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2020-12-15
15 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 15, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: WONDER WOMAN 1984

WONDER WOMAN 1984 Director: Patty JenkinsStarring: Gal Gadot, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Chris Pine, Robin Wright, Connie Nielson Trust me when I tell you that director Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot rule the DC Extended Universe. Their latest, Wonder Woman 1984, will be in theaters and will be streaming on HBO Max on Christmas. In the first film, we saw Diana Prince aka Wonder Woman fall in love with Chris Pine’s Steve Trevor during the first world war. Flash forward to 1984, and Diana now works for the Smithsonian by day while mourning the loss of her great love. Her newest colleague Barbara Minerva, playedRead More →

2020-12-10
10 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 10, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: I’M YOUR WOMAN

I’M YOUR WOMAN Director: Julia HartStarring: Rachel Brosnahan, Marsha Stephanie Blake, Arinzé Kene, Frankie Faison, Bill Heck Rachel Brosnahan has won a variety of awards as Midge Maisel on The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel. Get ready to see her in a whole new light in I’m Your Woman. This is a 1970s crime story with Rachel Brosnahan’s character caught in a web of lies and deception. She plays Jean, who thought her life was going to be perfect. She wanted a child but couldn’t biologically have one. She knows her husband Eddie deals in nefarious work, but one day he brings home a child for them to raise.Read More →

2020-12-10
10 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 10, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: THE PROM

THE PROM Director: Ryan MurphyStarring: Jo Ellen Pellman, Ariana Debose, Meryl Streep, Nicole Kidman, Andrew Rannells, James Corden, Keegan-Michael Key, Kerry Washington I saw the Broadway musical The Prom in its closing weekend, and the energy from the crowd and its actors was massive. We knew we were watching something special. The movie musical adaption is now streaming on Netflix. For Emma, all she is wants to do is go to the prom with her girlfriend Alyssa. Newcomer Jo Ellen Pellman and Ariana DeBose play the couple in question, but the PTA led by Alyssa’s mother, played by Kerry Washington, decides to shut down theRead More →

2020-12-08
08 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 8, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: LET THEM ALL TALK

LET THEM ALL TALK Director: Steven SoderberghStarring: Meryl Streep, Dianne Wiest, Candice Bergen, Lucas Hedges, Gemma Chan A couple of years ago, director Steven Soderbergh annouced he going to retire. Since then he has made numerous projects scaling back his supposed retirement. Soderbergh takes us on a trip with Meryl Streep who plays famed author Alice Hughes. She’s been invited to go to England to accept a lifetime achievement award, but she’ll only travel if she can take a ship there. Her agent, played by Gemma Chan, agrees to her conditions and Alice invites her two friends (Dianne Wiest and Candace Bergen) and nephew TylerRead More →

2020-12-03
03 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 3, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: AMMONITE

AMMONITE Writer/Director: Francis LeeStarring: Kate Winslet, Saoirse Ronan, Gemma Jones, Fiona Shaw Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan are no strangers to a period drama. Their new film Ammonite is about forbidden love in 1840s England. As a fossil hunter, Kate Winslet’s Mary Anning leads a quiet, singular focused life. Her work is stellar but she rarely gets the recognition she deserves. She owns a small shop and one day a scientist walks in with his wife Charlotte, who’s played by Saoirse Ronan. After Charlotte’s husband leaves town, she’s stuck navigating this new town on her own until she’s taken ill and placed in Mary’s care. Read More →

2020-11-24
24 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 24, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: HAPPIEST SEASON

HAPPIEST SEASON Director: Clea DuVallStarring: Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, Mary Steenburgen, Victor Garber, Mary Holland, Alison Brie, Daniel Levy, Aubrey Plaza, Ana Gasteyer Move over Netflix and Hallmark as Hulu has one of the best new Christmas movies you’ll see all year with Happiest Season. Kristen Stewart and Mackenzie Davis, play Abby and Harper, a couple trying to figure out their Christmas plans. As Abby, Kristen Stewart doesn’t really care for Christmas and is ambivalent about celebrating at all. Both of her parents have passed away, so she’s not beholden to family traditions. The same can’t be said of Harper and her obsession over theRead More →

