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Bleed For This – Review
18 November 2016 8:29 AM, PST
Let’s return to the ring once more for another true life tale of triumph and tragedy all set in the world of the “sweet science”. Almost a year ago movie audiences were cheering on a re-invention of the fiction franchise began by Rocky with the spin-off Creed. And just a few months ago we watched the rags to riches to rags true tale of Roberto Duran in Hands Of Stone. Now, or should I say, “…and in this corner”, is the saga of Vinnie Pazienza, a scrappy young fighter from a working class East Coast neighborhood. Ah, but he’s not just fighting other contenders. No, his story mixes the standard sports flick with the “struggling against a devastating medical crisis” drama. It’s a story so incredible that it has to be true (who could make it up?), as Vinnie shows the world that to defy the odds »
- Jim Batts
Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk – Review
18 November 2016 5:10 AM, PST
Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn) saluting during the national anthem in TriStar Pictures’ Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk. Photo credit: Mary Cybulski. © 2016 Ctmg, Inc. All Rights Reserved
Ang Lee is a brilliant director but he seems to being aiming more at recapturing the technical innovation magic of his film Pi than making a good film, in his latest Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk, with less successful results. Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk focuses on a decorated Iraq War soldier and his squad in 2004, who are back in the U.S. making a good will tour, which includes a part for them in the Super Bowl halftime show. But the real point of this film seems to be its 3D photography and an amazingly high frame rate. However, the film’s technical wizardry will only be seen by audiences in New York and Los Angeles, not in the Midwest. »
- Cate Marquis
Loving – Review
18 November 2016 5:01 AM, PST
Ruth Negga (left) stars as Mildred and Joel Edgerton (right) stars as Richard in Jeff
Nichols Loving, a Focus Features release. Photo credit: Ben Rothstein / Focus Features. © Focus Features
Loving is wonderful, warmly romantic drama about the couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, whose Supreme Court case struck down laws that prevented interracial couples from marrying. Although the court case is part of the story, the film is really about the couple, Richard and Mildred Loving, childhood sweethearts whose deeply romantic love story is the heart of this excellent, touching film.
Jeff Nichols (Take Shelter, Mud, Midnight Special) directs this fine, realistic, gentle romance story, with fine performances by Ruth Negga and Joel Edgerton as the couple. The couple’s beautiful love story is the heart of this film.
Audiences expecting a courtroom drama and in-depth legal discussions about the pivotal Loving v. Virginia Supreme Court case may be surprised by Loving. »
- Cate Marquis
Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them – Review
17 November 2016 10:25 PM, PST
It’s usually reserved for summer, but for the next few weeks it’s “prequel” time at the multiplex. Of course summer has the “tent poles” and the “franchise” flicks, but two special cases are making a most momentous exception. In about six weeks (December 16 to be exact), film fans will all be abuzz, waiting to journey to that “galaxy far, far away” with Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an action fantasy set just before the events of 1977’s much beloved Episode Four. In the meantime, we’re getting a trip back to another movie fantasy world, that of Harry Potter. Actually it’s a history of that setting where “muggles” (human beings) and magical beings mix. This new film peaks behind the pages of one of the textbooks that Harry and his class mates studied at Hogwarts School. Its title? This beloved tome is Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. »
- Jim Batts
The Handmaiden – Review
17 November 2016 9:43 PM, PST
Just based on who is telling the story, the narrative can completely change. It’s all about perspective. This becomes an important element in The Handmaiden, Park Chan-wook’s new film inspired by the novel Fingersmith by British author Sarah Waters. The South Korean director’s approach to the material is important. He shows a keen understanding of what the story is essentially about while giving himself a little bit of room to inject his own interpretation of the story. The key word there is little. The Handmaiden strives to be the erotic fantasy it wants to be, but still delivers as a sumptuous exploration of storytelling.
An orphaned Korean pickpocket (Kim Tae-ri) is hired to serve as the handmaiden to a young and rich Japanese lady living on a private estate. Little does the wealthy Japanese woman know, but the new handmaiden is secretly plotting with a conman to »
- Michael Haffner
Patriots Day Closing Night Gala At AFI Film Fest
17 November 2016 8:05 PM, PST
On Thursday evening, the world premiere of Patriots Day closed out the 2016 AFI Film Festival.
