Restaurant Review – Thai Gai Yang Cafe
When in the Loop, you can never go wrong. This Thai experience is proof again that the Delmar area of St. Louis is full of great food, strong drinks and lots of unique atmosphere! Our night at Thai Gai Yang Cafe began with Fried Tofu. I am not a vegetarian. I LOVE a nice, juicy […]
Extraordinary Measures – Movie Review
“Hey kids! Let’s put on a show!” Throughout the late ‘30s and early ‘40s Mickey Rooney and Judy Garland starred in a series of films that immortalized that line; a line that also serves as a plot synopsis. Babes in Arms, Babes on Broadway, Girl Crazy, Strike up the Band all fit this mold. Now, […]
Legion
When I first saw the trailers for this movie I was intrigued. The basic plot of God giving up on humanity and sending his army of angels to destroy us all seemed fresh. The special effects looked okay, and the hint of an epic battle between archangels Michael and Gabriel got me excited. I left […]
Crazy Heart
Crazy Heart is a story about a musician who is trying to find himself, somewhere buried deep beneath the surface of his existence. In the film, we see a man who has seen success and entertained millions of people – but we see him in a different light, and in very raw form. Crazy Heart […]
Extraordinary Measures
This movie is based on a true story. The story is heartwarming and interesting, but it feels a lot like a movie you would see on network TV on a Thursday night. Don’t get me wrong, the acting was good (not great) – but I felt like the movie was too drawn out and somewhat […]
The Tooth Fairy
Sometimes when you see the first trailer for a film, you think “That can’t be good.” Such was the case with The Tooth Fairy. The trailer for the film was so bad that I thought it was a satirical piece done by a site like FunnyorDie. Luckily, the film wasn’t as bad as the trailer, […]
The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call – New Orleans
Werner Herzog in spirit sequel to the 1992 film Bad Lieutenant is a trippy, darkly humorous, detective story with Nicholas Cage’s Terrance taking us on a wild ride into depravity that we can’t really predict. During the mayhem of hurricane Katrina Terrance and his partner watch a prisoner trapped in a cell as the water […]
A Single Man – Movie Review
Based on a novel of the same name, A Single Man stars Colin Firth as George, a middle-aged homosexual English professor. Set in 1963, the film takes place over the course of one day as George attempts to go about his daily routine while still struggling with the grief of losing his partner Jim (Matthew […]