Movie Review: Disney’s CRUELLA Starring Emma Stone, Emma Thompson, Joel Fry, Paul Walter Hauser
You don’t always need a backstory for a popular big-screen villain. But there are also times where you cant help but wonder – why is this person so evil? In the case of Cruella de Vil – the evil, fur-wearing villain from 101 Dalmations we grew up watching steal puppies to make a fur coat […]
42: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
This week on the show it’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2. Or perhaps we should call it The (Allegedly) Amazing Spider-Man 2. Well, all of us except Kevin will call it that. Also, in Blake’s absence, we welcome a new guest Allison Sommers Kelly from the podcast Verbal Justice (iTunes). Or Gerbil Justice. The Skype connection […]
Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ (REEL SPOILERS)
Warning: this review contains REEL SPOILERS. For the spoiler-free review, click here. It seems like just yesterday I was standing in line for the sequel to the original Spider-Man (2000) at the midnight show. Yet here we are ten years later, the franchise has been rebooted, and another sophomore installment is at hand. Spider-Man 2 […]
Movie Review: ‘The Amazing Spider-Man 2’ Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone, Jamie Foxx
For the “spoiler-ific” review, click here. A couple of years ago, a swiftly constructed reboot to the Spider-Man movie franchise came into fruition brought up angst in the idea of repeating an origin story that is still fresh in the minds of movie viewers. In my review of The Amazing Spider-Man, I had made mention […]
Movie Review: ‘The Croods’ Starring Emma Stone, Ryan Reynolds, Nicolas Cage
How to Train Your Dragon‘s co-director and writer Chris Sanders is back in the director’s seat for Dreamworks’ latest animated feature – The Croods. He is joined by Kirk De Micco to tell the story of the first prehistoric family, and their struggle to adapt in the rapidly evolving world around them. Eep (Emma Stone) […]
‘The Croods’ Opens March 22! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a family 4-pack of passes! The Croods is a prehistoric comedy adventure that follows the world’s first family as they embark on a journey of a lifetime when the cave that has always shielded them from danger is destroyed. Traveling across a spectacular landscape, the Croods discover an incredible new world filled […]
Movie Review: ‘Gangster Squad’ Starring Josh Brolin, Ryan Gosling, Sean Penn
Zombieland was one of my favorite movies from 2009. It was fresh, fun, and didn’t take itself too seriously. Director Ruben Fleischer wasn’t trying to be 28 Days Later, or Dawn of the Dead, but rather created his own style – the result of which was a clever and extremely entertaining film. With his latest […]
‘Gangster Squad’ Opens January 11! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pair of passes! Los Angeles, 1949. Ruthless, Brooklyn-born mob king Mickey Cohen (Sean Penn) runs the show in this town, reaping the ill-gotten gains from the drugs, the guns, the prostitutes and–if he has his way–every wire bet placed west of Chicago. And he does it all with the protection of […]
Movie Review: ‘Spider-Man’ Reboot Gives Fresh Start To Webslinger
It’s hard to believe that is was barely 10 years ago that the first Spider-Man film was released. Here we are a decade later and we already have a reboot, new cast and a new director. I will admit, Spider-Man is one of my favorite superheros of all time, and I loved the first three […]
Steve Kelley Reviews ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ Starring Andrew Garfield, Emma Stone and Rhys Ifans
Note: an earlier version incorrectly listed Gwen Stacy as Gwen Tracy. Special thanks to Russ M. for the correction. With the seemingly annual (sometimes biannual) releases of Marvel films, there’s little doubt that superhero movies are in style. This year’s release of The Avengers skyrocketed into the record books and became the third-highest grossing film of […]
