Movie Review: BAD BOYS FOR LIFE Starring Will Smith, Martin Lawrence
If you’ve ever seen the movie Major League II, there’s a scene towards the beginning of the film where two of the main characters are watching the trailer for the action movie one of them is starring in. As the action gets increasingly outlandish and impossible, the star of the film can’t contain his excitement, […]
Movie Review: ‘Gemini Man,’ Starring Will Smith
Will Smith’s new flick ‘Gemini Man’ has everything needed for an effective action movie; a believable leading man, a great director, a formulaic plot, and big fight scenes. The only problem is ‘Gemini Man’ just isn’t very good. Director Ang Lee, known for his much superior ‘Brokeback Mountain,’ relies on new movie technology and hopes […]
Movie Review: Disney’s ‘Aladdin’ Starring Will Smith, Mena Massoud, Naomi Scott
One jump ahead of disaster. It’s no secret: I’m a huge fan of Disney. I’m intrigued by their live-action remakes and have absolutely loved several of them: Beauty and the Beast, Cinderella, Junglebook. However, when I saw the marketing materials for Aladdin – the remake of one of my all-time favorite Disney animated features – […]
Movie Review: ‘Bright’ starring: Will Smith, Joel Edgerton
Will Smith deserves so much better. Let’s hope Smith doesn’t go the same route as Adam Sandler, but it looks like the once bankable star just might. There is no denying that Sandler hasn’t made a decent movie in 10 years. Some may argue if he ever did. Well, The Fresh Prince is working on […]
Ten Tremendous Oscar Bait Failures
Just in time for the 89th annual Oscars ceremony Sunday, Feb. 26, let us look back on ten films that failed to get the attention from the Academy they believed they deserved. Three of our top picks just came out last year, and two of them star Will Smith. Here they are, in no particular […]
Film Review: ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’ Starring Jeff Goldblum, Liam Hemsworth, and Jessie Usher
Everyone’s got their share of guilty pleasures. Things that we know aren’t good (or good for us), yet we refuse to let go of. I don’t think it’s a bad thing, really, unless your guilty pleasure is like murder or something. When I was 12, a summer blockbuster named Independence Day rolled out in theaters […]
84: ‘Focus’ Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie
Technical difficulties delayed episode #84 but they have been overcome. If good taste can’t stop us we’re not going to let computer problems do it. This week (last week?) on the show we take on the latest from Will Smith – Focus. Good or bad there’s one thing on which you can rely…there’s no way […]
Movie Review: ‘Focus’ Starring Will Smith, Margot Robbie
Heist movies have been among the more highly revered genres for decades and it seems unlikely that it will stop anytime soon. In most cases, the audience finds themselves rooting for the person(s) committing the often elaborate heist in the hopes that they may get to walk off into the sunset thus granting a payoff […]
ReviewSTL Podcast Episode 3: Popcorn Flicks (Pacific Rim, The Matrix, Independence Day)
Warm up the oil, get the butter and salt ready – today we’re talking popcorn flicks! In honor of Pacific Rim, one of our favorite big-budget movies of the summer, we decided to discuss some of our favorite blockbusters! In episode number 3, we talk about the buddy cop genre and classics like 48 Hours […]
Movies That Were Box Office Disasters, In Honor of ‘After Earth’
Last week saw the release of Will Smith’s After Earth. It was execrable. (You can read my review here.) While I felt it was the worst film of Smith’s career it’s also turning out to be a box office disaster as well opening in third place; previously unthinkable for a Will Smith picture. It made […]
