Tag: Jim Broadbent

Film Review: ‘Paddington 2’ Starring Ben Wishaw, Hugh Grant, Brendan Gleeson, Sally Hawkins

Posted: January 12, 2018 at 8:29 am   /   Movie Reviews

What a delightful film. Growing up, I can’t say I recall having read any of Michael Bond’s A Bear Called Paddington books, but I can’t imagine they’re any less charming than the two films that have been adapted from them. I watched 2015’s Paddington just before Paddington 2 and was enamored by its charm and […]

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PADDINGTON 2 Opens JANUARY 12! Enter to Win a Pass to the Advance Screening!

Posted: January 4, 2018 at 11:16 am   /   Contests, Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to receive a pass for two! PADDINGTON 2 finds Paddington happily settled with the Brown family in Windsor Gardens, where he has become a popular member of the community, spreading joy and marmalade wherever he goes. While searching for the perfect present for his beloved Aunt Lucy’s hundredth birthday, Paddington spots […]

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Review: ‘The Sense of an Ending’ Starring Jim Broadbent, Charlotte Rampling, Billy Howle, Freya Mavor

Posted: March 10, 2017 at 8:05 am   /   Movie Reviews

Julian Barnes’ short, but well-received 2011 novel, The Sense of an Ending, had finally received the big screen treatment. Having never read the book, but being told what it’s about, the big screen version may fail to live up to the expectations of some readers. The film starts testing the patience of movie-goers immediately as Tony Webster, played […]

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‘Closed Circuit’ Opens August 28! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: August 22, 2013 at 10:53 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! From the producers of TINKER, TAILOR, SOLDIER, SPY comes the new international thriller CLOSED CIRCUIT. Following a mysterious explosion in a busy London market, the police swoop in, a suspect is detained, and the country prepares for one of the most high-profile trials in British history. Two exceptional […]

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Movie Review: ‘Cloud Atlas’ Starring Tom Hanks, Halle Berry, Jim Sturgess, James D’Arcy

Posted: October 26, 2012 at 12:14 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

You would never know by watching the trailers or scrolling through stills, but Cloud Atlas is the most expensive independent film ever made. When you think of indie films, you generally don’t think of big budgets, jaw dropping visuals, and A-list actors like Tom Hanks and Halle Berry. But then again, you generally don’t have the directors of The Matrix behind […]

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‘Cloud Atlas’ Opens October 26! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: October 16, 2012 at 11:18 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Cloud Atlas explores how the actions and consequences of individual lives impact one another throughout the past, the present and the future. Action, mystery and romance weave dramatically through the story as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero and a single act of kindness […]

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ARTHUR CHRISTMAS‏ Opens November 18! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: November 15, 2011 at 4:08 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! ‘So how does Santa deliver all those presents in one night?’ The answer: Santa’s exhilarating, ultra-high-tech operation hidden beneath the North Pole. But this year, Santa’s son Arthur has an urgent mission that must be completed before Christmas morning dawns. STARRING: James McAvoy, Hugh […]

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St. Louis Celebrates the 12 DAYS OF ‘ARTHUR CHRISTMAS’ Starting Tomorrow!

Posted: November 11, 2011 at 3:46 pm   /   Local, St. Louis Events

Leading up to the release of ARTHUR CHRISTMAS on Wed November 23rd, Aardman and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing the holidays early to St. Louis with the 12 DAYS OF ARTHUR CHRISTMAS! Each day we’ll have fun activities happening throughout St. Louis for families to celebrate the holidays and the release of the film. About […]

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Meryl Streep In Talks to Play Margaret Thatcher

Posted: July 1, 2010 at 12:16 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Meryl Streep is sure to have even more Academy Award nominations thrust on her, as she is in talks to play ex-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in an upcoming film.  The film which is being written by Abi Morgan, will focus on the 17 days preceeding the Falklands War in 1982 that saw Thatchers approval […]

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Harry Potter is back once again in his most thrilling tale yet, which juggles the fears of a evil tyrant on the rise with the raging adolescent hormones of the cast at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince picks up right where we left off. Harry is once again entering another year of school […]

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