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Blake’s 2010 Oscar Predictions – Best Picture and More!

Posted: March 7, 2010 at 1:12 pm   /   Film, Local, Opinion

Best Picture “Avatar” “The Blind Side” “District 9” “An Education” “The Hurt Locker” “Inglourious Basterds” “Precious” “A Serious Man” “Up” “Up in the Air” Who will win? The Hurt Locker. Who should win? The Hurt Locker. Everyone knows that this is a race between Avatar and The Hurt Locker. At one point at the end […]

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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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Invictus – Movie Review

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 10:17 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

The year is 1994 and  Nelson Mandela (Morgan Freeman) has just been elected the first Black president of South Africa, after having spent 27 years in prison for his anti- apartheid activism. It’s a tumultuous period for the country. For the first time in the nation’s history, the White ruling class (i.e. Afrikaners) is out of […]

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See “Invictus” starring Matt Damon, Morgan Freeman Today! St. Louis Ramblers Attend Screening

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 12:33 pm   /   Film, Local

The St. Louis Ramblers Rugby team celebrated the release of “Invictus” last week, before they attended the St. Louis screening on Monday. “Invictus” stars Matt Damon as the captain of South Africa’s rugby team. The film tells the true story of how he worked together with Nelson Mandela, played by Morgan Freeman, to unite the […]

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Invictus

Posted: December 11, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Clint Eastwood’s latest is an unoriginal and uninspired affair, that while holding a fine performance from Morgan Freeman and some rewarding moments, is too flawed in too many areas to really excel. The story revolves around the work of Nelson Mandela from the end of South Africa’s apartheid and through the first year or so […]

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Enter to Win Passes to ‘Invictus’ at the St. Louis Advance Screening

Posted: November 30, 2009 at 12:23 pm   /   Contests, Local

Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! OPENS NATIONWIDE FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009 Synopsis: Actor Morgan Freeman portrays anti-apartheid activist and former South African president Nelson Mandela in this Clint Eastwood-helmed political drama adapted from author John Carlin’s book The Human Factor: Nelson Mandela and the Game That Changed the World. […]

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Invictus Trailer starring Matt Damon and Morgan Freeman

Posted: October 28, 2009 at 11:26 am   /   Local, Movie News

If you are a Matt Damon fan, these past two days have been like Christmas for you. Two different trailers for two different Matt Damon movies, what isn’t to love about that. I almost feel as if the beginning of this trailer is almost a nod to Morgan Freeman’s work in Shawshank Redemption. The in […]

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09 The Year So Far

Posted: June 29, 2009 at 5:49 am   /   Featured, Local, Opinion

A look at the best of the first half of the calendar year

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Clint Eastwood’s INVICUTUS Starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon

Posted: June 6, 2009 at 5:13 pm   /   Local, Movie News

The latest film from Academy Award winning director Clint Eastwood, INVICTUS will be released nationwide on December 11, 2009. The film, starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon, is the story of Nelson Mandela (played by Freeman) and his fight to unite Africa. Damon will play the captain of South Africa’s Rugby team, who is enlisted […]

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