Tag: Kevin James

See ‘The Illusionists – Live From Broadway’ at the Fabulous Fox Theatre This Weekend. Interview with “The Inventor” Kevin James

Posted: March 31, 2017 at 10:41 am   /   Interviews, Live Theater

Kevin James has been performing magic since he was 10 years old. “I saw magician perform at my elementary school, and was enamored by it.” He grew up in a small town with a population of two-thousand, and no magicians. “It was me and six library books for some time. And then Doug Henning started […]

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104: ‘Pixels’ Starring Adam Sandler, Kevin James, Peter Dinklage

Posted: July 30, 2015 at 3:04 pm   /   Film, Local, Reel Spoilers

What’s worse than a movie starring Adam Sandler? How about Adam Sandler taking a big, steaming dump all over your childhood? That’s Pixels for ya. On the upside, Sandler just signed a 6-picture deal with Netflix so this might be the last time we’re forced to talk about one of his movies. We’re a “glass […]

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Review: ‘Grown Ups 2’ Starring Adam Sandler and Friends is One of 2013’s Worst Movies

Posted: July 12, 2013 at 12:53 pm   /   Film, Local, Movie Reviews, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

The opening joke of Grown Ups 2 (not opening scene mind you but opening joke) features a deer pissing in Adam Sandler‘s face.  I envy that deer. The original Grown Ups reunited Sandler with many of his SNL cohorts including Chris Rock, David Spade, Rob Schneider, Colin Quinn, and Tim Meadows.  Kevin James (though not […]

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Movie Review: ‘Grown Ups 2’ Starring Adam Sandler, Chris Rock, David Spade, Kevin James

Posted: July 11, 2013 at 8:06 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

The first Grown Ups hit theaters some three years ago, and as is the trend is in Hollywood, sequels have become something of an inevitability. Some sequels can stand up on their own merits, while others do absolutely nothing to progress a franchise, but rather bring about negative stigma to it’s name. In the genre of […]

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Movie Review: ‘Here Comes the Boom’ Starring Kevin James a Surprise Hit

Posted: October 12, 2012 at 12:00 am   /   Film, Local

Kevin James + MMA = ?! Pretty much my thoughts, too. When I think of MMA and the UFC, I tend to think of ripped guys in incredible shape pounding the crap out of each other. Kevin James? Not so much. James is first and foremost a comedian, and I admit I’m a fan of […]

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‘Here Comes the Boom’ Opens October 12! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: October 3, 2012 at 10:52 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! In the comedy Here Comes the Boom, former collegiate wrestler Scott Voss (Kevin James) is a 42-year-old apathetic biology teacher in a failing high school. When cutbacks threaten to cancel the music program and lay off its teacher (Henry Winkler,) Scott begins to raise money by moonlighting as […]

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Movie Review: ‘Hotel Transylvania’ Starring Adam Sandler, Andy Samberg, Kevin James

Posted: September 28, 2012 at 7:12 am   /   Featured, Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

It’s fitting that a movie featuring classic monsters is assembled from so many parts that you’d half-expect to discover it was directed by Doctor Frankenstein himself. Such is the case with Hotel Transylvania. Let’s count them off, shall we? Adam Sandler voices Count Dracula, an over protective father scared of letting his child face the […]

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‘Hotel Transylvania’ Opens September 28! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: September 19, 2012 at 10:33 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pair of passes! Welcome to the Hotel Transylvania, Dracula’s (Adam Sandler) lavish five-stake resort, where monsters and their families can live it up, free to be the monsters they are without humans to bother them. On one special weekend, Dracula has invited some of the world’s most famous monsters–Frankenstein and his […]

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Kevin James in St Louis for the World Premiere of “Zookeeper” (Photos)

Posted: July 1, 2011 at 1:10 pm   /   Local, Movie News, St. Louis Events

Zookeeper Premiere The World Premiere of “Zookeeper” was at our very own Saint Louis Zoo on Wednesday June 29, 2011, and featured a list of local celebrities that included former Cardinal Great Jack Clark, current Cardinal DL filler Adam Wainwright, current Blues players TJ Oshie, Ben Bishop, Patrik Berglund, Carlo Colaiacovo, and Louie (The Blues Mascot). […]

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The Dilemma

Posted: January 14, 2011 at 6:27 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Ron Howard takes a serious stab at directing comedy in “The Dilemma,” which pays off well for the actor turned director. Howard, best known over the past couple of decades for more dramatic films, returns to his comedy roots and produces many laughs from a serious subject. Ronny (Vince Vaughn) and Nick (Kevin James) have […]

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