Movie Review: ‘Arbitrage’ Pays High Dividends
Sometimes, you just gotta like the bad guy. Now, I generally root for the “good guy,” but sometimes there are just instances where you can’t help but enjoy the bad guy more. Perhaps they’re not necessarily bad, per se, or they’re just so much more interesting than any of the good guys. Many of my […]
ARBITRAGE Opens September 14! Enter to Win Passes to the St. Louis Advance Screening!
Enter to win a pair of passes! ARBITRAGE, the feature-directing debut of writer Nicholas Jarecki, is a taut and alluring suspense thriller about love, loyalty, and high finance. When we first meet New York hedge-fund magnate Robert Miller (Richard Gere) on the eve of his 60th birthday, he appears the very portrait of success in […]
Brooklyn’s Finest – Movie Review
Director Antoine Fuqua looks to recapture the magic of Training Day, his career highpoint, with new film Brooklyn’s Finest. The film follows three police officers: Eddie (Richard Gere), a beleaguered patrol officer one week from retirement; Tango (Don Cheadle), an undercover officer no longer sure where his loyalties lie and; Sal (Ethan Hawke), a cash-strapped […]
Brooklyn’s Finest
Brooklyn’s Finest is a film that has a great amount of potential, an all-star cast, and a director that we know can pull off a great movie. Unfortunately none of that matters when combined with terrible storytelling, absurd pacing, and about 30 minutes of shots that are utterly and incomprehensibly useless. ‘Cop Dramas’ are a […]
Amelia
Mira Nair’s latest is a dull, bland, and almost completely forgettable effort that while capturing the look, sound, and stories of Amelia Earhart it fails to create any drama, tension, or just about any emotion inside of us over it’s run time. Spoilers ahead if you some how have know grasp on history. Picking up […]
Win a Pass to ‘Amelia’ at the St. Louis Advance Screening
ReviewSTL invites you to enter to win passes to the St. Louis advance screening of “Amelia” Enter for your chance to win a pass good for two! OPENS NATIONWIDE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 23 In order to enter the contest, simply leave a comment at the bottom of the page telling us why you want to see […]
Free Movie of the Day – Watch PRIMAL FEAR Online
Primal Fear (1996) Starring Richard Gere, Edward Norton Arrogant, brilliant and successful, criminal defense attorney Martin Vail loves a good fight and the media spotlight, both of which he knowingly invites when he volunteers to represent a penniless, bewildered young man accused of murder. The victim is one of Chicago’s most prominent dignitaries, a […]