Month: May 2015

Movie Review: ALOHA

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 31, 2015

ALOHA Writer/Director: Cameron Crowe Starring: Bradley Cooper, Emma Stone, Rachel McAdams, Bill Murray, Alec Baldwin, Danny McBride Hawaii provides a picturesque backdrop and cultural lesson in the latest film from writer/director Cameron Crowe (Say Anything, Jerry Maguire, Almost Famous). Bradley Cooper leads an A-list cast as Brian Gilcrest, a military contractor who arrives at an…
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Movie Review: SAN ANDREAS

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 28, 2015

SAN ANDREAS Director: Brad Peyton Starring: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Paul Giamatti, Archie Panjabi, Art Parkinson, Kylie Minogue, Colton Haynes Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson leads the latest disaster movie to hit the big screen. He stars as Ray Gaines who works for a search and rescue crew in Los Angeles. He…
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Movie Review: TOMORROWLAND

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 22, 2015

TOMORROWLAND Director: Brad Bird Starring: Britt Robertson, George Clooney, Raffey Cassidy, Hugh Laurie, Kathryn Hahn, Keegan-Michael Key, Tim McGraw George Clooney is starring in a big summer film geared toward a younger audience. Wait a minute; did I travel back in time to 1997 with the release of Batman & Robin? No, thank goodness I…
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Movie Review: MAD MAX: FURY ROAD

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 15, 2015

MAD MAX: FURY ROAD Director: George Miller Starring: Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron, Nicholas Hoult, Hugh Keays-Byrne, Zoë Kravitz, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Riley Keough I first heard about Mad Max: Fury Road years ago when it first went into production. The big Mel Gibson franchise was getting a reboot without its star. Where have we seen that…
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Movie Review: PITCH PERFECT 2

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 14, 2015

PITCH PERFECT 2 Director: Elizabeth Banks Starring: Anna Kendrick, Rebel Wilson, Hailee Steinfeld, Brittany Snow, Ester Dean, Adam DeVine, Skylar Astin, John Michael Higgins, Elizabeth Banks Back in the summer of 2012, Pitch Perfect came out and became a sleeper hit. It continued to do gang buster sales once the DVD/Blu-Ray was released and Anna…
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Movie Review: HOT PURSUIT

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 11, 2015

HOT PURSUIT Director: Anne Fletcher Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Sofia Vergara, Matthew Del Negro, Michael Mosley, Robert Kazinsky, Joaquín Cosio When you go into a movie with such low expectations and you come out laughing, does that make it a good movie? I continue to ask myself this question when I determine how low of a…
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Movie Trailer: VACATION

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 8, 2015

VACATION Writer/Director: John Francis Daley, Jonathan M. Goldstein Starring: Ed Helms, Christina Applegate, Leslie Mann, Chevy Case, Beverly D’Angelo, Chris Hemsworth The last time we checked in with the Griswolds they were in Vegas playing Keno. Vegas Vacation did not live up to expectations and basically killed the franchise. I…
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Movie Rewind: PADDINGTON (2015)

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 5, 2015

PADDINGTON (2015) Director: Paul King Starring: Ben Whishaw, Hugh Bonneville, Sally Hawkins, Julie Walters, Nicole Kidman, Michael Gambon, Imelda Staunton, Tim Downie I have to admit that when the trailers were released for Paddington, I was a bit skeptical. Something didn’t look right about it. I was then surprised by the critical acclaim it received…
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Movie Review: AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 1, 2015

AVENGERS: AGE OF ULTRON Director: Joss Whedon Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Chris Hemsworth, Scarlett Johansson, Mark Ruffalo, Jeremy Renner, James Spader, Elizabeth Olsen, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Samuel L. Jackson, Paul Bettany Hulk, smash! And boy, does he ever in Avengers: Age of Ultron. The sequel to the biggest superhero movie of all time naturally…
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