Tag: Jon Favreau

Movie Review: THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 25, 2026

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU Director: Jon FavreauStarring: Pedro Pascal, Sigourney Weaver, Jeremy Allen White, Martin Scorsese, Jonny Coyne, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Brendan Wayne The Mandalorian was a big hit for Star Wars and Disney+ with Grogu, aka Baby Yoda, becoming the cutest thing in the galaxy. Now they’re reunited for a big screen adventure in…
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Movie Review: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 15, 2021

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jamie Foxx, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Tony Revolori Your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man is back, and I’m here to say that Spider-Man: No Way Home is the best Spider-Man film to date. There’s no wasting time…
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Movie Trailer: SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME

Paul McGuire Grimes

Aug 24, 2021

SPIDER-MAN: NO WAY HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Zendaya, Benedict Cumberbatch, Jacob Batalan, J.K. Simmons, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, Alfred Molina The highly anticipated teaser trailer for Spider-Man: No Way Home premiered last night at CinemaCon in Vegas. This came after someone behind the scences leaked a very rough looking version of…
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TV Review: THE MANDALORIAN Season 2 & LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL

Paul McGuire Grimes

Nov 16, 2020

THE MANDALORIAN Season 2 & LEGO STAR WARS HOLIDAY SPECIAL Star Wars fans should be rejoicing as The Mandalorian Season 2 and LEGO Star Wars Holiday Special are now available on Disney+ Star Wars television series like Rebels and Clone Wars didn’t quite have the wide spread universal appeal like the movies. That all changed…
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Movie Review: THE LION KING

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jul 16, 2019

THE LION KING Director: Jon FavreauStarring: Donald Glover, Beyoncé, Seth Rogen, Billy Eichner, James Earl Jones, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Alfre Woodard, John Kani, Keegan-Michael Key, John Oliver Disney’s latest remake is their 1994 masterpiece, The Lion King. Director Jon Favreau is using the same technology and special effects he used with The Jungle Book to make the…
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Movie Trailer: SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jan 15, 2019

SPIDER-MAN: FAR FROM HOME Director: Jon WattsStarring: Tom Holland, Jake Gyllenhaal, Zendaya, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Tony Revolori, Samuel L. Jackson, Michael Keaton, Remi Hii, Cobie Smulders Good news Marvel fans! Marvel and Sony Pictures Entertainment dropped the trailer for the next Spidey adventure Spider-Man: Far From Home. The bar is pretty high right now given…
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Movie Review: SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Paul McGuire Grimes

Jul 5, 2017

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING Director: Jon Watts Starring: Tom Holland, Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Zendaya, Donald Glover, Jacob Batalon, Tony Revolori, Tyne Daly, Abraham Attah, Hannibal Buress If you think three different iterations of Spider-Man within a ten-year period were too many, you may be right. I present to you Spider-Man: Homecoming,…
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Movie Review: THE JUNGLE BOOK

Paul McGuire Grimes

Apr 14, 2016

THE JUNGLE BOOK Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Neel Sethi, Bill Murray, Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Lupita Nyong’o, Scarlett Johansson, Giancarlo Esposito, Christopher Walken, Garry Shandling In the past few years Disney has created “live action” versions of some of their animated classics. With each successful one come more rumored projects like Dumbo and Peter Pan…
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Movie Review: CHEF

Paul McGuire Grimes

May 30, 2014

CHEF Writer/Director: Jon Favreau Starring: Jon Favreau, Sofia Vergara, Emjay Anthony, John Leguizamo, Bobby Cannavale, Dustin Hoffman, Scarlett Johansson, Robert Downey Jr., Amy Sedaris Jon Favreau got his big break when he wrote and starred in 1996’s indie hit Swingers. Lately he’s been found in the director’s chair with huge movies like Iron Man, Iron…
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Movie Review: THE WOLF OF WALL STREET

Paul McGuire Grimes

Dec 31, 2013

THE WOLF OF WALL STREET Director: Martin Scorsese Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Kyle Chandler, Margot Robbie, Joanna Lumley, Jon Favreau, Jean Dujardin, Christine Ebersole Who’s in for a three hour ride full of drugs, debauchery, profanity, and horrible people? I do not think Jordan Belfort (DiCaprio) quite knew what was…
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