01 May
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THE COEN BROTHERS: THE MEN WHO WEREN’T THERE My friends at the Trylon Cinema, along with the Heights Theater, are hosting a MASSIVE Coen Brothers marathon. It all starts with one of my all-time favorite movies, Fargo. Here is their description of the series and a breakdown of what movies, what format, and when to see them St. Louis Park’s Coen Brothers have built a career of brilliant films that defy classification. Their supremely entertaining creations take cues from such directors as Howard Hawks, David Lynch, and Preston Sturges—and from westerns, film noir, screwball comedies, and musicals. You always know it’s a Coen Brothers movie.Read More →

29 April
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FOLLOW ME ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA! Are you on social media? I’m constantly posting new entertainment headlines, what I’m watching and streaming on , and posting links to my reviews each week. Plus, there’s frequent posts about my cute dog, Channing! Here are direct links to find me Click HERE to Follow me on Twitter @PaulsMovieTrip Click HERE to Like my Facebook page Click HERE to Follow me on Instagram @PaulsMovieTrip Click HERE to Subscribe to my YouTube Channel Did I mention cute doggy pictures?!?!!?!Read More →

25 April
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AVENGERS: ENDGAME Director: Anthony and Joe RussoStarring: Robert Downey Jr, Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Brie Larson, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, Jeremy Renner, Paul Rudd, Josh Brolin, Bradley Cooper, Danai Gurira, Don Cheadle, Karen Gillan When we last left our Avengers at the end of Avengers: Infinity War, we saw many of them disappear as dust in the wind. The big bad Thanos (Brolin) got his hands on all six infinity stones, placed them on his gauntlet glove, and snapped his finger. Just like that it changed the course of the Marvel franchise. Avengers: Endgame picks up with the remaining survivors in mourning unable to shakeRead More →

25 April
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HOMECOMING Director: BeyoncéStarring: Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Solange, Michelle Williams, Kelly Rowland It’s one thing to go to enjoy a concert and sing along to your favorite artists’ songs. It’s another thing to feel like you’re in the middle of a movement. That’s how it must have felt to be in the audience watching Beyoncé and crew of 200 musicians, dancers, and backup singers take over Coachella in 2018. Homecoming is is a concert documentary directed by Beyoncé of her two performances and is now streaming on Netflix. For the first time, we get to be up front and center to her entire divine performance as wellRead More →

22 April
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PAUL’S TOP 5 MARVEL FILMS We are but days away from Avengers: Endgame. It’s the end of the road, so it seems, for many of our favorite Avengers characters as Marvel wraps up The Infinity Saga. The film is already shattering pre-sale records and may just be the highest grossing film of the year. I say that knowing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker comes in December. The Marvel films strike us all in different ways depending on the characters, worlds, and creatures we dig the most over these 21 movies. Here is a countdown of my Top 5 Marvel films with my original reviewsRead More →

19 April
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TEEN SPIRIT Writer/Director: Max MinghellaStarring: Ellie Fanning, Zlatko Buric, Rebecca Hall Violet (Fanning) is a shy and introverted teenager born of Polish heritage but lives in the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom. She loves to sing even if it means doing it in dingy bars behind her disapproving mother’s back. Word spreads through school that auditions will be held in their city for “Teen Spirit” a televised singing competition series looking for the next big pop star. All of the kids audition, but Violet is the one who is picked to go onto the next round. She has the voice, but lacks stageRead More →

19 April
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UNICORN STORE Director: Brie LarsonStarring: Brie Larson, Samuel L. Jackson, Mamoudou Athie, Joan Cusack, Bradley Whitford Kit (Larson) is in the transition period of her life where she’s having a hard time growing up. She’s a painter who expresses her opinions in a variety of creative ways but she’s going nowhere with it and failing out of school. She spends far too much time sulking around her parents’ house. They’re losing faith in her ability to grow up, but she wants to prove them wrong by getting a temp job in a corporate setting. As you can imagine, Kit doesn’t feel like she really fitsRead More →

12 April
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THE RISE OF SKYWALKER – WHAT WE KNOW Today was a big day for Star Wars fans. The Star Wars Celebration is in full swing in Chicago as Lucasfilm is unveiling nuggets of information about a variety of projects. The biggest one is the title and trailer for Episode IX. The panel kicked off with director J.J. Abrams, Lucasfilm head honcho Kathleen Kennedy, and host Stephen Colbert. You can tell Colbert’s a geek like the rest of us with how he approached the cast looking for little secrets. Here are five takeaways from the panel which consisted of those three along with: Anthony Daniels (C-3PO),Read More →

12 April
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STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER Director: J.J. AbramsStarring: Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Adam Driver, Oscar Isaac, Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Lupita Nyong’o, Keri Russell, Domhnall Gleeson, Richard E. Grant, Billie Lourd, Billy Dee Williams If you’re a Star Wars fan, that probably means you’ve been paying a close eye on the Star Wars Celebration currently happening in Chicago. It’s here where Kathleen Kennedy and Lucas Film are unveiling new insights into the variety of Star Wars projects in development. One of which, is the long anticipated, Episode IX. We now have a title “The Rise of Skywalker” and teaser trailer for the new filmRead More →

11 April
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LITTLE Director: Tina GordonStarring: Regina Hall, Marsai Martin, Issa Rae, Mikey Day, Justin Hartley As a kid, Jordan Sanders (Martin) was the girl in class who was wicked smart, but bullied and teased due to her love of learning. She told herself that one day she would grow up and be the boss so she could bully others around. That very thing happened, and now as an adult (Hall), she runs her own tech company and is the diva boss hated by her employees. Jordan’s assistant, April (Rae), is at a loss as to how to work with her any longer. She has big projectsRead More →