Retro Review: DOGMA Starring Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino
Yes, I realize 1999 wasn’t that long ago. 21 years ago, St. Louis had a football team, I had a head full of hair and sagging was cool. 21 years later, my hair is gone and now the in-style is wearing pants so tight it shows off your camel toe. Yeah, I wish some things […]
Movie Review: ‘Ford v Ferrari’ Starring Christian Bale, Matt Damon, Jon Bernthal
While the cars in Ford v Ferrari stand out and ultimately rule the road, lead actor Christian Bale is one of the main reasons to see the new film. Bale is seemingly unstoppable and once again he proves that he is without a question, the top actor in Hollywood. Bale stars as Ken Miles, an […]
Film Review: ‘Suburbicon’ Starring Matt Damon, Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac
It’s time to move out Last week, I gave the Michael Fassbender-led “thriller” The Snowman a ZERO STAR rating (see my review here), citing that I could not tell if it was failing in its attempt to be a serious crime drama or successful in its attempt to be a hilarious, intentionally cheesy detective film […]
Review: ‘The Great Wall’ Starring Matt Damon, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe
Avoid this wall if at all possible. Matt Damon’s latest film, The Great Wall, may have the look and feel of a Hollywood blockbuster. It cost a reported $150 million to make, but take it from me, the actor’s latest is a dud. It’s a shame the film is not exciting or interesting, as it […]
124: ‘The Martian’ Starring Matt Damon, Jessica Chastain, Jeff Daniels
Paul Harris from KTRS joins us to discuss The Martian. It’s a freewheeling discussion in which, for reasons unknown, we keep thinking Mark Wahlberg is in the movie. We also touch on the differences between science fiction and real science, Tom gives us a brief treatise (well…brief for Tom) on the animated history of Gilligan’s […]
123: ‘The Martian’ Box Office Report (10/2 – 10/4)
Paul Harris from KTRS joins us in the Think Tank for this week’s Box Office Report. The Martian took the box office by storm and we talk about how it made its way to the big screen. We also touch on The Walk, Harris’ involvement with Mississippi Grind, and the fact that Joe Pesci has […]
8: ‘Elysium’ Starring Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley
This week on Reel Spoilers we bust out our flux capacitors and travel forward in time to 2154 for Neill Blomkamp’s latest work, Elysium. Blake and Dan were gone this week, so we brought in intrepid Asian reporter Tricia Takanawa Steve to discuss the film. He does such a fine job, you won’t even notice […]
Movie Review: ‘Elysium’ Excels in the Hands of ‘District 9’ Director Neill Blomkamp
Author: Kevin Brackett Neill Blomkamp took Hollywood by surprise in 2009 with his independent Sci-Fi thriller Distict 9. The film, which starred Sharlto Copley, was based on his 2006 short film Alive in Joburg. The $30 million dollar indy flick, produced by Peter Jackson, would go on to make $210.8 million worldwide and score a […]
Movie Review: ‘Elysium’ Starring Matt Damon, Sharlto Copley, Jodie Foster
Unless you’re South African or were a huge fan of Nike’s Crab commercial, there was probably a pretty good chance that before 2009, you’d never heard of Neill Blomkamp. Hell, I still had to Google his name to make sure I spelled it right. After the release of District 9 though, one of the biggest sleeper hits […]
‘Elysium’ Opens August 9! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pass for two! In the year 2154, two classes of people exist: the very wealthy, who live on a pristine man-made space station called Elysium, and the rest, who live on an overpopulated, ruined planet. The people of Earth are desperate to escape the crime and poverty that is now rampant […]