Category: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: THE TWO POPES

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 12, 2019

THE TWO POPES Director: Fernando Meirelles Starring: Jonathan Pryce, Anthony Hopkins, Juan Minujín The Two Popes is an unconventional biopic for Cardinal Jorge Bergolio (Pryce) who would go on to become Pope Francis. The story is structured as a conversation between Bergolio as he shares his life story to Pope Benedict XVI (Hopkins) Bergolio is…
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Movie Review: RICHARD JEWELL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 11, 2019

RICHARD JEWELL Director: Clint EastwoodStarring: Paul Walter Hauser, Kathy Bates, Sam Rockwell, Jon Hamm, Olivia Wilde Paul Walter Hauser stars as Richard Jewell who had a friendly personality and was always looking out for others. He took his job working security seriously only to be mocked and teased by fellow police officers and security detail.…
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Movie Review: PARASITE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 2, 2019

PARASITE Director: Bong Joon HoStarring: Kang-ho Song, Sun-kyun Lee, Yeo-jeong Jo, Woo-sik Choi, So-dam Park, Jeong-eun Lee, Hye-jin Jang The Kim family is struggling to make ends meet. They’re practically living in squalor folding pizza boxes for money. Ki-woo, the son of the family, manipulates his way into being a tutor for the wealthy Park family. His…
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Movie Review: JUDY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 2, 2019

JUDY Director: Rupert GooldStarring: Renée Zellweger, Rufus Sewell, Finn Wittrock, Jessie Buckley, Michael Gambon We may remember Judy Garland (Zellweger) as the talented young star of The Wizard of Oz but her life and career spiraled into a life of drugs and alcohol. She was only 47 and was going broke unable to pay for…
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Movie Review: WAVES

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 1, 2019

WAVES Writer/Director: Trey Edward ShultsStarring: Kelvin Harrison Jr., Taylor Russell, Lucas Hedges, Sterling K. Brown, Renée Elise Goldsberry, Alexa Demie Tyler (Harrison) is all-star high school wrestler who seems to everything going for him until one life-altering event follows the next which becomes too much for him to handle. Despite having determined and engaged parents…
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Movie Review: MARRIAGE STORY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 26, 2019

MARRIAGE STORY Writer/Director: Noah BaumbachStarring: Adam Driver, Scarlett Johansson, Laura Dern, Alan Alda, Ray Liotta, Julie Hagerty Adam Driver and Scarlett Johansson star as Charlie and Nicole, who at first seem like a couple madly in love, but the reality is that their marriage is falling apart. Charlie’s a theater director and Nicole’s an actress,…
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Movie Review: KNIVES OUT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 26, 2019

KNIVES OUT Writer/Director: Rian JohnsonStarring: Christopher Plummer, Jamie Lee Curtis, Daniel Craig, Chris Evans, Don Johnson, Toni Collette, Ana de Armas, Michael Shannon, LaKeith Stanfield Christopher Plummer heads the cast as patriarch Harlan Thrombey who is described one of the best selling mystery writers of all time. He’s massively rich living a gorgeous palatial estate.…
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Movie Review: FROZEN II

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 21, 2019

FROZEN II Directors: Chris Buck, Jennifer LeeStarring: Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff, Josh Gad, Sterling K. Brown, Evan Rachel Wood, Jason Ritter All may be well between sisters Anna (Bell) and Queen Elsa (Menzel), but Queen Elsa keeps hearing a mystical voice coming from somewhere beyond the castle. She believes it may be coming from…
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Movie Review: A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 21, 2019

A BEAUTIFUL DAY IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD Director: Marielle HellerStarring: Matthew Rhys, Tom Hanks, Susan Kelechi Watson, Chris Cooper, Maryann Plunkett, Enrico Colantoni, Wendy Makkena, Tammy Blanchard Matthew Rhys (The Americans) stars as Lloyd Vogel, a writer for Esquire Magazine tasked with writing a brief piece about Fred Rogers, played by 2-Time Oscar winner Tom Hanks.…
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Movie Review: THE IRISHMAN

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 21, 2019

THE IRISHMAN Director: Martin ScorseseStarring: Robert De Niro, Al Pacino, Joe Pesci, Anna Paquin, Ray Romano, Harvey Keitel, Jesse Plemons, Bobby Cannavale Frank “The Irishman” Sheeran (De Niro) was a teamster who was taken under by the Bufalino crime family out of Pennsylvania. He could do their dirty work, which led to his working relationship…
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