18 November
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THE MORNING SHOW Creators: Jay Carson, Kerry EhrenStarring: Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon, Steve Carell, Billy Crudup, Mark Duplass, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Nestor Carbonell Mitch Kessler (Carell) and Alex Levy (Aniston) have been hosting a successful morning news show for fifteen years. Their chemistry is impeccable. That all changes one morning when Mitch is let go from the network due to sexual misconduct allegations. The shocking news rattles coworkers, and Alex is left blindsided. She wants to address the truth to their audience and speak to them as family – to speak on their level. With the shake up leaving Alex alone at the desk, she worriesRead More →

27 August
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MINDHUNTER Season 2 Directors: David Fincher, Andrew Dominik, Carl Franklin Starring: Jonathan Groff, Holt McCallany, Anna Torv, Stacey Roca, Michael Cerveris, Joe Tuttle, Damion Herriman Mindhunter Season 2 is now streaming on Netflix and takes our trio of FBI agents Holden Ford (Groff), Bill Tench (McCallany), and Wendy Carr (Torv) into deeper, more complicated cases as they as they investigate the Atlanta Child Murders and the unknown BTK Killer. Their work interviewing the likes of David Berkowitz and Charles Manson is groundbreaking and chilling as we see it start to take a toll on their personal lives. Mindhunter is one of the very best NetflixRead More →

14 May
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WINE COUNTRY Director: Amy PoehlerStarring: Amy Poehler, Rachel Dratch, Ana Gasteyer, Maya Rudolph, Paula Pell, Emily Spivey, Tina Fey, Jason Schwartzman, Cherry Jones Rebecca (Dratch) is turning fifty but doesn’t want to make a big deal out of it. Her friend, Abby (Poehler), convinces her that a girls trip to wine country in the Napa Valley would make for the perfect getaway. They gather four of their other best friends to head out for the weekend. They all met back in the day as waitresses in a pizza joint in Chicago. They’ve since moved on to different states, careers, and lives and rarely get togetherRead More →

14 February
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FYRE Director: Chris SmithStarring: Billy McFarland, Ja Rule, Grant Margolin, Andy King, Brett Kincaid, James Ohliger, Samuel Krost, Mdavid Low The Fyre Festival was marketed to be the next great big music festival for the millennial generation. It was going to be held on an island once owned by Pablo Escobar. His notoriety combined with beautiful people, booze, musicians, yachts, and villas sounds too good to be true but people went for it. The idea sprung from Billy McFarland, the entrepreneur of Fyre and Magnisus who partnered with hip hop artist Ja Rule. Word about the Fyre Festival spread to models, musicians, and social influencersRead 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 →

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 →

28 April
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ALL THINGS STREAMING Back in February I launched my brand new podcast “All Things Streaming” in partnership with My Talk 107.1. Three episodes have been released so far with more on the way! In each episode I have one or two guests and we check in on what we’re currently streaming on Netflix, HBO Go/Now, Hulu, and Amazon and then do a deep dive on a show or movie we’re obsessing over. We also discuss the business of streaming and what’s coming ahead. Here’s a little look into the three episodes. EPISODE 1: The Pilot Join film critic Paul McGuire Grimes and his guest, MyRead More →

23 February
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ALL THINGS STREAMING I’m excited to announce the launch of my brand new podcast “All Things Streaming”. Every Friday I appear on My Talk 107.1 talking about all things movies, and now we’ve partnered together on this new podcast that airs on the Podcast One network. Each episode I’ll be joined by a guest and we’ll dive into what’s hot in the streaming landscape of Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime, HBO GO, and a variety of other platforms. We’ll also discuss what we’re currently binging, what’s coming ahead, and we’ll dive into a specific show. The first episode is now up with my guest Colleen LindstromRead More →