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ReviewSTL Podcast Episode 5: Ben Affleck (the Good, the Batman & the Ugly)

Posted: August 30, 2013 at 4:32 pm   /   Film, Local, ReviewSTL Podcast

ReviewSTL, bringing you the hard-hitting topics and opinions. This week, the members of the ReviewSTL Podcast hit on Ben Affleck. [Editor: phrasing?] Affleck’s become one of the most polemical topics this side of whether or not we actually believe it’s butter. On one hand, you have his box office flops and his notable “Bennifer” personality. […]

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Oscar Nominations 2013: Who Will Win at the 85th Annual Academy Awards

Posted: February 23, 2013 at 8:09 am   /   Film, Local, Television

It’s the most wonderful time of the year – for a movie buff. It’s Oscar season. The 85th Annual Academy Awards will take place this Sunday, February 24th on ABC. Live coverage starts at 6pm Central on the red carpet, with the awards show starting at 7pm CST. Seth MacFarlane, beloved creator of Ted and […]

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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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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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