Pandorum
PANDORUM Directed by: Christian Alvart Starring: Dennis Quaid, Ben Foster, and Cam Gigandet First, let me say that I went into this movie expecting very little due to the sheer amount of movies that I have seen involving drifting space ships where something goes very wrong. However, this one was slightly different. Pandorum is loosely […]
Surrogates
Bruce Willis stars in SURROGATES, a futuristic sci-fi action / thriller that will surprise many this year. The film is based on the five issue comic book series “The Surrogates,” written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Brett Weldele. SURROGATES takes place in a not-so-distant future; the year is 2017. There are no flying cars. […]
Fame
With the huge popularity of Disney style musicals such as High School Musical, it seemed it was time for a comeback to the story that started them all, Fame. Unfortunately, for those of you who were hoping for the high notes hit by the original, prepare to be disappointed. Fame follows seven students through their […]
ABC’s Modern Family is Hilarious
Just got done watching the series premiere of ABC’s new mockumentary family comedy and I was very impressed. Focusing on a family with just about everything, the Dad has just married young and she is a fiery Latino with a young romantic son, a gay couple that just adopted a baby girl from Vietnam, and a more […]
Restaurant Review – Square One Brewery
St. Louis is home to many breweries, all brewing their own recipes of beer. You may love ’em or you may hate ’em, or maybe you’re just indifferent. That’s how I felt about Square One Brewery, indifferent. I started with the Spicy Blonde, a pretty good Belgian ale spiced with ginger & lemongrass. My second […]
Big Fan
Robert Siegel makes his feature debut with a low budget dark comedy that is an interesting character study of what someone might do for the team they love if taken to the extreme, but might have needed a different direction for the lead to make it more convincing. Paul is a New York Giants fan. […]
Love Happens
“Love Happens” is a romantic comedy starring Aaron Eckhart and Jennifer Aniston. The film, written and directed by Brandon Camp (“Firefly”, writer), is the story of motivational author Burke Ryan (Eckhart) who suffers the traumatic loss of his wife in a car accident. He wrote his book to help himself get over the event, but […]
Jennifer’s Body
“Jennifer’s Body” is a film that tries to be too clever with it’s pretentious writing, and falls short when the actors can’t deliver the lines. If Megan Fox were to be referred to as an entity, the entire movie could be likened to a commercial for her – similar to Transformers and GM. The film […]
Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs
“Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs” is based on a popular childrens book of the same name, by Judi and Ron Barrett. Directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller have taken the source material and turned it into a completely enjoyable hour-and-a-half film for both kids and adults. At any given time, the movie seems to […]
The Informant!
First off, let me explain to everyone that I am a former Decatur resident. I have spent more than half my life living off Lynnwood Dr., hanging out at Scovill Zoo. And most of my in-laws and family members are either former or current ADM (Archer Daniels Midland) employees. So with that being said, when […]