Catch the red carpet images on the film’s Twitter page here: twitter.com/patriotsdayfilm
CBS Films has released a new featurette from the upcoming movie set to open during awards season in Boston, New York, and Los Angeles on December 21, 2016 – nationwide on January 13, 2017.
In the aftermath of an unspeakable act of terror, Police Sergeant Tommy Saunders (Mark Wahlberg) joins courageous survivors, first responders and investigators in a race against the clock to hunt down the bombers before they strike again.
Weaving together the stories of Special Agent Richard Deslauriers (Kevin Bacon), Police Commissioner Ed Davis (John Goodman), Sergeant Jeffrey Pugliese (J.K. Simmons) and nurse Carol Saunders (Michelle Monaghan) this visceral and unflinching chronicle captures the suspense of one of the most sophisticated manhunts in law enforcement history and the strength of the people of Boston. »
- Michelle McCue
Jessica Chastain Stars In First Trailer For The Zookeeper’S Wife
17 November 2016 7:40 PM, PST
Coming to theaters is one of 2017’s highly anticipated films, The Zookeeper’S Wife.
The real-life story of one working wife and mother who became a hero to hundreds during World War II. In 1939 Poland, Antonina Żabińska (portrayed by two-time Academy Award nominee Jessica Chastain) and her husband, Dr. Jan Żabiński (Johan Heldenbergh of “The Broken Circle Breakdown”), have the Warsaw Zoo flourishing under his stewardship and her care. When their country is invaded by the Nazis, Jan and Antonina are stunned – and forced to report to the Reich’s newly appointed chief zoologist, Lutz Heck (Daniel Brühl of “Captain America: Civil War”). To fight back on their own terms, Antonina and Jan covertly begin working with the Resistance – and put into action plans to save lives out of what has become the Warsaw Ghetto, with Antonina putting herself and even her children at great risk.
The film is directed by Niki Caro (“North Country, »
- Michelle McCue
Monster Trucks Second Trailer Drives In
17 November 2016 7:28 PM, PST
Photo credit: Kimberley French © 2016 Paramount Pictures. All Rights Reserved.
Friends come in all shapes and sizes. Meet Creech in the new Monster Trucks trailer.
Looking for any way to get away from the life and town he was born into, Tripp (Lucas Till), a high school senior, builds a Monster Truck from bits and pieces of scrapped cars. After an accident at a nearby oil-drilling site displaces a strange and subterranean creature with a taste and a talent for speed, Tripp may have just found the key to getting out of town and a most unlikely friend.
Melding cutting edge visual effects and state-of-the-art CGI, director Chris Wedge’s Monster Trucks is an action filled adventure for the whole family that will keep you on the edge of your seat and ultimately touch your heart.
Starring Lucas Till, Jane Levy, Holt McCallany, Barry Pepper, Tucker Albrizzi, Danny Glover, Amy Ryan, »
- Michelle McCue
New Details Revealed In Rogue One: A Star Wars Story Featurette
17 November 2016 7:21 PM, PST
A brand new featurette for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story has come online. Check it out now.
From Lucasfilm comes the first of the Star Wars standalone films, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, an all-new epic adventure. In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves.
The film is directed by Gareth Edwards and stars Felicity Jones, Diego Luna, Ben Mendelsohn, Donnie Yen, Mads Mikkelsen, Alan Tudyk, Riz Ahmed, with Jiang Wen and Forest Whitaker.
Rogue One: A Star Wars Story is in theaters December 16 in 3D, RealD 3D and IMAX 3D.
Photo credit: Lucasfilm/Ilm ©2016 Lucasfilm Ltd. »
- Michelle McCue
The Eagle Huntress Review
17 November 2016 4:28 PM, PST
If you look up the definition of “girl-power” in the dictionary, there will be a picture of this young woman: Aisholpan Nurgaiv- Eagle Huntress.
Sony Pictures Classics latest release, The Eagle Huntress, tells the amazing and powerful story of 13-year old Aisholpan and her family of traditional nomadic Kazakh people of the Altai Mountains, set against the magnificent and awe inspiring beauty of the Mongolian steppe.
For generations, Kazakhs have traditionally used eagles for hunting small game to feed and clothe their families. And part of that tradition is that eagle hunters are always men. But Aisholpan longs to join in this tradition after years of watching her father with his eagle. And lucky for her (and us), her father has no problem breaking tradition to help Aisholpan follow her heart.
