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Movie Review: ‘Transformers: Age of Extinction” Starring Marky Mark

Posted: June 27, 2014 at 6:30 am   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews

Michael Bay is a bit of a conundrum. His films are consumed greedily by audiences, and near universally panned by critics. Even the critics who give his films a pass do so […]

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Movie Review: ‘Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit’ Starring Chris Pine, Kiera Knightely, and Kevin Costner

Posted: January 17, 2014 at 4:28 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews

Ahh, January we meet again.  Most savvy filmgoers will know that January is a month of award season holdouts and a studio wasteland. Studios tend to release projects they have little […]

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Movie Review: ‘Delivery Man’ Starring Vince Vaughn, Chris Pratt, and Cobie Smulders

Posted: November 21, 2013 at 11:02 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Tired of remakes, rehashes, and sequels? Well, you’ll need to look elsewhere if you want original content. Delivery Man is a remake of a 2011 French-Canadian film by the name […]

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Movie Review: ‘Ender’s Game’ Starring Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Viola Davis

Posted: November 1, 2013 at 8:27 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Ender Wiggin (Asa Butterfield) is a prodigy. He has quite possibly the best military mind in the world, and he’s still a child.  In an effort to stem further violence […]

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Movie Review: ’12 Years a Slave’ Starring Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong’o, and Michael Fassbender

Posted: November 1, 2013 at 8:24 am   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews

It’s hard to pin Best Picture frontrunners at this point in the year.  The end of the year bonanza of films is sure to throw a wrench into the awards […]

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Movie Review: ‘Carrie’ Starring Chloe Grace Moretz and Julianne Moore

Posted: October 18, 2013 at 10:06 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

 Ahh, the dreaded remake of a classic film. Likely the thought of some Hollywood executive who caught the original on television and thought, “You know what? It was so perfect […]

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Blues Start Season 3-0; Take Down Heated Rivals, Chicago Blackhawks, In Final Seconds

Posted: October 10, 2013 at 1:05 pm   /   Local, St. Louis Blues

This is the year. If you are a Blues fan, this is what’ve you’ve continually been chanting for the past few decades.  The team has had no shortage of skilled […]

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Movie Review: ‘Rush’ Starring Chris Hemsworth and Daniel Brühl

Posted: September 27, 2013 at 9:13 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

At first it is easy to write Rush off as another Hollywood effort to put a pretty face behind the wheel of a fast car. Ignore that intuition, and watch […]

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Movie Review: ‘Enough Said’ Starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini

Posted: September 27, 2013 at 8:00 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Most modern romantic comedies contain just as much fantasy as a J.R.R Tolkien epic. They are loaded with unrealistic character motivations, mindless tropes, and plenty of female wish fulfillment. It’s […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Family’ Starring Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Tommy Lee Jones

Posted: September 13, 2013 at 9:16 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

A cast list can be pretty indicative of the quality of the film. One might think a film that gives top billing to people like Robert De Niro, Michelle Pfeiffer, and […]

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