Tag: Brad Watts

Brad Reviews “The Other Guys” Starring Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg

Posted: August 6, 2010 at 7:27 am   /   Film, Local

I’m A PEACOCK WHO NEEDS TO FLY LET ME FLY! St. Louis was awarded The Other Premier for the “The Other Guys” a film that teams Will Ferrell and writer-director Adam McKay for the fourth time. My Wife and I were lucky enough to attend, we didn’t get to see much of the red Carpet, […]

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Decatur Celebration Is This Weekend – Charlie Daniels Band, Tone Loc, Young MCs and More!

Posted: August 4, 2010 at 7:01 pm   /   Concerts, Local

Decatur Illinois is known for a few things; Original home of the Chicago Bears, ADM ( this is the company portrayed in the “Informant”), and the Decatur Celebration.  I was at the first Celebration in 1986.    Personally I moved away from Decatur in 1992, but I along with others make the pilgrimage back to Decatur […]

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Brad Reviews Christopher Nolan’s “Inception”

Posted: July 16, 2010 at 11:29 am   /   Film, Local

A Dream of A Movie Christopher Nolan has created a Dream world, with visuals that are stunning, minding blowing action sequences that are close to those you would have seen in “The Matrix”, and a story that will take you away from your life and bring you into a Dream World. In Nolan’s Movie there […]

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Brad Reviews “Despicable Me” Starring Steve Carrell

Posted: July 9, 2010 at 5:51 am   /   Local, Movie News

“LIGHT BULB!” “Despicable Me”  is not a story rich with content stunning in animation as Pixar offerings, instead settles for being good fun, goofy, and a little heart worming, it hardly seems like settling at all.  Universal Studios animation decided to take on Pixar this summer they had a tough job.  The film is not […]

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Brad Reviews “Cyrus” starring Jonah Hill and John C. Reilly

Posted: July 2, 2010 at 6:47 am   /   Local, Movie News

“I am SHREK” I love to go to Independent Films. Most of these films will have actors and actresses step out of their normal type casting, and into a whole new world. I was hoping to see this in the movie “Cyrus”. I was very satisfied to see that the Duplass Brothers film will change […]

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Review of “Grown Ups” starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Kevin James and Rob Schneider

Posted: June 25, 2010 at 7:40 am   /   Film, Local

Like “arrow roulette” that we see in the movie, GROWN UPS is joke roulette; some Jokes hit, some miss. Last week I wrote a review about Toy Story 3 which took me back to my childhood and growing up.  This week I went and saw Grown Ups. I know most of the movie critics will […]

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TOY STORY 3 – Ten Years in the Making (Review)

Posted: June 18, 2010 at 6:55 am   /   Film, Local

This past Tuesday night, thanks to ReviewSTL.com and Radio Disney, I had one of those movie going experiences that reminds you of what makes going to the movies such a special experience. I was also reminded of why we continue to sit in the dark and watch movie with strangers, despite rising ticket prices. I […]

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Norm MacDonald Joins Charlie the Tortoise on Fox 2 News to Pick Super Bowl 44 Winner

Posted: February 7, 2010 at 7:24 am   /   Local, Television

Charlie the Tortoise from Petropolis in Chesterfield appeared on Fox 2 this past Friday, reprising his Superbowl Pick from earlier in the week. Norm McDonald (SNL), famous comedian and actor, was in the studio to help explain the natural instinct of a giant tortoise, and their ability to choose Super Bowl Winners. This is a […]

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ReviewSTL and Petropolis Help Animals at Barkin’ for the Blues!

Posted: January 24, 2010 at 2:43 pm   /   Local

Last night at the SAVVIS center, ReviewSTL and Petropolis teamed up with the St. Charles Humane Society to raise money for animals that are trying to find a home. David Backes of the St. Louis Blues and the St. Charles Humane Society started the event “Barkin’ for the Blues” to help neglected animals through David’s […]

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Gamers Needed! Videogame Contest This Weekend For Charity!

Posted: December 9, 2009 at 7:26 am   /   Local

ReviewSTL.com has teamed up with Petropolis and KMOX to put on the first annual “Give a Dog a Bone” fundraising event. This weekend, Radio Personality Kevin Wheeler from KMOX will be hosting the “Kevin Wheeler NCAA 2009 Video Game Playoff” at Petropolis. Registration is only $20 per contestant, and the top 8 spots win prizes! […]

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