ReviewSTL Podcast Episode 5: Ben Affleck (the Good, the Batman & the Ugly)
ReviewSTL, bringing you the hard-hitting topics and opinions. This week, the members of the ReviewSTL Podcast hit on Ben Affleck. [Editor: phrasing?] Affleck’s become one of the most polemical topics this side of whether or not we actually believe it’s butter. On one hand, you have his box office flops and his notable “Bennifer” personality. […]
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 […]
Review: “MAGIC MIKE Is Not So Magical,” Says Steve Kelley
Note: if you’re going just to see Channing Tatum and/or Matthew McConaughey wearing banana hammocks and don’t give a hoot about the plot or acting, here’s an abbreviated review: beefcake beefcake beefcake plot blah blah man-butt abs blah blah blah. I knew, I just knew as soon as I referred to how little I wanted to […]
Steve Kelley Reviews “Moneyball” Starring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill
“It’s hard not to romanticize baseball.” Anyone who’s played baseball and/or has a passion for the game can understand the sentiment voiced by Billy Beane in Moneyball. Other films such as Field of Dreams have done so with tremendous success. Moneyball, on the other hand, doesn’t do so. Based on the novel by Michael Lewis, the […]
Review: ‘Transformers: Dark of the Moon’ Starring Shia LaBeouf, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
Growing up, I learned a few lessons very quickly. Happiness is dependent upon realistic expectations. Respect is earned, not given. Don’t pee in the corner when others are looking. Some of these lessons stuck more quickly than the others. When the first Transformers film (well, live-action, not animated) came out a few years ago, I […]