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Star Trek

Posted: May 7, 2009 at 9:48 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Make no mistake, this is not the Star Trek you grew up on. This movie is two hours of pure fun. Exciting visuals, snappy dialogue, great acting, and just overall great production values. This is the movie that is going to breakout from word of mouth. Star Trek is in one part a prequel, and […]

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Win St. Louis Advance Screening of Angels & Demons

Posted: April 30, 2009 at 11:00 pm   /   Contests, Local

Win tickets to one of two advance screenings of Angels & Demons (the prequel to “The Da Vinci Code”) starring Tom Hanks, and directed by Ron Howard. Screenings are on May 13th (7PM) at the Chesterfield Galaxy 14, and May 14th (7PM) at the AMC Creve Coeur 12. We will have a new puzzle to […]

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Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

Posted: April 30, 2009 at 8:13 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

The most amazing thing I can think of about Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is that its star Matthew McConaughey manages to keep his shirt on for pretty much the entire movie. Ghosts of Girlfriends Past is a retooling of Charles Dickens’s Christmas Carol, instead of being shown his miserly ways, the main character played by […]

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X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Posted: April 30, 2009 at 3:02 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

X-Men Origins: Wolverine is a film that is sure to get the summer started off with a bang, but leaving you feeling a bit disappointed. Origins starts with young James Howlett lying in bed being tended to by his father and a local boy by the name of Victor. When Victor’s father comes yelling for […]

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TV Shows In Danger of Being Cancelled

Posted: April 28, 2009 at 4:41 pm   /   Local, Television

It’s that time of year again. Season and series finales are abundent and network upfronts are right around the corner. Sadly, for some shows when you watch their “season” finale you won’t know for a couple weeks if what you watched was the season or the series finale. So let’s do a quick rundown of […]

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Adventureland

Posted: April 14, 2009 at 9:41 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

This film has garnered an 8.5/10 between our two reviews. In 2007’s Superbad, director Greg Mottola hit box office gold with a coming of age story of two high school losers with foul mouths and a funny story. While Adventureland is another coming of age story, it doesn’t appear to have the same qualities to […]

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Observe and Report

Posted: April 14, 2009 at 6:47 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

This has received a combined score of 8/10 from our two reviewers. Here is the first thing you need to know about Observe and Report, you WILL be offended. It isn’t an if, there is something in this movie that you will find offensive. Don’t let it turn you off, the movie is very self […]

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April 3rd New Releases

Posted: April 2, 2009 at 1:57 pm   /   Film, Local

This weeks rundown of what is out on Friday. There’s only two major releases, but they both could be big. Adventureland Greg Mottola’s followup to 2007 break out hit Superbad, Adventureland is a coming of age comedy set in 1987. Recent college grad James Brennan finds himself not able to go on his trip to […]

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Great Comic Book Series Without Superheroes

Posted: March 30, 2009 at 12:32 pm   /   Featured, Local, Opinion

I encounter them every day, people who don’t realize that the comic/graphic novel is a growing art form not meant for just superheroes wearing spandex. Some of the best stories I have ever read have been serialized in comic book form.  Respect for the form is growing, but not quick enough. Here are a few […]

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March 27th’s New Releases

Posted: March 26, 2009 at 9:06 pm   /   Film, Local

Alright here is a quick rundown of what is coming out this week. Monsters Vs Aliens Easily the biggest release this week. In Monsters Vs Aliens it turns out the government has been collecting monsters over the years and keeping them at a secret compound. When the planet is attacked by a group of aliens […]

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