2020-11-24
24 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 24, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: SUPERINTELLIGENCE

SUPERINTELLIGENCE Director: Ben FalconeStarring: Melissa McCarthy, Bobby Cannavale, Jean Smart, Bryan Tyree Henry, Ben Falcone, Jock McKissic, Michael Beach Melissa McCarthy and her husband Ben Falcone have teamed up multiple times before with movies like Life of the Party and The Boss. In their latest, SuperIntelligence, McCarthy plays Carol Peters who considers herself a fairly average woman. She used to work for a tech company but left her position to do more philanthropic work in her community. One morning a techno superintelligence starts talking to from every one of her devices. It’s always the voice of James Corden as Carol thinks his voice is soothing.Read More →

2020-11-24
24 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 24, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: UNCLE FRANK

UNCLE FRANK Writer/Director: Alan BallStarring: Paul Bettany, Peter Macdissi, Sophia Lillis, Stephen Root, Judy Greer, Margo Martindale, Lois Smith, Steve Zahn Families are more than the people you are born into. Sometimes it’s the chosen families that make us who we are. They offer the space and environment to make us feel whole. Writer/director Alan Ball explores those identities in his new film Uncle Frank. Paul Bettany takes on the title character. He lives in New York, and as a gay man in the early 1970s he never felt quite at home with his biological family. He still remains closeted to all of them exceptRead More →

2020-11-22
22 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 22, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: DOLLY PARTON’S CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE

DOLLY PARTON’S CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE Director: Debbie AllenStarring: Christine Baranski, Dolly Parton, Treat Williams, Jenifer Lewis, Josh Segarra, Jeanine Mason, Mary Lane Haskell We all know the Hallmark Channel tries to rule Christmas with their round the clock programming. They now have competition as Netflix is fast on their trail with their own Christmas content. Dolly Parton’s Christmas on the Square is one of their new original movies. The town of Polarville is getting ready for the season, singing, dancing, and decorating the town square. Their joy is halted when Christine Baranski’s Regina stomps through the square with eviction notices. She warns everyone thatRead More →

2020-11-20
20 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 20, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: MANK

MANK Director: David FincherStarring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Charles Dance, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke The American Film Institute has twice proclaimed Citizen Kane the greatest film of all time in their Top 100 countdowns. The new film Mank is another examination of that film. The title “Mank’ is the nickname for Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz played by fellow Oscar winner, Gary Oldman. It’s 1940 and Orson Welles is given carte blanche to make any movie he wants and given total creative control over it. Mank’s screenplay is on a tight deadline for Welles, but his broken leg and alcoholism areRead More →

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Movie Reviews

Our Friend- 3.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, OnDemand
One Night in Miami - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
Pieces of a Woman- 4 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Promising Young Woman - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, OnDemand
Sylvie's Love - 4 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
Wonder Woman 1984 - 4 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, HBO Max
Soul - 4 Ticket Stubs, Disney+
News of the World - 4 Ticket Stubs, In theaters, On Demand
The Midnight Sky - 3.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
I'm Your Woman - 4 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
The Prom - 4 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Let Them All Talk - 3.5 Ticket Stubs, HBO Max
Ammonite - 2 Ticket Stubs, Video OnDemand
SuperIntelligence - 4 Ticket Stubs, HBO Max
Happiest Season - 4 Ticket Stubs, Hulu
Sound of Metal - 5 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime

Streaming TV Reviews

WandaVision - 4 Ticket Stubs, Disney+
The Mandalorian Season 2 - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Disney+
The Crown Season 4 - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
The Haunting of Bly Manor - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
The Last Dance - 5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Dead to Me Season 2 (2020) - 4 Ticket Stubs, Netflix

Now Streaming: I’M YOUR WOMAN (Amazon Prime)

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Tom Hanks Interview – “News of the World”

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“Beautiful Boy” Q&A with Timothée Chalamet & Nic Sheff

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