Category: Movie Reviews

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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Movie Review: THE WATER DIVINER

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 24, 2015

THE WATER DIVINER Director: Russell Crowe Starring: Russell Crowe, Olga Kurylenko, Dylan Georgiades, Jai Courtney, Yilmaz Erdogan, Ryan Corr, James Fraser, Ben O’Toole I’ll admit I am not at all familiar with the Battle of Gallipoli, so this was all new territory for me. The heart of the story takes place four years after that…
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Movie Review: PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 17, 2015

PAUL BLART: MALL COP 2 Director: Andy Fickman Starring: Kevin James, Raini Rodriguez, Eduardo Verástegui, Neal McDonough, Daniella Alonso, Gary Valentine, Loni Love, Ana Gasteyer, Jayma Mays, Shirley Knight I don’t think people had expected the 2009 film Paul Blart: Mall Cop to be a huge hit. Frankly, I had no desire to see it.…
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Movie Review: TRUE STORY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 17, 2015

TRUE STORY Director: Rupert Goold Starring: James Franco, Jonah Hill, Felicity Jones, Ethan Suplee, Gretchen Mol, Robert John Burke One would think that if a movie has James Franco and Jonah Hill in it together, it could be box office gold. Somehow this movie is being released and I feel like no one has heard…
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Movie Review: THE LONGEST RIDE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 10, 2015

THE LONGEST RIDE Director: George Tillman Jr. Starring: Scott Eastwood, Britt Robertson, Alan Alda, Jack Huston, Oona Chaplin, Melissa Benoist It seems like every year we are given a new Nicholas Sparks romance story. He quickly cranks out the books and the studios rush the film adaptations into production. I will admit to getting sucked…
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Movie Review: WHILE WE’RE YOUNG

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 9, 2015

WHILE WE’RE YOUNG Writer/Director: Noah Baumbach Starring: Ben Stiller, Naomi Watts, Adam Driver, Amanda Seyfried, Charles Grodin When writer/director Noah Baumbach (Frances Ha, The Squid and the Whale) uses a quote from playwright Henrik Ibsen as the setup for his story, I knew right then and there this was going to be up my alley.…
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Movie Review: FURIOUS 7

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 3, 2015

FURIOUS 7 Director: James Wan Starring: Vin Diesel, Paul Walker, Jason Statham, Michelle Rodriguez, Jordana Brewster, Dwayne Johnson, Ludacris, Tyrese Gibson, Kurt Russell, Nathalie Emmanuel, Djimon Hounsou The Fast and the Furious franchise continues at full throttle for its seventh entry. The film picks up directly after the post-credit sequence that happened at the end…
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Movie Review: IT FOLLOWS

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 31, 2015

IT FOLLOWS Writer/Director: David Robert Mitchell Starring: Maika Monroe, Keir Gilchrist, Olivia Luccardi, Lili Sepe, Jake Weary, Baily Spry If you are familiar with those old rules for successfully surviving a horror movie, you may remember the one that says you can never have sex. It Follows uses that concept of teens having sex as…
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Movie Review: HOME

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 27, 2015

HOME Director: Tim Johnson Starring: Jim Parsons, Rihanna, Steve Martin, Jennifer Lopez, Matt Jones Many people thought DreamWorks Animation would have taken home the Oscar this past February for their hit How to Train Your Dragon 2. They lost to Disney’s Big Hero 6, and I’m pretty sure they won’t be feeling that much love…
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