Tag: Ian McKellen

Review: Disney’s BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (2017) Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Josh Gad, Luke Evans

Posted: March 17, 2017 at 9:52 am   /   Movie Reviews

Every year since 2014’s Maleficent, Disney has released a live action re-imagining of one of their famous animated features. In 2015 it was director Kenneth Branagh’s Cinderella, and 2016 gave us Jon Favreau’s take on The Jungle Book. Now here we are in March of 2017, welcoming one of the most anticipated films of the […]

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Review: Disney’s ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Starring Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Ewan McGregor, Ian McKellen

Posted: March 10, 2017 at 6:00 am   /   Movie Reviews

I have a confession to make. I didn’t really watch Disney films as a child. Okay, that isn’t completely accurate. Dumbo was one of my favorite movies growing up, and when I was 9, my sister dragged me to the theaters to watch The Lion King for her birthday. Beyond that, though, I never watched […]

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12 New Disney ‘Beauty and the Beast’ Character Posters

Posted: January 27, 2017 at 9:49 am   /   Coming Soon, Film, Movie Posters

As March 17 quickly approaches, we are getting more and more Beauty and the Beast video and images to hold us over. This morning, 12 brand new character posters were released for the live-action reimagining of the classic Disney film:   Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast” is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic […]

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‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’ Opens December 17! Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening!

Posted: December 8, 2014 at 3:37 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter for your chance to receive a pass for two to a special advance screening! This December, Oscar®-winning filmmaker Peter Jackson will unleash the epic final film in The Hobbit Trilogy, based on the timeless masterpiece by J.R.R. Tolkien, from New Line Cinema and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures. In The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, […]

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44: ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ Starring Every X-Men Ever (Almost)

Posted: May 27, 2014 at 4:37 pm   /   Film, Local, Reel Spoilers

This week we return to the bunker so we can spoil X-Men: Days of Future Past. Synopsis: The ultimate X-Men ensemble fights a war for the survival of the species across two time periods in X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. The beloved characters from the original “X-Men” film trilogy join forces with their younger selves […]

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25: ‘The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug’ Starring Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Benedict Cumberbatch

Posted: December 16, 2013 at 6:12 pm   /   Film, Local, Reel Spoilers

After a week off Reel Spoilers is back and more spoilery than ever. This week it’s all about The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. Here’s a little Tolkien trivia for you. Did you know that Wikipedia describes Smaug as a “fictional dragon”? This can only mean that dragons are real! Holy shit! It must be […]

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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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THE HOBBIT: THE DESOLATION OF SMAUG opens December 13! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: November 26, 2013 at 4:47 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! The second in a trilogy of films adapting the enduringly popular masterpiece The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug continues the adventure of the title character Bilbo Baggins (Martin Freeman) as he journeys with the Wizard Gandalf (Ian McKellan) and thirteen Dwarves, led by […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Starring Martin Freeman, Ian McKellen, Richard Armitage

Posted: December 14, 2012 at 8:54 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

After almost 9 years of waiting, we finally return to Middle Earth in The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey. There was a period of time where we weren’t sure what would happen with the film, or who would direct it. But it was inevitable in my mind that the only man worthy of helming such a […]

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‘The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey’ Opens December 14! Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening!

Posted: December 3, 2012 at 1:31 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! The adventure follows the journey of title character Bilbo Baggins, who is swept into an epic quest to reclaim the lost Dwarf Kingdom of Erebor from the fearsome dragon Smaug. Approached out of the blue by the wizard Gandalf the Grey, Bilbo finds himself joining a company of […]

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