Category: Movie Reviews

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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Movie Review: GET HARD

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 27, 2015

GET HARD Director: Etan Cohen Starring: Will Ferrell, Kevin Hart, Allison Brie, Craig T. Nelson, Tip “T.I.” Harris Do you ever wonder how some movies get pitched to studios? You sit through a terrible movie with almost zero redeeming qualities and you question who green lit it? I feel like the pitch was “Will Ferrell…
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Movie Review: THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 20, 2015

THE DIVERGENT SERIES: INSURGENT Director: Robert Schwentke Starring: Shailene Woodley, Ansel Elgort, Theo James, Miles Teller, Kate Winslet, Jai Courtney, Naomi Watts, Octavia Spencer, Mekhi Phifer Let’s recap the world of Divergent because it can get a bit tricky. Even for someone that read the first book and saw the first movie, I felt a…
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Movie Review: RUN ALL NIGHT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 18, 2015

RUN ALL NIGHT Director: Jaume Collet-Serra Starring: Liam Neeson, Ed Harris, Joel Kinnaman, Boyd Holbrook, Vincent D’Onofrio, Bruce McGill So let me get this straight. Liam Neeson is starring in an action flick with a completely unoriginal title. The star of Taken, Unknown, Non-Stop, A Walk Among the Tombstones and a plethora of sequels is…
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Movie Review: CINDERELLA

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 13, 2015

CINDERELLA Director: Kenneth Branagh Starring: Lily James, Cate Blanchett, Richard Madden, Sophie McShera, Holliday Grainger, Helena Bonham Carter, Haley Atwell, Ben Chaplin, Derek Jacobi, Stellan Skarsgård Cate Blanchett as the evil stepmother? YES PLEASE! Disney has been in the habit of making live action adaptations of some of their finest animated films. So far we’ve…
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Movie Review: THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Mar 10, 2015

THE SECOND BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Director: John Madden Starring: Dev Patel, Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Bill Nighy, Celia Imrie, Penelope Wilton, Shazad Latif, Tina Desai, David Strathairn “It made death more appealing.”- Muriel (Maggie Smith) in response to being asked how America was. I think I can safely say that I worship Judi Dench…
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