08 November
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BLACK PANTHER: WAKANDA FOREVER Director: Ryan CooglerStarring: Letitia Wright, Angela Bassett, Danai Guria, Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Martin Freeman, Tenoch Huerta, Michaela Coel, Richard Schiff, Dominique Thorne Director Ryan Coogler has done it again. It may have seemed next to impossible to do a sequel to Black Panther without Chadwick Boseman, but Black Panther: Wakanda Forever one of the best Marvel movies to date. Coogler opens his film in the only way possible, we find Letitia Wright’s Shuri desperately trying to save T’Challa’s life but is unsuccessful. What transcends is a private ceremony for the fallen king with a grand processional in Wakanda. One yearRead More →

19 September
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FALL MOVIE PREVIEW I shared my Fall Movie Preview on this week’s episode of Twin Cities Live on KSTP. While I would have ranked The Fabelmans as my #1 most anticipated movie, I had a hard time ranking the others and decided on chronological order. Plus, due to the time limitations, I only chose five movies. Here’s my segment with a look at: Hocus Pocus 2 (September 30) Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (November 11) The Fabelmans (November 23) Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (December 23) Babylon (December 25)Read More →

22 April
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PAUL’S TOP 5 MARVEL FILMS We are but days away from Avengers: Endgame. It’s the end of the road, so it seems, for many of our favorite Avengers characters as Marvel wraps up The Infinity Saga. The film is already shattering pre-sale records and may just be the highest grossing film of the year. I say that knowing Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker comes in December. The Marvel films strike us all in different ways depending on the characters, worlds, and creatures we dig the most over these 21 movies. Here is a countdown of my Top 5 Marvel films with my original reviewsRead More →

18 February
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AND THE OSCAR FOR BEST ORIGINAL SONG GOES TO… Every year I like to showcase the five Oscar-nominated songs all hoping to win the coveted Academy Award. It’s not every year that we get a plethora of fantastic music with many songs being left off the nominations list. When the nominations were announced, I was surprised that Troye Sivan’s “Revelation” from Boy Erased, “The Girl in the Movies” by Dolly Parton for Dumplin’ and Celine Dion’s “Ashes” from Deadpool 2 weren’t among the songs nominated. We also had films like A Star is Born, Black Panther, and Mary Poppins Returns which featured multiple songs vyingRead More →

27 January
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THE 25th SAG AWARDS – THE WINNERS Here are the winners for The 25th Screen Actors Guild Awards. The only big surprise of the night was for Emily Blunt for Best Supporting Actress. She won for her fearless work in A Quiet Place, but the big front runner in this category for the Oscars is Regina King for If Beale Street Could Talk. King did not get the SAG nomination. Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture Black PantherAngela BassettChadwick BosemanSterling K. BrownWinston DukeMartin FreemanDanai GuriraMichael B. JordanDaniel KaluuyaLupita Nyong’oAndy SerkisForest WhitakerLetitia Wright Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:Rami Malek,Read More →

01 January
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TOP 10 MOVIES OF 2018 It’s that time of the year again where I look back at the best films of the year. If you’ve been following along with my trip to the movies, you may remember that I switched to doing more video reviews instead of written reviews. I decided to take that form with my Top 10 this year. It’s been an incredible year of opportunities as I’ve been able to participate in more press junkets interviewing some of my idols like Whoopi Goldberg and Diane Keaton and many more to moderating a sold-out Q&A with Timothée Chalamet and Nic Sheff for theirRead More →

12 December
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THE 25th SAG AWARDS – THE NOMINATIONS Here are the nominees… Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture A Star is BornDave ChapelleAndrew Dice ClayBradley CooperSam ElliottRafi GavronLady GagaAnthony Ramos Black PantherAngela BassettChadwick BosemanSterling K. BrownWinston DukeMartin FreemanDanai GuriraMichael B. JordanDaniel KaluuyaLupita Nyong’oAndy SerkisForest WhitakerLetitia Wright BlacKkKlansmanHarry BelafonteAdam DriverTopher GraceLaura HarrierCorey HawkinsJohn David Washington Bohemian RhapsodyLucy BoyntonAidan GillenBen HardyTom HollanderGwilym LeeAllen LeechRami MalekJoe MazzelloMike Myers Crazy Rich AsiansAwkwafinaGemma ChanHenry GoldingKen JeongLisa LuHary Shum, Jr.Constance WuMichele Yeoh Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role:Christian Bale, ViceBradley Cooper, A Star Is BornRami Malek, Bohemian RhapsodyViggo Mortensen, Green BookJohn David Washington, BlacKkKlansman OutstandingRead More →

06 December
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THE 76th GOLDEN GLOBES AWARDS NOMINATIONS And the nominees are… Best Motion Picture – Drama BlacKkKlansman Black Panther Bohemian Rhapsody If Beale Street Could Talk A Star Is Born Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Crazy Rich Asians The Favourite Green Book Mary Poppins Returns Vice Best Director Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Alfonso Cuaron, Roma Peter Farrelly, Green Book Spike Lee, BlacKkKlansman Adam McKay, Vice Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama Bradley Cooper, A Star Is Born Willem Dafoe, At Eternity’s Gate Lucas Hedges, Boy Erased Rami Malek, Bohemian Rhapsody John David Washington, BlacKkKlansman Best Actress in a Motion PictureRead More →

27 July
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THE PODCAST – NEW EPISODES AVAILABLE There are new episodes of my podcast now available at PodcastOne, Apple Podcasts, PodcastOne MN, and My Talk 107.1 Here are three new episodes brought to you by T-Rex Cookie Company. Click on the episode number to get to each episode. Episode 30 – July Home Release and Streaming Picks Sometimes our weekends get so full that we can’t make it out to the theater to catch the latest blockbuster. Host Paul McGuire Grimes has six different movies you can watch from the comfort of your own home including: “Set It Up”, “I Feel Pretty”, “A Quiet Place”, andRead More →

15 February
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BLACK PANTHER Director: Ryan Coogler Starring: Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Lupita Nyong’o, Danai Gurira, Letitia Wright, Martin Freeman, Andy Serkis, Sterling K. Brown, Angela Bassett, Daniel Kaluuya, Forest Whitaker We were first introduced to Black Panther, played exceptionally well by Chadwick Boseman, in Captain America: Civil War. Marvel has now given the character his own standalone film to build on his backstory and legacy. As we saw in the previous movie, T’Challa/Black Panther’s father was killed at the United Nations explosion. T’Challa is now the rightful heir to the throne taking his place as the new king of the African nation, Wakanda. He’s inRead More →