Category: Movie Reviews

Movie Review: FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 26, 2019

FIGHTING WITH MY FAMILY Writer/Director: Stephen MerchantStarring: Florence Pugh, Jack Lowden, Nick Frost, Lena Headey, Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn Saraya (Pugh) and Zak (Lowden) are brother and sister and come from a wresting family in England. Their mother (Headey) was a pro-wrestler while their dad (Frost) still runs a wresting training facility. They get invited…
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Movie Review: FYRE

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 14, 2019

FYRE Director: Chris SmithStarring: Billy McFarland, Ja Rule, Grant Margolin, Andy King, Brett Kincaid, James Ohliger, Samuel Krost, Mdavid Low The Fyre Festival was marketed to be the next great big music festival for the millennial generation. It was going to be held on an island once owned by Pablo Escobar. His notoriety combined with…
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Movie Review: ISN’T IT ROMANTIC

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 14, 2019

ISN’T IT ROMANTIC Director: Todd Strauss-SchulsonStarring: Rebel Wilson, Adam Devine, Liam Hemsworth, Priyanka Chopra, Betty Gilpin, Brandon Scott Jones, Jennifer Saunders Every since she was a young girl Natalie (Wilson) has despised rom-coms. She was led to believe they are unrealistic and spread terrible lies. She works for an architecture firm but is never taken…
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Movie Review: THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 10, 2019

THE LEGO MOVIE 2: THE SECOND PART Director: Mike MitchellFeaturing the voices of: Chris Pratt, Will Arnett, Elizabeth Banks, Tiffany Haddish, Stephanie Beatriz, Alison Brie, Nick Offerman, Charlie Day Five years have passed since the events of the first movie. Finn is getting older and his sister, Bianca, has now started playing with her Duplos…
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Movie Review: VELVET BUZZSAW

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 10, 2019

VELVET BUZZSAW Writer/Director: Dan GilroyStarring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Toni Collette, Zawe Ashton, John Malkovich, Tom Sturridge, Natalia Dyer, Daveed Diggs, Billy Magnussen The seedy, mysterious, and cutthroat art world of Los Angeles isn’t quite prepared for the arrival of Vetril Dease. The catch is that Dease was an elusive artist no one ever heard…
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Movie Review: WHAT MEN WANT

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 7, 2019

WHAT MEN WANT Director: Adam ShankmanStarring: Taraji P. Henson, Tracy Morgan, Wendi McLendon-Covey, Aldis Hodge, Phoebe Robinson, Max Greenfield, Kellan Lutz, Erykah Badu Ali Davis (Henson) is the sole female sports agent at her agency. She’s worked hard to get where she’s at and has a tough-as-nails attitude along the way to compete with the…
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Movie Review: FYRE FRAUD

Paul McGuire Grimes

Feb 5, 2019

FYRE FRAUD Director: Jenner Furst, Julia Willoughby NasonStarring: Billy McFarland, Austin Mills, Matthew Burton Spector, Ja Rule, Cameron Davidson, Maria Kinnikova The Fyre Festival was thought to be the next great music festival to rival Woodstock and Coachella. It was created by business mogul Billy McFarland and hip hop artist Ja Rule. Word about the…
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Movie Review: SERENITY

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jan 30, 2019

SERENITY Writer/Director: Steven KnightStarring: Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Jason Clarke, Diane Lane, Djimon Hounsou, Jeremy Strong Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway have reunited after first starring in Christopher Nolan’s Interstellar. McConaughey plays Baker Dill who’s a devoted tuna fisherman. We learn that he has a son who he no longer sees on a regular basis…
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Movie Review: BEN IS BACK

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jan 24, 2019

BEN IS BACK Writer/Director: Peter HedgesStarring: Lucas Hedges, Julia Roberts, Courtney B. Vance, Kathryn Newton, Rachel Bay Jones In the new film Ben is Back, Lucas Hedges stars Ben Burns (Hedges) who suffers from drug addiction. He’s put his family through turmoil time and time again. He unexpectedly comes home for Christmas Eve much to…
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Movie Review: LOVE, GILDA

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jan 22, 2019

LOVE, GILDA Director: Lisa D’ApolitoStarring: Gilda Radner, Gene Wilder, Amy Poehler, Melissa McCarthy, Maya Rudolph, Bill Hader, Chevy Chase, Martin Short The new documentary Love, Gilda is a love letter to comedienne Gilda Radner. It takes a traditional approach to its structure starting with her childhood days continuing on in her early days of improv,…
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