Category: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: WHIPLASH

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 28, 2014

WHIPLASH Writer/Director: Damien Chazelle Starring: Miles Teller, J.K. Simmons, Paul Reiser, Melissa Benoist, Nate Lang, Austin Stowell For someone that sees a plethora of movies every year, it’s always refreshing when one comes along that completely takes you by surprise. It becomes the movie that I want everyone to see. This summer it was Boyhood…
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2014 Twin Cities Film Fest: MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 22, 2014

MEN, WOMEN & CHILDREN Director: Jason Reitman Starring: Jennifer Garner, Adam Sandler, Rosemarie DeWitt, Ansel Elgort, Dean Norris, Judy Greer, Emma Thompson, Olivia Crocicchia, Kaitlyn Dever Jason Reitman has been known to tackle a variety of hot-button subjects like teen pregnancy (Juno), corporate layoffs (Up in the Air), and Stockholm syndrome (Labor Day). This time…
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Movie Review: FURY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 17, 2014

FURY Writer/Director: David Ayer Starring: Brad Pitt, Logan Lerman, Shia LaBeouf, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal, Jim Parrack, Jason Isaacs It’s easy to think of Brad Pitt as your average A-list movie star. I have always been on the Pitt train as he continually produces and stars in exceptional films. Many of them recently have gone…
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Movie Rewind: IN A WORLD… (2013)

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 17, 2014

IN A WORLD… (2013) Writer/Director: Lake Bell Starring: Lake Bell, Ken Marino, Fred Melamed, Michaela Watkins, Rob Corddry, Demetri Martin, Alexandra Holden Try to think of a movie trailer that uses a female voice behind it. You probably can’t think of too many as it is a male dominated field. This realization was the motivation…
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Movie Review: THE JUDGE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 10, 2014

THE JUDGE Director: David Dobkin Starring: Robert Downey Jr., Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Billy Bob Thornton, Vincent D’Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Dax Shepard, Leighton Meester, David Krumholtz, Ken Howard Tony Stark vs. Tom Hagen. Robert Downey Jr. vs Robert Duvall. They lead an all-star cast in the family legal drama, The Judge. Hank Palmer is that…
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Movie Review: ANNABELLE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 7, 2014

ANNABELLE Director: John R. Leonetti Starring: Ward Horton, Annabelle Wallis, Alfre Woodard, Tony Amendola If you saw The Conjuring, you may remember that it opened with scenes involving a possessed doll named Annabelle who the Warrens later took possession of and kept in their artifacts room. It should come as no surprise that with the…
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Movie Review: GONE GIRL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Oct 3, 2014

GONE GIRL Director: David Fincher Starring: Rosamund Pike, Ben Affleck, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry, Carrie Coon, Patrick Fugit, Kim Dickens, Missi Pyle, Sela Ward When I heard that David Fincher was going to tackle the big screen adaptation of Gillian Flynn’s hot bestseller Gone Girl, I knew that he was the perfect choice. I…
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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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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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