Tag: Morgan Freeman

Movie Review: ‘The Lego Movie’ Starring Chris Pratt, Will Ferrell, Elizabeth Banks

Posted: February 7, 2014 at 12:00 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews, Reviews

There are certain things in life that instantly recall a sense of nostalgia. The bark of a dog can make one person remember a beloved pet they had years ago. Randomly hearing a song on the radio brings back thoughts of an old relationship. For others, there are toys that, when you see or think […]

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THE LEGO MOVIE opens February 7! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: January 28, 2014 at 4:54 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for four! This original 3D computer-animated story follows Emmet, an ordinary, rules-following, perfectly average LEGO minifigure who is mistakenly identified as the most extraordinary person and the key to saving the world. He is drafted into a fellowship of strangers on an epic quest to stop an evil tyrant, a […]

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‘Last Vegas’ opens November 1! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: October 30, 2013 at 8:35 am   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Starring four legends like you’ve never seen them before, LAST VEGAS tells the story of Billy, Paddy, Archie and Sam (played by Academy Award winners Michael Douglas, Robert De Niro, Morgan Freeman and Kevin Kline), best friends since childhood. When Billy, the group’s sworn bachelor, finally proposes to […]

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Movie Review: ‘Now You See Me’ Starring Jesse Eisenberg, Isla Fisher, Woody Harrelson, and Mark Ruffalo

Posted: May 31, 2013 at 8:39 am   /   Local, Movie Reviews

Here we are, onto our second film about magicians in the year or 2013. The last one, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, starring Steve Carrell flopped worldwide and received very little critical praise. Cue Now You See Me, directed by Louis Leterrier, the man responsible for The Transporter series, Unleashed, Clash of the Titans, and The Incredible Hulk. […]

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Movie Review: ‘Oblivion’ Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman, Olga Kurylenko

Posted: April 19, 2013 at 7:06 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

Tom Cruise returns to the world of Sc-Fi in Oblivion after almost a decade, starring in Stephen Speilberg’s Minority Report and War of the Worlds in 2002 and 2005 respectively. If you are a fan of science fiction, you will no doubt be able to pick out similarities between this latest film and the staples […]

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‘Oblivion’ Starring Tom Cruise, Morgan Freeman Opens April 19! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: April 10, 2013 at 1:05 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! Tom Cruise stars in OBLIVION, an original and groundbreaking cinematic event from the director of TRON: Legacy and the producer of Rise of the Planet of the Apes. On a spectacular future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, one man’s confrontation with the past will lead him on […]

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Movie Review: ‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Starring Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart, Morgan Freeman

Posted: March 22, 2013 at 9:49 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

While not perfect, Olympus Has Fallen is a great popcorn flick that action-junkies will love. Director Antoine Fuqua gets the most out of a strong cast, which makes up for a weak plot and at times shoddy CGI effects. The premise of the film is pretty simple. Gerard Butler stars as Mike Banning, a demoted […]

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‘Olympus Has Fallen’ Opens March 22! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!

Posted: March 19, 2013 at 4:18 pm   /   Local, Movie Screenings

Enter to win a pass for two! When the White House (Secret Service Code: “Olympus”) is captured by a terrorist mastermind and the President is kidnapped, disgraced former Presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As our national security team scrambles to respond, they are forced to rely on Banning’s inside knowledge […]

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The Dark Knight Rises Review: A Third Entry Done Right.

Posted: July 22, 2012 at 2:58 am   /   Featured, Local, Movie Reviews

When one mentions the third entry in a medium be it a novel, videogame, or movie, there seems to be mixed feelings that come to mind. Most of people have seen that  sad old story when a well known series has the first two entries strike gold among the masses, but then that third entry […]

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Movie Review: ‘The Dark Knight Rises’ Brings Nolan’s Trilogy to a Rousing Conclusion

Posted: July 20, 2012 at 9:40 am   /   Featured, Local, Tom O'Keefe Movie Reviews

It’s been eight years (in movie time) since the events of The Dark Knight. A battered and beleaguered Batman (Christian Bale), having taken the fall not only for the death of Harvey Dent but his crimes as well, has gone in to hiding/retirement. Meanwhile, Dent has become a hero; a mythical figure whose fraudulent legacy […]

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