Tag: Daniel Day Lewis

Film Review: ‘Phantom Thread’ Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Lesley Manville, Vicky Krieps

Posted: January 12, 2018 at 1:24 pm   /   Movie Reviews

Phantom Thread is the story of a 1950’s dress-maker named Reynolds Woodcock, portrayed brilliantly (as always) by Daniel Day-Lewis. This is Day-Lewis’ second collaboration with director Paul Thomas Anderson (There Will be Blood) and reportedly his final role before retirement. There were rumors of him wanting to retire before he took on this film, but […]

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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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Movie Review: ‘Lincoln’ Starring Daniel Day-Lewis, Tommy Lee Jones, David Strathairn

Posted: November 16, 2012 at 8:10 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Lincoln is a President that everyone knows, without really knowing the man himself. We see him on the five dollar bill, but seldom do we ask the question, “why is he on there?” Director Steven Spielberg and “Team of Rivals” author Doris Kearns Goodwin feel that one of the reasons is because of the passing […]

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‘Lincoln’ Opens November 9! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: November 7, 2012 at 8:47 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Steven Spielberg directs two-time Academy Award(R) winner Daniel Day-Lewis in “Lincoln,” a revealing drama that focuses on the 16th President’s tumultuous final months in office. In a nation divided by war and the strong winds of change, Lincoln pursues a course of action designed to end the war, […]

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Release Date Shuffle: X-Men, Planet of the Apes, Robopocalypse, Lone Ranger and Thor 2

Posted: May 31, 2012 at 6:35 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie News

We already saw a big shift in the last two weeks when Paramount announced a month before release that “GI Joe: Retaliation” would be postponed nine months until March 2013.  Check out Blake’s thoughts here.  I think that is a special exception though, due to these films being so far from their intended release dates […]

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Jared Harris Cast as Moriarty in “Sherlock Homes 2”?

Posted: September 29, 2010 at 2:48 pm   /   Local, Movie News

Ever since it was announced that Sherlock Holmes would be getting a sequel, there has been much debate as to who should step into the shoes of the arch-villain Moriarty. Many names have been tossed around, such as Gary Oldman, Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, and Daniel Day-Lewis, but they have all been beat out by […]

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Golden Globe Predictions 2010 – Film

Posted: January 16, 2010 at 3:49 pm   /   Local, Movie News, Opinion

Here we are, a day before the second biggest award show of the movie season. Every year the Hollywood Foreign Press nominate people in the arts of film and television, and every year someone gets angry at the lack of nominations or the fact that the “wrong” person won. I like the Golden Globes because […]

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Nine

Posted: December 25, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Nine is Rob Marshall’s return to musicals and the result is a bit unexpected but full of quality performances and entertaining musical numbers that entertain nearly from start to finish. The film picks up ten days prior to the start date of Guido Contini’s latest and ninth film and the stars, the costumes, the sets […]

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Nine – Movie Review

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 9:02 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Like 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors and Hairspray, Nine is a movie based on a musical that was based on a movie.  Inspired by Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical 8 ½, the film follows Italian film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis).  Guido is a legendary director whose last two films were flops.  Production of his eagerly anticipated […]

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‘Nine’ Feature HD Trailer

Posted: November 17, 2009 at 1:01 pm   /   Local, Movie News

I think I might be a bit of a pessimist when it comes to film going audiences. Which is a bit weird, because I tend to be overly optimistic about many things in my life. It just seems that I can tell with the American movie going audience is going to latch onto something. I […]

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