) directs the sixth and best installment inRead More →

07 January
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ON THE BASIS OF SEX Director: Mimi LederStarring:  Felicity Jones, Armie Hammer, Justin Theroux, Stephen Root, Sam Waterston, Kathy Bates, Jack Reynor Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been the focus of two movies in 2018. The first was the documentary RBG and now actress Felicity Jones plays her in On the Basis of Sex. The film covers Ginsburg’s days in Harvard Law School, her husband Marty’s (Hammer) diagnosis with testicular cancer, teaching at Rutgers Law School, and settles in on a case handed to her by Martin about tax deductions for caregivers and how men and women should have equal protection under the constitution. Here’s my reviewRead More →