Tag: Emily Watson

122: ‘Everest’ Starring Jason Clarke, Josh Brolin, Jake Gyllenhaal

Posted: October 1, 2015 at 5:05 pm   /   Film, Reel Spoilers

We’re talking Everest this week but what do we know about mountains? So we brought in some experts. Brothers Mike & Steve Reardon have been to Everest. “Been to Everest” might be a bit of an understatement. They were making their way up the mountain when a 7.8 magnitude earthquake hit Nepal. And it doesn’t […]

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121: ‘Everest’ Box Office Report (9/25 – 9/27)

Posted: September 29, 2015 at 3:24 pm   /   Film, Reel Spoilers

This week the box office report is fast and furious (the regular kind not the driving kind). Joe talks about doughnut licking (thankfully that’s not a euphemism), we discuss the mechanics of late night talk shows, Pirates of the Caribbean and its rapidly declining quality and Joe’s hatred of Eli Roth.And if this episode feels […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Book Thief’ Starring Sophie Nélisse, Geoffrey Rush, Emily Watson, Ben Schnetzer

Posted: November 22, 2013 at 6:17 pm   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Markuz Zusak, an Australia native and author of award-winning books such as I Am the Messenger and The Book Thief, got to see one of his stories come to life on screen for the first time a couple weeks ago. The Book Thief is a story of the orphaned Liesel Memminger (Sophie Nélisse) who grows […]

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‘Anna Karenina’ Opens November 21 in St. Louis! Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening!

Posted: November 20, 2012 at 8:41 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! The third collaboration of Academy Award nominee Keira Knightley with acclaimed director Joe Wright, following the award-winning boxoffice successes “Pride & Prejudice” and “Atonement,” is a bold, theatrical new vision of the epic story of love, adapted from Leo Tolstoy’s timeless novel by Academy Award winner Tom Stoppard […]

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Movie Review: Steven Spielberg’s ‘War Horse’ Starring Emily Watson, David Thewlis, Peter Mullan

Posted: December 24, 2011 at 11:59 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

What is it about horses that tap into our deepest empathies? Perhaps these animals are the ultimate symbol for humanity—so that when their wildness is tamed, or they are mistreated, it reminds us of our own plights. Or maybe it is just that they are innocent and beautiful. Whatever the reason, Steven Spielberg’s new film […]

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WAR HORSE Opens December 25! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: December 14, 2011 at 3:39 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to win a pass, good for two! DreamWorks Pictures’ “War Horse,” director Steven Spielberg’s epic adventure, is a tale of loyalty, hope and tenacity set against a sweeping canvas of rural England and Europe during the First World War. “War Horse” begins with the remarkable friendship between a horse named Joey […]

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The Hidden Gem – “Equilibrium”

Posted: November 29, 2010 at 1:54 pm   /   Film, Local

“The Hidden Gem” is all about my personal favorite films.  And while some of the films I discuss may not be hidden to most movie fans, they are hidden to a majority of my friends and people that I have talked to.  So I want to discuss them for three reasons: 1. Tell you why […]

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