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Paul McGuire Grimes

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Biography:

Paul McGuire Grimes is a Minneapolis-based film critic and entertainment reporter and is a member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association. He runs his website and accompanying YouTube channel "Paul's Trip to the Movies" and is the resident film critic for KSTP-TV's "Twin Cities Live" and on "The Colleen & Bradley Show" on My Talk 107.1. He has had the great fortune to interview a variety of Oscar and Emmy winning actors like Whoopi Goldberg, Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen, just to name a few.

Reviews

Movies TV Shows
The Rip (2026) 79% 4/5 EDIT “The Rip would have made for a great theatrical release as a summer blockbuster, but there’s something to be said about a mindless entertaining night in on your couch.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Jan 20, 2026 Full Review The Testament of Ann Lee (2025) 88% 3/5 EDIT “While The Testament of Ann Lee is technically executed well with a strong performance from Seyfried, I never felt emotionally connected to the material. I felt like I was at a distance watching it unfold without being in the story. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Jan 15, 2026 Full Review The Housemaid (2025) 74% 4/5 EDIT “Playing Nina Winchester allows Seyfried to let it rip and be completely unhinged...We rarely get to see Seyfried in a role like this, but she handles it with ease with the high wire act that it is. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Jan 7, 2026 Full Review Song Sung Blue (2025) 78% 3.5/5 EDIT “Hudson and Jackman bring so much joy to this film - its infectious. Writer/director Craig Brewer taps into this and wants to bring that joy to the audience with this love story. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 23, 2025 Full Review Blue Moon (2025) 90% 3.5/5 EDIT “This is a small and intimate film that probably caters to a niche audience. It’s fascinating to sit and understand what drove some of the greatest songs of the Great American Songbook.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Train Dreams (2025) 95% 4.5/5 EDIT “Train Dreams is an emotional wallop of a film that is somewhat indescribable as I talk about it. You have to trust that it will sneak up on you and hit you when you least expect it.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 22, 2025 Full Review Goodbye June (2025) 65% 3/5 EDIT “Goodbye June is a tender film. Director Kate Winslet has a keen eye on how to tell this story so her audience can understand and relate to these characters. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 20, 2025 Full Review Avatar: Fire and Ash (2025) 66% 3/5 EDIT “Avatar has never looked better, but after three movies and nine hours, I expected more of a build, greater tension, new dynamics, but Fire and Ash felt like more of the same.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 16, 2025 Full Review Merrily We Roll Along (2025) 95% 4.5/5 EDIT “Friedman has a winning production thanks to her direction and the incredible cast she assembled. Jonathan Groff is one of our great leading men of Broadway who sings Sondheim in effortless fashion. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 5, 2025 Full Review Marty Supreme (2025) 93% 4.5/5 EDIT “Safdie has written a wordy screenplay, and Timothee Chalamet handles it all with ease in his go for broke performance. He knows the depth of the role and will take it wherever he and Safdie are willing to take Marty. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 4, 2025 Full Review Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) 92% 4/5 EDIT “Glenn Close has a fantastic entrance chewing up every ounce of screentime as a kooky church lady. She’s worthy of an Oscar nomination for her work here. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Dec 2, 2025 Full Review Zootopia 2 (2025) 91% 4/5 EDIT “Byron Howard and Jared Bush have a smart sequel on their hands as they’ve retained everything we loved about the first film without feeling like it’s a total rehash. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 29, 2025 Full Review Jay Kelly (2025) 75% 4.5/5 EDIT “This is probably the most introspective Clooney has ever been on screen. It’s one of the best performances, if not the best, of his career. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 26, 2025 Full Review Is This Thing On? (2025) 86% 4/5 EDIT “[Arnett] gives a career-best performance never mugging too hard or working too hard for a laugh. He’s honest with the messiness Alex finds himself in post-divorce. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 26, 2025 Full Review Keeper (2025) 53% 2.5/5 EDIT “It’s a little over an hour in when [Osgood] Perkins and [Nick] Lepard finally let it rip and the story becomes freakish in nature. It borders on feeling like two different movies. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 25, 2025 Full Review Rental Family (2025) 87% 4/5 EDIT “Director Hikari asks you to go in with an open mind and an open heart. Its extremely heartwarming and exactly the movie you may need to put a little extra inspiration in your day.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 20, 2025 Full Review Wicked: For Good (2025) 66% 4/5 EDIT “By nature of this being the second part, Wicked For Good works as a conclusion to the story instead of being its own story. It comes with a beautiful ending with a final image to tie everything together.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 19, 2025 Full Review Hamnet (2025) 86% 4.5/5 EDIT “The ending packs an emotional wallop that left me in tears. I’m a father and lover of Shakespeare, so this story further reminded me of the power of art and healing.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 19, 2025 Full Review The Running Man (2025) 62% 4/5 EDIT “It packs a punch when you sit back and realize how Stephen King’s once dystopian view has now become a reality.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 12, 2025 Full Review A HOUSE OF DYNAMITE (2025) 75% 4/5 EDIT “A House of Dynamite is a smart thriller, packed with the complex inner workings of Washington. A film like this may have once felt like a political fantasy or satire, but now feels all too real. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 6, 2025 Full Review Christy (2025) 67% 2/5 EDIT “It all comes off as artificial and surface level without narrowing in on its obvious themes of inner survival and self-acceptance. Christy Martin is set up to fail from the beginning and you’re wondering how far it will go and for how long. ” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 5, 2025 Full Review Frankenstein (2025) 85% 4.5/5 EDIT “Del Toro makes this a universal story as we think about the outcasts and the monsters in our everyday life. They may not be who you expect.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Nov 4, 2025 Full Review Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025) 61% 4/5 EDIT “The new Bruce Springsteen biopic, Springsteen Deliver Me From Nowhere feels like the acoustic version of your standard music biopic. That’s a good thing.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Oct 24, 2025 Full Review Ballad of a Small Player (2025) 48% 2.5/5 EDIT “The initial set-up and wild nature of these characters wears off, and the story seems to wander about halfway through leaving the audience to decide if the payout and surprise of the end is worth it.” – KSTP-TV (St. Paul, MN) Oct 22, 2025 Full Review John Candy: I Like Me (2025) 89% 4.5/5 EDIT “Director Colin Hanks has made a beautiful and moving tribute to John Candy. This documentary is a prime example of the “laughter through tears” emotion.” – Paul's Trip to the Movies Oct 17, 2025 Full Review
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