Tag: Alan Arkin

136: ‘Love the Coopers’ Starring John Goodman, Ed Helms, Diane Keaton, Olivia Wilde

Posted: November 19, 2015 at 8:13 pm   /   Film, Reel Spoilers

And then there were two… Kevin is still “sick” and Blake had engagement photo retakes. Which leaves Tom and Joe to dissect Love The Coopers. Every Christmas trope known to man gets blended into a homogenized Yule-paste. It’s Reel Spoilers 136 – Love, The Coopers. You’ve been warned. Starring: Tom O’Keefe, Joe Buttice Run-time: 1hr 3min

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Movie Review: ‘Grudge Match’ Starring Robert De Niro, Sylvester Stallone, Kim Basinger, Alan Arkin

Posted: December 24, 2013 at 11:00 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Going into the film Grudge Match, my expectations weren’t very high. The latest offering from director Peter Segal not only exceeded my expectations, it knocked them out of the ring. Sylvester Stallone and Robert DeNiro star, along with Kim Bassinger, funny man Kevin Hart and Alan Arkin in this boxing comedy-drama. The premise of the […]

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GRUDGE MATCH opens December 25! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: December 10, 2013 at 9:43 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Oscar® winner Robert De Niro (“Raging Bull,” “Silver Linings Playbook”) and Oscar® nominee Sylvester Stallone (the “Rocky” films, “The Expendables”) star as old boxing rivals who come out of retirement for one final match. Thirty years later, boxing promoter Dante Slate Jr., seeing big dollar signs, makes them […]

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‘The Incredible Burt Wonderstone’ Opens March 15! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: March 5, 2013 at 11:00 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Superstar magicians Burt Wonderstone (Steve Carell) and Anton Marvelton (Steve Buscemi) have ruled the Las Vegas strip for years, raking in millions with illusions as big as Burt’s growing ego. But lately the duo’s greatest deception is their public friendship, while secretly they’ve grown to loathe each other. […]

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‘Argo’ Starring Ben Affleck, John Goodman Delivers

Posted: October 12, 2012 at 12:00 am   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

It’s become almost trendy nowadays for films to be “based on a true story.” From sports films to docudramas, it seems the audience just eats the realism up. I wasn’t around for the Iranian hostage embassy, but having been a history major, I knew a scant amount about what happened overall; the Canadian Caper, as […]

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‘Argo’ Opens October 12! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 7:13 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Based on true events, Warner Bros. Pictures’ and GK Films’ dramatic thriller “Argo” chronicles the life-or-death covert operation to rescue six Americans, which unfolded behind the scenes of the Iran hostage crisis–the truth of which was unknown by the public for decades. Academy Award® winner Ben Affleck (“The […]

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‘The Change-Up‏’ Opens August 5! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: July 29, 2011 at 11:37 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! Growing up together, Mitch and Dave were inseparable best friends, but as the years have passed they’ve slowly drifted apart. While Dave is an overworked lawyer, husband and father of three, Mitch has remained a single, quasi-employed man-child who has never met a responsibility […]

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Ben Affleck Will Star In His Third Directorial Effort: ‘Argo’

Posted: June 27, 2011 at 11:13 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie News

As we all know, Ben Affleck has turned his career around.  He went from sliding down a slippery slope of horrible movies including DAREDEVIL, GIGLI, PAYCHECK, and SURVIVING CHRISTMAS to co-starring in some films that I really loved like STATE OF PLAY, HOLLYWOODLAND, and THE COMPANY MEN.  In the midst of that he directed two outstanding […]

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City Island

Posted: April 23, 2010 at 6:26 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Some things are better left unsaid. While at times a white lie can be better than the truth, when does it go too far? “City Island” is a the story of a family who has their fair share of secrets, but doesn’t know when its better to just come clean. The result is a down […]

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Sunshine Cleaning

Posted: April 10, 2009 at 12:47 pm   /   Local, Movie Reviews

This indie comedy has a few really bright moments and is never dull, but fails to take full advantage of its interesting premise. But Sunshine Cleaning still manages to be an intriguing character study. Rose is a single mother living paycheck to paycheck, working for maid service company as she works toward getting her real […]

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