27 January
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THE 25th SAG AWARDS – THE WINNERS Here are the winners for The 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The only big surprise of the night was for Emily Blunt for Best Supporting Actress. She won for her fearless work in A Quiet Place, but the big front runner in this category for the Oscars is Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk. King did not get the SAG nomination. Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Black PantherAngela BassettChadwick BosemanSterling K. BrownWinston DukeMartin FreemanDanai GuriraMichael B. JordanDaniel KaluuyaLupita Nyong’oAndy SerkisForest WhitakerLetitia Wright Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:Rami Malek,Read More →

19 December
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MARY POPPINS RETURNS Director: Rob MarshallStarring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters, Meryl Streep, Colin Firth Mary Poppins is back on the big screen in an all new adventure thanks to Disney and director Rob Marshall (Into the Woods, Chicago). This new film takes place a couple of decades after the original one, and Michael (Whishaw) and Jane Banks (Mortimer) are all grown up. Michael is a widower with three kids. He’s facing a financial crisis and is told by the bank that they will repossess their childhood home if he can’t come up with the payments. It’s up to Mary PoppinsRead More →

05 April
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A QUIET PLACE Director: John Krasinski Starring: John Krasinski, Emily Blunt, Noah Jupe, Millicent Simmonds Funnyman John Krasinski is shaking things up by turning his focus to the horror genre by directing, co-writing, and starring in A Quiet Place. Krasinski and real-life wife Emily Blunt play married couple Lee and Evelyn. Along with their three children, they are some of the only remaining survivors after a mysterious force has wiped out their small town. The movie picks up on Day 89, and we first see their family rummaging around in an abandoned pharmacy that’s been ransacked for the last remaining goods. They leave to findRead More →

06 October
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Haley Bennett, Luke Evans, Rebecca Ferguson, Allison Janney, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Lisa Kudrow It’s the fall release that book lovers have been waiting for as the Paula Hawkins page-turner finally gets the big screen treatment. Rachel Watson (Blunt) takes the train into work every day. She passes the time by sketching and daydreaming about other people she sees along the way. Every day the train goes by a gorgeous house with a beautiful couple inside who always look deeply in love. The house happens to be just a few houses downRead More →

21 April
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THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR Director: Cedric Nicolas-Troyan Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Charlize Theron, Emily Blunt, Jessica Chastain, Nick Frost, Sam Claflin, Alexandra Roach, Rob Brydon I feel like it’s a little redundant these days with the fairy tale genre to claim that there’s “one story you haven’t heard yet.” That’s precisely how The Huntsman: Winter’s War opens as we get a little insight thanks to some Liam Neeson narration. I don’t know if I’ve ever lamented my disdain when movies overly rely on narration to fill in plot points and unnecessarily describe exposition details. We were first introduced to Charlize Theron’s Evil Queen Ravenna in 2012’sRead More →

21 April
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THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN Director: Tate Taylor Starring: Emily Blunt, Justin Theroux, Allison Janney, Luke Evans, Edgar Ramírez, Laura Prepon, Haley Bennett, Rebecca Ferguson, Lisa Kudrow Now I know what book I’ll be picking up the next time I swing through Barnes & Noble. Maybe that will be tomorrow. Readers that were obsessed with Gillian Flynn’s Gone Girl were looking for their next female-driven page turner and found it with Paula Hawkins book The Girl on the Train. It was only a matter of time before we saw it adapted for the big screen. The “teaser trailer” has now been released, and the beginningRead More →

25 December
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INTO THE WOODS Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine, Billy Magnussen, Daniel Huttlestone, Lilla Crawford, Christine Baranski, Tammy Blanchard, Lucy Punch, Johnny Depp,Tracey Ullman, Mackenzie Mauzy Many of you may not know this, but I was a musical theater major in college. I have had a love of composer Stephen Sondheim for quite some time. I think it’s safe to say that he is the grand master and god of musical theater lovers everywhere. Into the Woods just happens to be my favorite in his diverse canon. He and lyricist James Lapine have combined characters from variousRead More →

31 July
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INTO THE WOODS Director: Rob Marshall Starring: Meryl Streep, Emily Blunt, James Corden, Anna Kendrick, Chris Penn, Johnny Depp, Christine Baranski, Tracey Ullman, Billy Magnussen, Frances de la Tour We have seen some production stills recently and now the first trailer is here for the highly anticipated new movie, Into the Woods, based on the Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine musical. I must say this is my favorite musical of all time and cannot contain my excitement when it comes to this movie. Rob Marshall is no stranger to directing musicals after his work on Chicago and Nine. He has another all-star cast led byRead More →

13 June
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EDGE OF TOMORROW Director: Doug Liman Starring: Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton, Brendan Gleeson, Jonas Armstrong, Kick Gurry, Tony Way I think I would be pretty disgruntled if I was thrown into war with aliens only to die, get stuck in a time loop, and then have to relive those two days all over again. Tom Cruise stars as military officer William Cage who wakes up and finds himself on a training base not sure of how he got there. He is approached by Master Sergeant Farell (Paxton) who takes him to his new combat team. Cage, who has no experience or training, isRead More →

11 June
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TWIN CITIES LIVE June 11, 2014         Here are today’s picks plus links to each of my reviews: 1. The Fault in Our Stars, starring Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Laura Dern 2. Edge of Tomorrow, starring Tom Cruise, Emily Blunt, Bill Paxton 3. Non-Stop, starring Liam Neeson, Julianne Moore, Scoot McNairy Here’s the video: Video courtesy of Twin Cities Live/KSTP You can find all of my past segments HERE. As always, thank you so much for watching and your continual support. I truly appreciate it!Read More →