Month: September 2014

Movie Review: THE EQUALIZER

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 30, 2014

THE EQUALIZER Director: Antoine Fuqua Starring: Denzel Washington, Marton Csokas, Chloë Grace Moretz, David Harbour, Bill Pullman, Melissa Leo Denzel Washington is back in another high-intensity action flick. How many of these has he done lately? This time he reteams with his Training Day director Antoine Fuqua. Robert McCall (Washington) spends most of his day…
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My Criterion Collection: BREATHLESS (1960)

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 29, 2014

BREATHLESS(1960) Director: Jean-Luc Godard Starring: Jean-Paul Belmondo, Jean Seberg, Daniel Boulanger, Jean-Pierre Melville Confession time. Watching Breathless was my first foray into the French New Wave movement. For a critic, it is embarrassing to say that it has taken me this long to watch one of the films of Jean-Luc Godard. Nor have I seen…
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TWIN CITIES LIVE- September 19, 2014

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 20, 2014

TWIN CITIES LIVE September 19, 2014 It was a page to screen adaptation day on Twin Cities Live. I believe this is one of my longest segments, and it’s also one of my favorites. Enjoy! 1. THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU, Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Jane Fonda, Corey Stoll,…
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Movie Review: THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 19, 2014

THIS IS WHERE I LEAVE YOU Director: Shawn Levy Starring: Jason Bateman, Tina Fey, Corey Stoll, Adam Driver, Jane Fonda, Rose Byrne, Dax Sheperd, Connie Britton, Kathryn Hahn, Abigail Spencer, Timothy Olyphant, Ben Schwartz I must admit that I have a soft spot for these types of family ensemble stories. Two films in my top…
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TWIN CITIES LIVE- September 12, 2014

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 13, 2014

TWIN CITIES LIVE September 12, 2014 I have three new reviews for Twin Cities Live this week. Even though the summer blockbuster season is over and the fall movies haven’t started ramping up yet, there a couple of movies in theaters worth checking out. Plus, I’ve got a home release that…
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Movie Review: THE DROP

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 12, 2014

THE DROP Director: Michaël R. Roskam Starring: Tom Hardy, James Gandolfini, Noomi Rapace, Matthias Schoenaerts, John Ortiz How can you go wrong when James Gandolfini and Tom Hardy star in a Dennis Lehane story? Bob (Hardy) has an innocence about him despite the fact that he works at a Brooklyn bar known in the underworld…
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Movie Review: THE TRIP TO ITALY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 11, 2014

THE TRIP TO ITALY Writer/Director: Michael Winterbottom Starring: Steve Coogan, Rob Brydon, Rosie Fellner, Claire Keelan, Timothy Leach If someone asked me to drop everything and take a free trip to Italy for a week, I would definitely take them up on that offer. I had an unforgettable trip to this exquisite country back in…
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Movie Rewind: JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK (2010)

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 10, 2014

JOAN RIVERS: A PIECE OF WORK (2010) Director: Ricki Stern, Anne Sundberg Starring: Joan Rivers, Melissa Rivers, Jocelyn Pickett, Bill Sammeth, Kathy Griffin I first saw Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work a couple of years ago when it first started streaming on Netflix. I had a second viewing of it tonight, but this time…
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TWIN CITIES LIVE- September 5, 2014

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 6, 2014

TWIN CITIES LIVE September 5, 2014 It was a pleasure returning to Twin Cities Live after a few weeks off. It’s been a little slow at the theaters right now, so we decided to do a fall movie preview instead of reviews of the latest new releases. Here are the four…
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FALL 2014 MOVIE PREVIEW

Paul McGuire Grimes

Sep 5, 2014

FALL 2014 MOVIE PREVIEW 1. INTERSTELLARDirector: Christopher NolanStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jessica Chastain, John Lithgow, Michael CaineI am a huge fan of Christopher Nolan, the visionary director of Inception and The Dark KnightTrilogy. This film may be his biggest challenge to date. It is still shrouded in secrecy, but a couple of trailers have been released. I am…
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