Tag: movie review

Movie Review: ‘Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire’, starring; Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon

Posted: March 20, 2024 at 12:47 pm   /   Movie Reviews, Reviews

I’ll start by saying, I absolutely loved the very first two Ghostbuster films. They still hold up pretty well, nearly 40 years later. It’s a shame I can’t say the same for the newest Ghostbusters film, Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire. That seems to be the trend for the franchise lately. The gender-flipping redo was cute, but […]

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Movie Review: ‘Road House’, starring Jake Gyllenhaal, Conor McGregor

Posted: March 19, 2024 at 2:51 pm   /   Film, Movie Reviews, Reviews

While the original ‘Road House’ is far from a classic film, it’s still hailed as a fun, ridiculous action movie, that was perfect for the 80’s. Decades later, Hollywood decided to give the film a much unneeded remake. Just like the original, this version features a ridiculous, paper-thin plot, but the outcome is still a […]

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GIF Review: ReviewSTL Movie Chat

Posted: October 23, 2023 at 1:47 pm   /   Off the Wall

The timing of the GIF (pronounced with a hard G) of Detective Cole Phelps from the underappreciated Rockstar game LA NOIRE was impeccable. I couldn’t help but involuntarily chortle at the image as Kevin doubted my previous statement. It was then I realized that for a mere second of time, Kevin had complete control of […]

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Review: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) on Netflix

Posted: February 18, 2022 at 9:03 am   /   Film, Movie Reviews

Another reboot of an iconic franchise hits Netflix today, seeing the return of classic horror-villain Leatherface in David Blue Garcia’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Existing as a pseudo-sequel-reboot, the film opens up after almost 50 years since the original, where we saw the “final girl” Sally (played by Marilyn Burns) barely escaping the wrath of Leatherface. It’s […]

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Movie Review: ‘KIN’ Starring Myles Truitt, Jack Reynor, Dennis Quaid

Posted: August 31, 2018 at 3:12 pm   /   Movie Reviews

KIN tells the story of a fourteen year old boy named Eli (Myles Truitt) who happens to be in possession of what appears to be alien weaponry. After his trouble-ridden brother, Jimmy (Jack Reynor), comes home from a stint in prison, he’s short of the sixty thousand dollars he owes local gangster Taylor Balik (James […]

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Review: ‘Before I Fall’ Starring Zoey Deutch, Halston Sage, Cynthy Wu

Posted: March 2, 2017 at 6:59 am   /   Movie Reviews

Have you ever thought of two of your favorite movies and wondered what it would be like to combine them into one? Before I Fall would be the result of the equation if you combined the 1993 Bill Murray classic Groundhog Day and Tina Fey’s 2004 gem Mean Girls. Unfortunately this film doesn’t deserve to […]

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Review: ‘Get Out’ Starring Daniel Kaluuya, Allison Williams, Bradley Whitford

Posted: February 23, 2017 at 5:00 pm   /   Movie Reviews

It’s been a while since I’ve felt this uncomfortable leaving a movie. Make no mistake about it, Get Out (the directorial debut of comedian Jordan Peele) sets a new standard for modern horror films. While there are some funny moments, the laughs are scarce; this is a film that will be sure to leave audiences shocked and speechless Alison […]

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Review: ‘A United Kingdom’ Starring David Oyelowo, Rosamund Pike

Posted: February 23, 2017 at 4:59 pm   /   Movie Reviews

“No man is free who is not master of himself.” And with those words, Sir Seretse Khama put in motion a turn of events that eventually re-shaped the state of Southern Africa. Heir to the throne of the Bamangwato people residing in Bechuanaland (modern-day Botswana), Seretse’s (David Oyelowo) efforts to lead his people in the […]

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Movie Review: ‘Focus’ Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie

Posted: February 27, 2015 at 12:51 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

Heist movies have been among the more highly revered genres for decades and it seems unlikely that it will stop anytime soon. In most cases, the audience finds themselves rooting for the person(s) committing the often elaborate heist in the hopes that they may get to walk off into the sunset thus granting a payoff […]

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Movie Review: ‘The To Do List’ Starring Aubrey Plaza, Bill Hader, Christopher Mintz-Plasse

Posted: July 25, 2013 at 11:25 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Maggie Carey’s The To Do List is an awkward sex comedy to say the least. The movie starts out in Boise Idaho in the year 1993. The female protagonist Brandy Klark (Aubrey Plaza), the valedictorian of her high school class, creates a summer to do list of erotic activities to experience for the first time. […]

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