Movie Review: ‘August: Osage County’ Starring Meryl Streep, Julia Roberts, Ewan McGregor
Based on the 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning play, August: Osage County attempts to translate the dark comedy from the stage to the big screen. Packed with an A-list cast, you certainly can’t make the argument that they didn’t get enough star power. Tracy Letts, the award-winning author of the play was even responsible for the screenplay. […]
HOPE SPRINGS Opens August 8 in St. Louis! Enter to Win Passes to the Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pair of passes! Kay (Meryl Streep) and Arnold (Tommy Lee Jones) are a devoted couple, but decades of marriage have left Kay wanting to spice things up and reconnect with her husband. When she hears of a renowned couple’s specialist (Steve Carell) in the small town of Great Hope Springs, she […]
Meryl Streep In Talks to Play Margaret Thatcher
Meryl Streep is sure to have even more Academy Award nominations thrust on her, as she is in talks to play ex-British Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, in an upcoming film. The film which is being written by Abi Morgan, will focus on the 17 days preceeding the Falklands War in 1982 that saw Thatchers approval […]
Blake’s 2010 Oscar Predictions – Best Picture and More!
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 […]
The Short List for “Captain America” Casting
Since production on the film starts in a couple months, Marvel is narrowing down its choices for the title role in the Captain America film. You’ll be surprised at who people are reporting are testing for the roll. Which of these lucky men are going to play the All American Hero, Steve Rogers? 1. John […]
Golden Globe Predictions 2010 – Film
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 […]
It’s Complicated
Nancy Meyers is the ultimate director for family/romantic comedies preferably starring a well respected aging actress (such as Diane Keaton and Meryl Streep). It’s Complicated is yet another one of her ensemble cast films which tells the story from the point of view of an aging single woman. Sure, you’ve heard the story before but […]
Win Passes to “It’s Complicated” at the St. Louis Advance Screening
ReviewSTL INVITES YOU AND A GUEST TO A SPECIAL SCREENING OF “IT’S COMPLICATED” IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE ON CHRISTMAS DAY Synopsis: Jane is the mother of three grown kids, owns a thriving Santa Barbara bakery/restaurant and has – after a decade of divorce – an amicable relationship with her ex-husband, attorney Jake. But when Jane and […]