16 September
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CONFESS, FLETCH Director: Greg MottolaStarring: Jon Hamm, Lorenza Izzo, Marcia Gay Harden, Kyle MacLachlan, John Slattery, Roy Wood Jr, Annie Mumolo You may remember Chevy Chase playing I.M. Fletcher for two movies back in the ‘80s. Now Fletch is back with John Hamm in the title role in Confess, Fletch. Fletch is a freelance investigative journalist who arrives at a rental property to discover a dead body in the basement. The cops believe he’s the prime suspect but can’t quite pin it on him. Meanwhile, Fletch is out to prove his innocence and tries to find a connection to the kidnapping of a wealthy manRead More →

03 August
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UNCOUPLED Creators: Darren Starr, Jeffrey RichmanStarring: Neil Patrick Harris, Tuc Watkins, Emerson Brooks, Brooks Ashmanskas, Tisha Campbell, Marcia Gay Harden Neil Patrick Harris stars in the wonderful new Netflix sitcom, Uncoupled. His character, Michael, is excited to throw his boyfriend, Colin, a 50th birthday bash. They’ve been together for 17 years only for it to come crashing down on Michael. Shortly before the surprise party, Colin abruptly calls it quits with no rationale given to Michael. He’s left blind sighted now wondering what went wrong. He turns to his close friends to figure out how to start over and date as a single gay manRead More →

29 July
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UNCOUPLED Cast Interviews – Neil Patrick Harris and Company on New Netflix Comedy Sex and the City creator Darren Star is back tackling being single and dating in New York City with his new comedy series, Uncoupled, starring Neil Patrick Harris and a hilarious ensemble. Check out my interviews with Harris, Brooks Ashmanskas, Tisha Campbell, Marcia Gay Harden, Emerson Brooks, and Tuc Watkins to talk about their new series streaming on Netflix. I would love it if you check out my YouTube channel, “Paul’s Trip to the Movies” clicked SUBSCRIBE. I post weekly movie reviews, TV reviews, and celebrity interviewsRead More →

09 February
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FIFTY SHADES DARKER Director: James Foley Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Marcia Gay Harden, Kim Basinger, Eric Johnson, Bella Heathcote, Luke Grimes, Eloise Mumford, Rita Ora Fify Shades Darker? More like Fifty Shade More Boring. When we last saw Anastasia “Ana” Steele (Johnson) and Christian Grey (Dornan), they had broken up as Christian’s domineering ways were too much for Ana to handle. She’s only slightly moved on and is working for a publishing company. He desperately wants her back so he tries to win her over by buying her dozens of roses and several large photographs of her at a gallery showing. They meet forRead More →

24 February
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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Marcia Gay Harden, Eloise Mumford, Luke Grimes, Jennifer Ehle Bite that lip, Ana! You’ll notice very early on that the biting of the lip is just one of Anastasia Steele’s (Johnson) trademark mannerisms. She is young and very innocent. She heads off to Grey Enterprises to interview entrepreneur Christian Grey (Dornan) for her roommate Kate (Mumford) who is out sick. Ana is taken by surprise by how good-looking he is and mumbles through a majority of the questions Kate had prepared. He is instantly attracted to her as well. His dashing bachelor mindsetRead More →

24 July
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FIFTY SHADES OF GREY Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Starring: Jamie Dornan, Dakota Johnson, Jennifer Ehle, Marcia Gay Harden, Rita Ora, Luke Grimes, Max Martini I’m pretty sure that if you have never heard of the book Fifty Shades of Grey, you are probably living under a rock. Maybe that’s harsh, but that little book known as “mommy porn” became an international bestseller and was talked about to death. It was only time before they rushed the movie version into production. Jamie Dornan and Dakota Johnson (Don and Melanie’s daughter) were cast as Christian Grey and Anastasia Steele, respectively. The first trailer was released today on TheRead More →

30 August
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PARKLANDDirector: Peter LandesmanStarring: Zac Efron, Jacki Weaver, Marcia Gay Harden, Billy Bob Thornton, Paul Giamatti, Tom Welling, Ron Livingston, Jackie Earl Haley If you are familiar with the more specific details of the JFK assassination, you know that Parkland refers to the Parkland Hospital where President Kennedy was rushed to after the shooting. He eventually died there along with his assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, and Oswald’s assassin, Jack Ruby.The star-studded film is based on the book “Four Days in November” by Vincent Bugliosi and is a multi-storied look into the aftermath of the Kennedy assassination. The studio is advertising it as “the story you know,Read More →