Month: March 2017

Movie Review: GHOST IN THE SHELL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 30, 2017

GHOST IN THE SHELL Director: Rupert Sanders Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Pilou Asbæk, Takeshi Kitano, Michael Pitt, Juliette Binoche Let me state right up front that I went into Ghost in the Shell with no previous knowledge of this material. It’s based on the wildly popular 1989 Japanese manga comic series by Masamune Shirow. I’ve never…
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Movie Trailer: IT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 29, 2017

IT Director: Andrés Muschietti Starring: Bill Skarsgård, Finn Wolfhard, Jaeden Lieberher, Sophia Lillis, Wyatt Oleff, Jack Dylan Grazer, Chosen Jacobs I’ll come right out and say it that IT is not only my favorite from Stephen King’s lofty canon, but it is also one of the scariest books from the master of horror. If you…
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Movie Review: T2 TRAINSPOTTING

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 28, 2017

T2 TRAINSPOTTING Director: Danny Boyle Starring: Ewan McGregor, Johnny Lee Miller, Ewen Bremner, Robert Carlyle, Kelly McDonald, Shirley Henderson Trainspotting was a low budget film about five friends with a massive drug addiction that became a wacky cult classic. Twenty years later, the cast has reunited to see where these troubled men are at in…
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Movie Review: LIFE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 24, 2017

LIFE Director: David Espinosa Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rebecca Ferguson, Ryan Reynolds, Ariyon Bakare, Olga Dihovichnaya, Hiroyuki Sanada Space exploration movies feel like they’re all the rage right now. Unfortunately, they can’t all be as great as 2013’s Gravity. With Passengers last year and now Life, I’m wondering if they’ve run their course for the time…
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Movie Review: BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 16, 2017

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Director: Bill Condon Starring: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Josh Gad, Kevin Kline, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen, Emma Thompson, Audra McDonald, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Stanley Tucci Disney’s animated classic (in my opinion) Beauty and the Beast was the first full-length animated film to be nominated for Best Picture at the 1992…
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Movie Review: KONG: SKULL ISLAND

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 9, 2017

KONG: SKULL ISLAND Director: Jordan Vogt-Roberts Starring: Tom Hiddleston, Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John Goodman, Corey Hawkins, John C. Reilly, Thomas Mann, Jason Mitchell, Toby Kebbell We have seen many iterations of King Kong before. Kong: Skull Island is the latest take on this legendary creature. This version takes place in 1973 in the…
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THE NINTH ANNUAL HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 6, 2017

THE NINTH ANNUAL HITCHCOCK FILM FESTIVAL Take-Up Productions has brought back their Hitchcock Film Festival for another year. It’s always a joy to see the Master of Suspense back up on the big screen, and this year they have some of his very best playing. Rear Window is a personal favorite of mine. A few…
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Movie Review: LOGAN

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 6, 2017

LOGAN Director: James Mangold Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen, Elizabeth Rodriguez, Boyd Holbrook, Richard E. Grant, Eriq La Salle, Elise Neal Hugh Jackman first donned the Wolverine claws for the first X-Men film back in 2000. Seventeen years and nine appearances later, he has come to the end of his reign…
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Movie Review: TABLE 19

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 3, 2017

TABLE 19 Writer/Director: Jeffrey Blitz Starring: Anna Kendrick, Lisa Kudrow, Craig Robinson, Tony Revolori, June Squibb, Wyatt Russell, Stephen Merchant, Thomas Cocquerel, Margo Martindale We’ve all been there before where you are invited to a wedding, and you’re unsure if you’ll know anyone else there. You were probably sat table 19. That’s the table where…
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