15 November
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WIDOWS Director: Steve McQueen Starring: Viola Davis, Liam Neeson, Cynthia Erivo, Michelle Rodriguez, Elizabeth Debicki, Carrie Coon, Robert Duvall, Colin Farrell, Brian Tyree Henry, Daniel Kaluuya Viola Davis is back on the big screen and she is not to be messed with. She plays a mourning wife whose husband (Liam Neeson) is killed when a heist goes horribly wrong killing him and his crew. To make matters a bit more complicated, she is now threatened for the two million dollars that was promised as part of that heist. After going through her late husband’s belongings, she finds the blueprints of their next heist. She decidesRead More →

15 November
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INSTANT FAMILY – Cast/Crew Interviews Instant Family opens in theaters Friday, November 16th and stars Mark Wahlberg and Rose Byrne as a couple who expand their family through adoption. I sat down with the cast as well as writer Joh Morris and writer/director Sean Anders who based the film on his real life adoption story. MARK WAHLBERG and ROSE BYRNE   TIG NOTARO   JULIE HAGERTY, JULIANNA GAMIZ, and GUSTAVO QUIROZ   SEAN ANDERS (writer/director) and JOHN MORRIS (co-writer)Read More →

08 November
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BOY ERASED Writer/Director: Joel Edgerton Starring: Lucas Hedges, Nicole Kidman, Russell Crowe, Joel Edgerton, Troye Sivan, Xavier Dolan, Britton Sear, Joe Alwyn, Cherry Jones Lucas Hedges has secured himself as a promising star on the rise thanks to his work in Manchester by the Sea and Lady Bird. In Boy Erased, he continues his string of playing these fractured young men in that transition period of growing up. He plays Jared who realizes his truth of being gay while in college. It’s not an easy discovery, but one that comes with consequences given that his parents are deeply religious with his dad being a localRead More →

06 November
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NOBODY’S FOOL Writer/Director: Tyler Perry Starring: Tiffany Haddish, Tika Sumpter, Whoopi Goldberg, Omari Hardwick, Amber Riley, Missi Pyle Tyler Perry has a new movie in theaters making it his first R-rated comedy. Tiffany Haddish is on fire as wild child sister opposite the straight-laced Tika Sumpter. When Tanya (Haddish) is released from jail, she continues to cause trouble when she calls upon the Catfish crew when she believes Danica (Sumpter) is in a fake online relationship. Here’s my review. Also, click HERE for my interviews with the cast!Read More →

01 November
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PODCAST EPISODE 36: “Halloween” – 40 Years of Michael Myers I have a brand new episode of my podcast “Paul’s Trip to the Movies” up on PodcastOne, Apple Podcasts, My Talk 1071’s website or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s brought to you by T-Rex Cookie Company. “Halloween” is killing it at the box office and marks the return of Jamie Lee Curtis in her iconic role of Laurie Strode. Her strong survivor is back facing Michael Myers one more time. Host Paul McGuire Grimes and his guest Leigh Finke celebrate the original 1978 “Halloween” and examine the new one in theaters forty years afterRead More →

01 November
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NOBODY’S FOOL – Cast Interviews I recently sat down with the cast of the hilarious new Tyler Perry new movie, Nobody’s Fool , which is now playing in theaters. This marks his first R-rated comedy, and I’m sure you can imagine the craziness when Haddish, Goldberg, and one special cameo appear in the same movie. Writer/Director/Producer Tyler Perry and Tiffany Haddish (Tanya) **SPOILER ALERT – Tyler Perry gives away a big cameo in this movie!***   EGOT Whoopi Goldberg (Lola) and Amber Riley (Callie)   Tika Sumpter (Danica) and Omari Hardwick (Frank)Read More →

01 November
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CAN YOU EVER FORGIVE ME? Director: Marielle Heller Starring: Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant, Dolly Wells, Jane Curtin, Stephen Spinella, Ben Falcone Melissa McCarthy gives a career-defining performance in her new movie Can You Ever Forgive Me? She stars as author Lee Israel alongside Richard E. Grant and Jane Curtain in this true story of forgery and literary icons. Check out my review and head over to my YouTube channel HERE for more reviews and celeb interviews from recent press junkets.Read More →

01 November
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BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY Director: Bryan Singer Starring: Rami Malek, Gwilym Lee, Ben Hardy, Joseph Mazzello, Aidan Gillen, Allen Leech Rami Malek gives an electrifying performance as he becomes rock icon Freddie Mercury, but does one great performance save Bohemian Rhapsody or is it another generic rock biopic? Click and subscribe on my YouTube channel HERE for more reviews and recent interviews.Read More →

01 November
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BEAUTIFUL BOY Q&A with Timothée Chalamet and Nic Sheff 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 nominee Timothée Chalamet and author Nic Sheff at the Landmark Theatres Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis. The video is now up on my YouTube channel! photo cred: Dallas SmithRead More →

24 October
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TWIN CITIES FILM FEST INTERVIEWS – JON HEDER & KENDALL GOLDBERG When Jeff Tried to Save the World The Twin Cities Film Fest does a fantastic job of bringing in A-list talent by having them showcase some of their smaller films that may not get noticed outside the festival circuit. We all remember Jon Heder from his goofy role in Napoleon Dynamite. It’s been fourteen years since the cult classic’s release, and he’s in a new movie call When Jeff Tried to Save the World. In it, he plays Jef who works at a small old-fashioned bowling alley. He finds out his boss is planningRead More →