Tag: Judi Dench

PHILOMENA opens November 22! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: November 18, 2013 at 12:18 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Based on the 2009 investigative book by BBC correspondent Martin Sixsmith, The Lost Child of Philomena Lee, PHILOMENA focuses on the efforts of Philomena Lee (Dench), mother to a boy conceived out of wedlock—something her Irish-Catholic community didn’t have the highest opinion of—and given away for adoption in […]

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Movie Review: ‘Skyfall’ Starring Daniel Craig, Judi Dench, Naomie Harris, and Ralph Fiennes

Posted: November 9, 2012 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

The 23rd Bond movie wasn’t always a sure thing. After 2008’s Quantum of Solace, the Bond franchise was in disorder due to the financial troubles of MGM studios. Despite having contracted Sam Mendes, the film fell out of production for a while, and was thought at one point to have been scrapped. Luckily upon exit […]

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See James Bond in ‘Skyfall’ Opening November 9! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: October 30, 2012 at 4:44 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Daniel Craig is back as Ian Fleming’s James Bond 007 in Skyfall, the 23rd adventure in the longest-running film franchise of all time. In Skyfall, Bond’s loyalty to M is tested as her past comes back to haunt her. As MI6 comes under attack, 007 must track down […]

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BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL Opens May 11! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: May 1, 2012 at 12:01 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass good for two! THE BEST EXOTIC MARIGOLD HOTEL follows a group of British retirees who decide to “outsource” their retirement to less expensive and seemingly exotic India. Enticed by advertisements for the newly restored Marigold Hotel and bolstered with visions of a life of leisure, they arrive to find the […]

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Jane Eyre

Posted: March 26, 2011 at 4:58 pm   /   Another Take From Zac, Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Cary Fukunaga’s Jane Eyre is a beautifully crafted and well executed film whose subject matter will resonate wonderfully with fans of the genre and even entertain many that don’t sit so well with classic English romances. The film follows the title character from her privileged but torturous beginnings in a wealthy relatives care before moving […]

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Nine

Posted: December 25, 2009 at 12:01 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Nine is Rob Marshall’s return to musicals and the result is a bit unexpected but full of quality performances and entertaining musical numbers that entertain nearly from start to finish. The film picks up ten days prior to the start date of Guido Contini’s latest and ninth film and the stars, the costumes, the sets […]

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Nine – Movie Review

Posted: December 12, 2009 at 9:02 pm   /   Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

Like 1986’s Little Shop of Horrors and Hairspray, Nine is a movie based on a musical that was based on a movie.  Inspired by Federico Fellini’s semi-autobiographical 8 ½, the film follows Italian film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis).  Guido is a legendary director whose last two films were flops.  Production of his eagerly anticipated […]

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HD Preview of “Nine” | Daniel Day Lewis, Nicole Kidman

Posted: May 18, 2009 at 8:26 am   /   Local, Movie News

“Nine” is the film adaptation of the Tony Award winning musical that was inspired by Fellini’s “8 1/2.” The film is directed by Rob Marshall, who was responsible for the successful 2002 film adaptation of Chicago. Nine is the story of filmmaker Guido Contini, played by Daniel Day-Lewis. Contini realizes his latest cinematic vision while […]

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