Movie Review: MORBIUS Starring Jared Leto, Adria Arjona, Matt Smith
Every year during Oscar season, fellow ReviewSTL critic Brad Heyen puts together a little competition for everyone to make their Oscar picks. Admittedly, I don’t see nearly as many movies as I’d like, so I’m often left making random predictions. This year, I just put Dune for every category. And I didn’t put the actors/actresses […]
Movie Review: THE LOST CITY Starring Sandra Bullock, Channing Tatum, Daniel Radcliffe
The latest rom-com adventure, The Lost City, is out exclusively in theaters this weekend. The film, directed by Aaron Nee and Adam Nee, sees Bullock’s Loretta, a romance novelist on a book tour with her sought-after cover model Alan (played by Tatum), who ends up getting kidnapped and finds herself in a wild jungle adventure. […]
Review: TURNING RED is Disney-Pixar’s Boldest Film, Not Afraid To Get Real
Directed and co-written by Domee Shi, who won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2019 for Bao, Turning Red is not afraid to get real. The film is a coming-of-age story that kids going through adolescence will no doubt be able to relate to. And so will their parents, as both parties […]
Movie Review: THE BATMAN Starring Robert Pattinson, Zoë Kravitz, Paul Dano
Do you remember the time when people scoffed at the casting choices for Batman movies? Perhaps you recall when a comedian named Michael Keaton, known for roles like Mr. Mom and Johnny Dangerously, put on the cape and cowl. If not, maybe you remember when Heath Ledger from 10 Things I Hate About You and […]
Movie Review: STUDIO 666 Starring Dave Grohl, Pat Smear
The Foo Fighters can do no wrong it seems. The band is one of the last true rock n’ roll bands left. Frontman Dave Grohl is an acclaimed author and mega-rockstar. So for a band that has sold millions of albums, headlined every festival on the planet and can seemingly do no wrong, the next […]
Review: TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE (2022) on Netflix
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 […]
Review: UNCHARTED Starring Tom Holland, Mark Wahlberg, Sophia Ali
When it comes to films based on video game franchises, it’s pretty safe to say the results have been hit or miss. And miss. And more misses. And lots o’ misses. Whether it’s the Super Mario Bros. movie, the mixed bag of the Mortal Kombat franchise, DOOM, and basically anything Uwe Boll has touched, overall […]
Review: DOG Starring Channing Tatum, Q’orianka Kilcher, Emmy Raver-Lampman
Channing Tatum and producing partner Reid Carolin’s directorial debut Dog, a buddy-cop type comedy that consists of man and his best friend, is out today in theaters. Being his first feature behind the camera, Tatum delivered quite a different type of film compared to previous flicks partnering with Reid (Magic Mike XXL for example). The story follows […]
Movie Review: I WANT YOU BACK Starring Charlie Day, Jenny Slate, Scott Eastwood
Breaking up sucks. The end of a relationship is especially rough when you aren’t the one who initiated the split. That’s what happens to Peter (Charlie Day) and Emma (Jenny Slate), two strangers who are dumped by their significant others – Anne (Gina Rodriguez) and Noah (Scott Eastwood), respectively. Both upset about their breakups at […]
Review: DEATH ON THE NILE Starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Bateman, Annette Bening
Air-cool Pwah-roe. I think that’s how you say it. After seeing Murder on the Orient Express and spending half the film mentally trying to break down how to say Hercule Poirot (I took Spanish in high school, so trying to speak French is a bit of an exercise), I think I figured it out just […]