Tag: Melissa McCarthy

THE KITCHEN Opens August 9! Enter to Win a Pass to the Advance Screening!

Posted: August 1, 2019 at 9:30 am   /   Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to receive a pass for two!   The wives of New York gangsters in Hell’s Kitchen in the 1970s continue to operate their husbands’ rackets after they’re locked up in prison. Cast: Elisabeth Moss, Melissa McCarthy, Tiffany Haddish, Domhnall Gleeson Director: Andrea Berloff

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Movie Review: ‘Can You Ever Forgive Me?’ Starring Melissa McCarthy, Richard E. Grant

Posted: November 2, 2018 at 9:09 am   /   Movie Reviews

Melissa McCarthy has made a nice career for herself playing a bumbling idiot in many hit comedies such as “Life of the Party,” “Tammy,” and “The Boss.” While critical bombs, these films still resided well with her fans. Perhaps McCarthy has grown tired of playing the fool, as she has struck gold in her new […]

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Movie Review: ‘Tammy’ Starring Melissa McCarthy, Susan Sarandon, Allison Janney

Posted: July 2, 2014 at 8:20 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

It seems like you either love or hate Melissa McCarthy. Her latest film, Tammy, will do nothing to change that. Tammy is a movie that looks like it is nothing special, just more of McCarthy’s raunchy act that she has been cashing in on since Bridesmaids. In reality, Tammy is a heartfelt, feel good comedy, […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Heat’ Starring Sandra Bullock and Melissa McCarthy

Posted: June 28, 2013 at 10:06 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

R-rated comedies can be pretty hit or miss. For every classic, there are dozens more that drowned underneath lazy plot devices and vulgarity. R-rated comedy is a no holds barred affair that requires a deft hand to write the story, and a director who knows when enough is enough. From the trailers, The Heat looked […]

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‘The Heat’ Opens June 28! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: June 22, 2013 at 8:34 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Uptight and straight-laced, FBI Special Agent Sarah Ashburn (Sandra Bullock) is a methodical investigator with a reputation for excellence–and hyper-arrogance. Shannon Mullins (Melissa McCarthy), one of Boston P.D.’s “finest,” is foul-mouthed and has a very short fuse, and uses her gut instinct and street smarts to catch the […]

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Movie Review: ‘Identity Thief’ Starring Jason Bateman, Melissa McCarthy

Posted: February 8, 2013 at 9:17 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

When I first saw the preview for Identity Thief, I can’t tell you how much I wanted it to be good. At first glance, it looked like it would be one of those comedies where all of the good parts are spoiled in the trailers. But my optimism kicked in, knowing that Jason Bateman was […]

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‘Identity Thief’ Opens February 8! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: January 30, 2013 at 2:19 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Horrible Bosses‘ Jason Bateman and Bridesmaids‘ Melissa McCarthy lead the cast of Identity Thief, an all-star comedy in which a regular guy is forced to extreme measures to clear his name. With everything to lose after his identity is stolen, he’ll find out how crazed you can get […]

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‘This Is 40’ Opens December 21! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: December 10, 2012 at 5:55 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Five years after writer/director Judd Apatow introduced us to Pete and Debbie in KNOCKED UP, Paul Rudd and Leslie Mann reprise their roles as a husband and wife both approaching a milestone meltdown in THIS IS 40, an unfiltered, comedic look inside the life of an American family. […]

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Another Take By Zac: Film Review: Bridesmaids

Posted: May 20, 2011 at 12:21 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Bridesmaids is a sweet, honest, kind of sad but often hilarious look at friendship and marriage on the female side of things, led wonderfully by the always great Kristen Wigg. The friendship between Annie and Lillian has been for as long as they can remember and when the later is in line to get married […]

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