Reviews

G-FORCE

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 8:23 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

I admit that going into the G-Force movie with my five-year-old daughter, I was thinking it was going to be nap time. Lots of the kids films that look like this are, but I was presently surprised. I have to hand it to producer Jerry Bruckheimer (Pirates Of the Caribbean), for finding another hit to […]

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Orphan

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 12:53 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Orphan is a horror film in the vein of The Bad Seed, which tends to be very creepy at times, but doesn’t do much in the scares. Despite some major plot holes it still manages to be an effective thriller and will disturb you to your very core at times. The first scene of the […]

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The Ugly Truth

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 12:02 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

The ugly truth about The Ugly Truth is that it just isn’t a good movie. It is your standard romantic comedy, and even worse it tries to be something it is not. The Ugly Truth follows a stuck in a rut morning show producer for a local network affiliate in Sacramento, Abby Richter.  You see […]

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(500) Days of Summer

Posted: July 24, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

You know the story already, it has been done a million times before. Boy meets girl, boy falls in love with girl, etc. etc. etc. Only this time it follows those same beats, but it shakes them up and puts them in a different key to give us something new and original. (500) Days of […]

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The Hurt Locker

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

The latest effort from Kathryn Bigelow is a gritty and realistic look into the life of an Iraq War bomb squad that is thrilling when defusing the bombs but meanders a bit when not. In and around Iraq during our skirmish over there since we went to war in the country, the enemy has been […]

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Restaurant Review – Aya Sophia

Posted: July 18, 2009 at 5:22 pm   /   Local, Restaurant Reviews

On Friday I found a great Restaurant.com gift card for Aya Sophia, a Turkish/Mediterranean cuisine spot in South City. If you’ve never been to Restaurant.com – go now! You can get some awesome gift certificate deals for real cheap, and it gives you the chance to branch out on your dining experiences, as well. So, […]

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Departures

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 11:11 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

This 2008 nominee for best foreign language film at the Oscar’s, Departures is a very engaging, funny, and thoughtful look at death and letting the living come to peace with it and it is all wrapped around the wonderful story of a man finding himself and coming to grips with his past. Daigo Kobayashi is […]

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

Posted: July 15, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Harry Potter is back once again in his most thrilling tale yet, which juggles the fears of a evil tyrant on the rise with the raging adolescent hormones of the cast at Hogwarts. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince picks up right where we left off. Harry is once again entering another year of school […]

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Restaurant Review – Donahue’s Corner Bar & Grill

Posted: July 11, 2009 at 9:41 pm   /   Local, Restaurant Reviews

From the moment you walk through the front door of Donahue’s Corner Bar & Grill in Valley Park, you are welcomed by an atmosphere that is aimed for, yet underachieved, by so many restaurants today. What this bar and grill has is a legitimate feel to it; a small, comfortable atmosphere that is not overwhelmed […]

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Restaurant Review – Blue Ocean Sushi

Posted: July 11, 2009 at 6:04 am   /   Local, Restaurant Reviews

Located in the Delmar Loop, Blue Ocean Sushi is the first restaurant I’ve seen to offer all you can edu review eat sushi. Yes you read correctly, http://viagracanadausa.com/ all you can eat. There are only two types of sushi in this world. Great sushi, and terrible sushi. Terrible sushi is the kind that is made […]

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