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Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ian McKellen

Posted: December 13, 2013 at 8:05 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Yes, it’s better than “The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey” (which, in all fairness, isn’t necessarily a bad movie, just a bloated one. It just felt so… padded, in parts.) Whereas director Peter Jackson’s original foray into Tolkien territory with “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy was lengthy, it was also unquestionably epic, with each step […]

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6 Movies Featuring Motorhomes, In Honor of ‘We’re The Millers’

Posted: August 10, 2013 at 12:31 am   /   Film, Local, Top Original Content

This week We’re the Millers hits theaters. Jason Sudeikis plays a smalltime pot dealer forced to smuggle a large amount of marijuana across the Mexican border. In an effort to evade the law he assembles a fake family consisting of a stripper (Jennifer Aniston), a teenage runaway (Emma Roberts) and a nerd who lives in […]

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Movie Review: ‘Blackfish’ Documentary on Whales and SeaWorld Opens Today at Landmark Plaza Frontenac

Posted: August 2, 2013 at 10:17 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews, St. Louis Movie Theaters

“When you look into their eyes, you know somebody is home. Somebody’s looking back.”    – John Jett, Former SeaWorld Trainer Those words, spoken by a former trainer in Blackfish, drive home a point that many, many people can easily forget – this is not a person in a costume, not an animatronic figure that is […]

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