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2020-11-20
20 November
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On November 20, 2020
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: MANK

MANK Director: David FincherStarring: Gary Oldman, Amanda Seyfried, Lily Collins, Charles Dance, Arliss Howard, Tuppence Middleton, Tom Burke The American Film Institute has twice proclaimed Citizen Kane the greatest film of all time in their Top 100 countdowns. The new film Mank is another examination of that film. The title “Mank’ is the nickname for Citizen Kane screenwriter Herman Mankiewicz played by fellow Oscar winner, Gary Oldman. It’s 1940 and Orson Welles is given carte blanche to make any movie he wants and given total creative control over it. Mank’s screenplay is on a tight deadline for Welles, but his broken leg and alcoholism areRead More →

2019-05-08
08 May
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On May 8, 2019
In Movie Reviews

Movie Review: EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE

EXTREMELY WICKED, SHOCKINGLY EVIL, AND VILE Director: Joe BerlingerStarring: Zac Efron, Lily Collins, Jim Parson, John Malkovich, Haley Joel Osment, Angela Sarafyan Zac Efron takes his career in a bold turn by starring as notorious serial killer Ted Bundy. The film picks up the night he met his girlfriend, Liz (Collins), in a dive bar. He’s charming and a smoother talker and convinces her to spend the night together back at her house. He’s studying law, while she is a single mother with a young baby girl. He appears to be loving and caring, but that happens to be just one side of him. TheRead More →

2016-12-28
28 December
By Paul McGuire Grimes
On December 28, 2016
In Special Series

2016: A YEAR IN REVIEW

2016: A YEAR IN REVIEW 2016 was not the best year when it came to the selections at your local movie theater. The spring brought out it the usual duds, the summer season was wildly disappointing, and the fall had a few great films to try and redeem itself. Big blockbuster movies like X-Men: Apocalypse, Batman v Superman, Suicide Squad, and The Divergent Series: Allegiant were not greeted with the same sort of enthusiasm upon it’s release. All four were disappointing in some regard. We also saw reboots and revivals of franchises with Ghostbusters, Jason Bourne, Bridget Jones’s Baby,and Blair Witch; some of them wereRead More →

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Twin Cities Live 2/19/21 – Chloe Zhao, Nomadland, Barb and Star, The Mauritanian

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Movie Reviews

Cherry - 2.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
The United States vs. Billie Holiday- 2.5 Ticket Stubs, Hulu
Nomadland - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, Hulu
The Mauritanian- 4 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar - 4 Ticket Stubs, Video OnDemand
Minari- 4.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
Judas and the Black Messiah - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, HBO Max
Land- 3.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
Malcolm & Marie - 3.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Bliss- 2 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
Palmer - 3 Ticket Stubs, AppleTV+
The Little Things- 4 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, HBO Max
Supernova - 3.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
Our Friend- 3.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, OnDemand
One Night in Miami - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
Pieces of a Woman- 4 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Promising Young Woman - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters, OnDemand
Sylvie's Love - 4 Ticket Stubs, Amazon Prime
Wonder Woman 1984 - 4 Ticket Stubs, In Theaters
Soul - 4 Ticket Stubs, Disney+

Streaming TV Reviews

WandaVision - 4 Ticket Stubs, Disney+
The Mandalorian Season 2 - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Disney+
The Crown Season 4 - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
The Haunting of Bly Manor - 4.5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
The Last Dance - 5 Ticket Stubs, Netflix
Dead to Me Season 2 (2020) - 4 Ticket Stubs, Netflix

“ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI” Interviews (Amazon Prime)

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Tom Hanks Interview – “News of the World”

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“Beautiful Boy” Q&A with Timothée Chalamet & Nic Sheff

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIPQIu04c9Q

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