Movie Review: ‘America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill’ Spotlights a Resilient St. Louis Neighborhood
In America’s Last Little Italy: The Hill director Joseph Puleo concisely captures the history of one of St. Louis’ most storied neighborhoods in an informative and engaging documentary film. Joined by producer/editor Steve Cakouros and executive producer Rio Vitale, the film traces the neighborhood’s social and cultural heritage from the late 1800s to the present. Two […]
Movie Review: Disneynature’s PENGUINS
Nearly every April since 2011, Disneynature has released a documentary in which we follow a certain species of animal in celebration of Earth Day. There’s been African Cats, Chimpanzee, Bears, and pandas in Born in China, but this year we’re following Steve, an adorable Adélie Penguin in Disneynature’s Penguins. Penguins is directed by Alastair Fothergill […]
Movie Review: ‘Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry’
Often lives of artists are disregarded by the general public. Those who possess art degrees are told their degrees are worthless, and others are belittled because part of our society believes art equals play. Anyone with this line of thinking should be shown Ai Weiwei: Never Sorry. This documentary follows the famous Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, […]
‘Tabloid’ Opens August 5! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! Thirty years before the antics of Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears were regular gossip fodder, Miss Wyoming Joyce McKinney made her mark as a tabloid staple ne plus ultra. Morris follows the salacious adventures of this beauty queen with an IQ of 168 whose […]
Movie Review: “Troll Hunter” Finds Its Spink
Many years ago, red-headed hellion Pippi Longstocking searched for the elusive “spink” in the book Pippi in the South Seas. Pippi didn’t even know what the hell “spink” was – it was simply a nonsense word she tried to apply to a rake, a disease and finally a beetle. She claimed she would know a […]
DVD Review – “Waking Sleeping Beauty”
I briefly talked about Waking Sleeping Beauty last week in my “DVD Picks of the Week” so I don’t want to reiterate everything I said before. But the main point is that I love Disney musicals, and as soon as I saw the trailer I was dying to see it. After getting a chance to […]
Check Out DANCING ACROSS BORDERS, Opening at the Tivoli Tonight. Director Anne Bass Attending For Q&A
Come down to the Tivoli Theatre tonight in University City for the opening of DANCING ACROSS BORDERS. The documentary is about a young boy with incredible dancing talent that was discovered by filmmaker Anne Bass while on a trip to Cambodia in January 2000. The director will be attending a Q&A after the 7:15pm showing […]
Thomas Wallner Films Scenes From Upcoming Documentary “TRAPPED” at Petropolis in Chesterfield
It’s not every day that a movie is filmed in Chesterfield, MO. But yesterday was one of those days, and one of the locations of an upcoming documentary called “Trapped” happened to be Petropolis Pet Center. Director Thomas Wallner and his film crew arrived late yesterday afternoon to film scenes for his latest project. “Trapped” […]
Enter to Win Passes to “The Cartel,” Opening April 30 at Landmark Plaza Frontenac!
THE CARTEL Opens April 30th at Plaza Frontenac Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! Synopsis: Teachers punished for speaking out. Principals fired for trying to do the right thing. Union leaders defending the indefensible. Bureaucrats blocking new charter schools. These are just some of the people we meet in The […]
2010 Summer Movie Preview – May
Here at ReviewSTL we know you like to see movies, and you want the inside scoop. So, we are here to give you the inside track on the jam packed summer movie season. We are going to take a look at all the major releases, and a few of the limited releases. We will be […]