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Fantastic Mr. Fox

Posted: November 25, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Wes Anderson returns to the screen with a film that fits into his little world only this time with a bunch of talking animals from the wonderful fable by Roald Dahl. Mr. Fox was always a daring individual, and stole live stock for a living before he met Mrs. Fox and was planning on having […]

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TWILIGHT NEW MOON Breaks Opening Day Record and Claims Third Highest Weekend

Posted: November 22, 2009 at 7:52 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie News

It’s official – THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON has broken some big box office records during its first weekend in theaters. According to Box Office Mojo, the film brought in $72.7 million opening day alone. NEW MOON opened on 8,500 screens across 4,024 theaters in the US. This ‘eclipsed’ THE DARK KNIGHT, which previously held […]

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Precious

Posted: November 21, 2009 at 3:37 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Precious has been lauded with praise since its debut at Sundance this year and considered a front runner for Best Picture for a while now, and while I don’t quite agree with that assessment the film is still a well made drama about overcoming your obstacles in life no matter how hard they come. Precious […]

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon

Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON is the second movie in the film series, derived from the popular novels by Stephenie Meyer. This time around, the audience is introduced to more action than the first film – and fans of the series are given more of the love story that they have been waiting for all […]

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The Blind Side

Posted: November 20, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

The Blind Side is exactly what it is selling itself as, a heartfelt and emotional inspiring story that avoids sap and stereotypes for the most part to create a film that deserves our emotional response. Following the high school years of Michael Oher an at risk student who gets a second lease on life when […]

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“Up In The Air” Director Jason Reitman In Town for St. Louis Premiere at SLIFF 09

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 1:13 am   /   Featured, Local

On Saturday I had the privilege of interviewing Jason Reitman (“Thank You For Smoking,” “Juno”), who was in town for the St. Louis premiere of his latest film – “Up In The Air.” Reitman was in attendance for the film, which was viewed by a sold out theater of 450 at the Tivoli on the […]

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Enter to Win Passes to ‘Ninja Assassin’ at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 1:36 pm   /   Contests, Featured, Local

ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “Ninja Assassin” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! OPENS NATIONWIDE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 25TH Synopsis: Trained in methods of killing from an early age, Raizo (Rain) is a member of the secret clan of assassins known […]

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Enter to Win Passes to ‘The Twilight Saga: New Moon’ at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: November 12, 2009 at 1:21 pm   /   Contests, Featured, Local

ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “The Twilight Saga: New Moon” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! OPENS NATIONWIDE FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 20TH Synopsis: The supernatural tale of star-crossed lovers continues as the Cullen family flees Forks in order to protect Bella […]

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A Christmas Carol

Posted: November 6, 2009 at 12:03 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Robert Zemeckis’ third foray into the 3-D motion capture world is a retelling of the classic A Christmas Carol and the results are a beautiful and well executed version of the classic tale that could easily become many peoples “go to” version of the fateful night of Ebenezer Scrooge. The tale of Scrooge doesn’t really […]

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The Box

Posted: November 6, 2009 at 12:02 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Richard Kelly belongs in the category of directors who get famous off their first cult hit, and never seem to do anything worthwhile again. They are the cinematic equivalent of a one hit wonder. Kelly came into the cultural eye with his hit on DVD surprise, Donnie Darko. The movies mysterious and dark overtones (along […]

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