Win Passes to “DEAR JOHN” at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 12:32 pm   /   Contests, Local

ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “DEAR JOHN” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! Synopsis: A soldier home on leave falls for a conservative college girl. Instead of returning home to her, he reenlists after the attacks on September 11th, 2001. […]

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Restaurant Review – Thai Gai Yang Cafe

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 11:06 am   /   Local, Restaurant Reviews

When in the Loop, you can never go wrong.  This Thai experience is proof again that the Delmar area of St. Louis is full of great food, strong drinks and lots of unique atmosphere!  Our night at Thai Gai Yang Cafe began with Fried Tofu.  I am not a vegetarian.  I LOVE a nice, juicy […]

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AVATAR Becomes Highest Grossing Film of All Time Worldwide, Closes In On Domestic

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 10:19 am   /   Local, Movie News

Many people will not be surprised to hear that James Cameron’s Avatar has surpassed Titanic as the highest grossing movie of all time – worldwide. This past Sunday, Avatar was only $4.4 million behind the number one spot held by Titanic. Then on Monday, the film grossed nearly $20 million, moving it right into the […]

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“Surrogates” is out on Blu-Ray and DVD! Enter to win a FREE copy!

Posted: January 27, 2010 at 7:03 am   /   Contests, DVD News, Local

People are living their lives remotely from the safety of their own homes via robotic surrogates — sexy, physically perfect mechanical representations of themselves. It’s an ideal world where crime, pain, fear and consequences don’t exist. When the first murder in years jolts this utopia, FBI agent Greer discovers a vast conspiracy behind the surrogate […]

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Apple Tablet Announcement Tomorrow?

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 2:29 pm   /   Local, Technology

The buzz on the internet for the past couple weeks has been what you would expect if word leaked about the second coming of Christ. This buzz is just generated over a simple gadget by Apple. Rumors have been going around lately that Apple is looking to launch a new tablet into the market called […]

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AC/DC Main Feature of “Iron Man 2” Soundtrack

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 1:59 pm   /   Local, Movie News, Music

Columbia Records and Marvel Studios are doing a comic book style team up this April, when Columbia Records releases “AC/DC: Iron Man 2”. The album will contain 15 AC/DC songs selected from 10 different albums to accompany the new film from Marvel Studios’ Iron Man 2. “Jon Favreau’s vision and passion for AC/DC’s music blend […]

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DVD and Blu-ray Sales – “The Boys are Back,” “Whip It,” “Surrogates,” “Atonement,” and “This Is It”

Posted: January 26, 2010 at 6:02 am   /   DVD News, Local

Today is a pretty good day for new DVDs and Blu-rays. There are a good amount to chose from, and as usual – Amazon is running some great deals. The Boys Are Back (DVD) – The true story of a man who must suddenly raise his two sons alone after the untimely passing of his […]

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The Power of Green Screen and Movie Magic

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 1:54 pm   /   Local, Viral Videos

This is a very cool video showing how TV and Film productions use green screen (or chroma key for our tech savvy readers) techniques in every day type scenes. There are some that look quite obvious, but the others that most people would have never guessed were done on a green screen or on a […]

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“Cyrus” HD Trailer Starring John C. Reilly and Jonah Hill

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 1:21 pm   /   Local, Movie News

It looks like the new genre mumblecore is trying to make its mainstream surge this year. First you have the Ben Stiller mumblecore film, Greenberg directed by Noah Baumbach. Now the Duplass brothers who brought you Baghead, The Puffy Chair, and Intervention now have a new film with John C. Reilly, Jonah Hill, Marissa Tomei, […]

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FOX Gets Rights to Robert Rodriguez’s “Machete”

Posted: January 25, 2010 at 12:04 pm   /   Local, Movie News

It is approaching the three year mark since Grindhouse was out in theaters, and we were treated to the trailer of Machete. I remember a discussion talking about how the film would be released later that year on DVD.  I waited and waited, but nothing came. Then news started popping up about actors who were […]

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