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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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Videogame Review: FINAL FANTASY XVI (Playstation 5)

Posted: August 2, 2023 at 11:12 am   /   Videogame Reviews

Rolled credits on FINAL FANTASY XVI last night and all I can really say is…I’m really glad to be done with it. This game sadly wore out its welcome incredibly fast. While being one of the smoothest & prettiest games you can get on Playstation 5, it comes at the cost of short bursts of […]

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Movie Review: RUN RABBIT RUN Starring Sarah Snook, Lily LaTorre, Neil Melville

Posted: July 7, 2023 at 2:41 pm   /   Movie Reviews

Alright, folks – the Fourth of July is over. It’s time to stop celebrating America with excessive displays of fireworks late into the night and time to begin celebrating the upcoming spooky season. What better way to do that than to check out an Australian psychological thriller? Run Rabbit Run is the latest film to […]

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Movie Review: THE BLACK PHONE Starring Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Ethan Hawke

Posted: June 24, 2022 at 7:33 am   /   Movie Reviews

The Black Phone is Scott Derrickson’s return to horror after a brief stint with Marvel (Doctor Strange) and as a big fan of his 2012 film Sinister, a very welcomed return at that. Adapted from a short story of the same name (penned by Joe Hill), the film follows a series of kidnappings in a […]

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Movie Review: Disney-Pixar ONWARD Starring Chris Pratt, Tom Holland

Posted: March 6, 2020 at 8:26 am   /   Movie Reviews

Onward is the twenty-second film being added to the Disney/Pixar catalog and the first of two releasing in 2020. In its opening minutes, the film presents us with the world as it once was – vibrant lands filled with magic and mythical creatures like fairies, unicorns and elves. The element of magic is present in […]

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Movie Review: THE PHOTOGRAPH Starring LaKeith Stanfield, Issa Rae, Chelsea Peretti, Teyonah Parris

Posted: February 14, 2020 at 9:43 am   /   Movie Reviews

I’m going to be frank with you, movies like Stella Meghie’s The Photograph put me in a difficult position when it comes to writing about them. It’s not necessarily a bad movie per say, but it’s not very good either. I personally could not find any ways of connecting with it at all.  The Photograph […]

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Movie Review: THE GENTLEMEN Starring Matthew McConaughey, Charlie Hunnam, Michelle Dockery

Posted: January 24, 2020 at 7:43 am   /   Movie Reviews

After a billion-dollar stint with the Mouse, Guy Ritchie has gone back to his roots with the twelfth feature-length film of his career, The Gentlemen. The film follows a slew of characters through several twists and turns in a thriving drug empire in London, led by none other than Matthew McConaughey as Mickey Pearson. As […]

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Movie Review: JUST MERCY Starring Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx

Posted: January 10, 2020 at 7:44 am   /   Movie Reviews

Just Mercy is a powerful true story that follows real-life lawyer Bryan Stevenson (Michael B. Jordan) from Delaware to Alabama where he takes his Harvard Law degree to serve the wrongfully convicted and those who cannot afford representation. The film focuses on his first breakthrough in reforming the death penalty as he represents Walter McMillian […]

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Another Take on STAR WARS: THE RISE OF SKYWALKER

Posted: December 20, 2019 at 9:12 am   /   Movie Reviews

(Excuse my brief history with the franchise. I promise I get into Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker a few paragraphs down.) Star Wars. Oh, what an incredible journey it has been.  It’s been years since I’ve attended midnight showings of the prequel trilogy where every seat was filled and additional people sat on the […]

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Movie Review: ‘Queen & Slim’ Starring Daniel Kaluuya​, Jodie Turner-Smith​

Posted: November 27, 2019 at 10:06 am   /   Movie Reviews

At a very basic level, Queen & Slim could best be described as a bad tinder date turned into a nightmare. Adding themes of racial tension and injustice, however, the film becomes a more intimate and horrifying commentary on what it’s like to be black in America today.  The film begins with stars Daniel Kaluuya […]

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