134: 007 in ‘SPECTRE’ Starring Daniel Craig, Christoph Waltz, Léa Seydoux
Spoilers… Reel Spoilers. We talk Bond this week as Spectre hits theaters. All the Bond elements are in place – women, cars, guns. And Tom might or might not have slept through most of it. All this plus the return of the Video Recovery i.e. Tom finally remembered to throw it to Dan at the […]
Movie Review: ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’ Starring Ralph Fiennes, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray
Ain’t it grand? Wes Anderson has a toy box. And in this toy box, Anderson has a camera – some might find it frustrating, while others find it magical – that frames almost every scene perfectly symmetrically. Sometimes this camera, from a fixed spot, will rotate left or right 90°, even 180° (and once in […]
THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL opens March 21 in St. Louis! Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pass for two! THE GRAND BUDAPEST HOTEL recounts the adventures of Gustave H, a legendary concierge at a famous European hotel between the wars; and Zero Moustava, the lobby boy who becomes his most trusted friend. The story involves the theft and recovery of a priceless Renaissance painting; a raging battle […]
This Week On Blu-Ray / DVD: ‘We Need To Talk About Kevin,’ ‘Gone,’ ‘Man on a Ledge’ and More
We Need To Talk About Kevin – One of the more unsettling flicks I saw last year, “Kevin” makes me never want to have kids. Sure it’s a small percentage chance, but what if your child grows up to despise you and terrorizes you just for the fun of it. The performances are outstanding from […]
Movie Review: ‘Wrath of the Titans’ Starring Sam Worthington, Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes
Released in the wake of Avatar, Clash of the Titans was rapidly converted to 3D in order to capitalize on its predecessor’s runaway success. The increased revenue from the sale of 3D tickets turned what would have otherwise been a modest success into an actual hit. In the process, Hollywood learned that this was an […]
Movie Review: ‘Wrath of the Titans’: Release the…Screenwriting Dept.
Unlike most people, I don’t hold a grudge against mindless action flicks. In fact, some of my favorite movies are epic action films that don’t require a whole lot of thought involved. When I heard that a sequel to Clash of the Titans was being made, I figured I’d give it a try. The original film was a […]
WRATH OF THE TITANS Opens March 30! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pass good for two! A decade after his heroic defeat of the monstrous Kraken, Perseus (Worthington) –the demigod son of Zeus (Neeson)–is attempting to live a quieter life as a village fisherman and the sole parent to his 10-year old son, Helius. Meanwhile, a struggle for supremacy rages between the gods […]
Harry Potter and The Deathly Hallows, Part Deux
I still remember years ago when the first Harry Potter novel was taking the world by storm. Not being a huge fantasy fan, I basically brushed it aside. Now, a decade later, we are at last reaching the end of the series in terms of films. Were this series analogous to a date, this film […]