Directed by Otto Bell, The Eagle Huntress is Bell’s first feature length documentary. Up until this, he »
- Melissa Thompson
Making Of The Star Wars Holiday Special! Stage Play Coming to St. Louis
17 November 2016 4:00 PM, PST
“Would you look at Lumpy! He’s sure grown, huh? And I think his voice is changing!”
George Lucas and his intergalactic entourage don’t stand a chance when St. Louis Shakespeare’s The Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre takes them on in December. The uber-talented Smoking Monkeys adapt a cult film (or TV show) into an onstage farce once a year. Plan 9 From Outer Space, Reefer Madness, Glen Or Glenda, The Star Wars Trilogy, The Abominable Dr. Phibes, Stupefy!: The 90-minute Harry Potter, and last year’s Mad Max – Live! have all been the victims of sidesplitting, Pythonesque parody courtesy of The Smoking Monkeys. This time these lunatic thespians are calling their show The Making Of The Star Wars Holiday Special! – A Magic Smoking Monkey Theatre 20th Anniversary Special!
And rumor has it that Charles Bronson will be making an appearance hawking Mandom Cologne!!! It doesn’t get any better than that! »
- Tom Stockman
Die Hard Screens December 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks
17 November 2016 10:44 AM, PST
“Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.”
Die Hard screens Thursday December 1st at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, Mo 63143) as part of the ‘A’ Film Series “Culture Shock”
Die Hard (1988) is one of the best and most iconic action films from Hollywood. Bruce Willis starred as NYPD Officer John McClane, who tries to save his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and several of her co-workers and friends after being taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman )and his henchmen during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Willis’ witty and deadpan delivery personality, coupled with his never-say-die attitude and relentless attacks on the villains made him a force to be reckoned with, giving us a tough yet comedic performance. Most of Die Hard takes place inside the Nakatomi Plaza, where you will find all the heart-pounding action as Gruber terrorizes »
- Tom Stockman
Die Hard Screens November 1st at Schlafly Bottleworks
17 November 2016 10:31 AM, PST
“Now I have a machine gun. Ho ho ho.”
Die Hard screens Thursday December 1st at 7:00pm at Schlafly Bottleworks (7260 Southwest Avenue Maplewood, Mo 63143) as part of the ‘A’ Film Series “Culture Shock”
Die Hard (1988) is one of the best and most iconic action films from Hollywood. Bruce Willis starred as NYPD Officer John McClane, who tries to save his wife Holly (Bonnie Bedelia) and several of her co-workers and friends after being taken hostage by German terrorist Hans Gruber (Alan Rickman )and his henchmen during a Christmas party at the Nakatomi Plaza in Los Angeles.
Willis’ witty and deadpan delivery personality, coupled with his never-say-die attitude and relentless attacks on the villains made him a force to be reckoned with, giving us a tough yet comedic performance. Most of Die Hard takes place inside the Nakatomi Plaza, where you will find all the heart-pounding action as Gruber terrorizes »
- Tom Stockman
Watch The New IMAX Featurette For Michael Bay’s Transformers: The Last Knight
16 November 2016 3:37 PM, PST
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The latest installment stars Mark Wahlberg, Josh Duhamel, Laura Haddock, Jerrod Carmichael, Isabela Moner and Anthony Hopkins.
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- Michelle McCue
Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of Bad Santa 2 In St. Louis
15 November 2016 5:19 PM, PST
Bad Santa 2 is coming to theatres this Thanksgiving!
Bad Santa 2 returns Academy Award®-winner Billy Bob Thornton to the screen as America’s favorite anti-hero, Willie Soke. Fueled by cheap whiskey, greed and hatred, Willie teams up once again with his angry little sidekick, Marcus (Tony Cox), to knock off a Chicago charity on Christmas Eve. Along for the ride is ‘the kid’ – chubby and cheery Thurman Merman (Brett Kelly), a 250-pound ray of sunshine who brings out Willie’s sliver of humanity.
Mommy issues arise when the pair are joined by Academy Award®, Golden Globe and Emmy-winner Kathy Bates, as Willie’s horror story of a mother, Sunny Soke. A super butch super bitch, Sunny raises the bar for the gang’s ambitions, while somehow lowering the standards of criminal behavior. Willie is further burdened by lusting after the curvaceous and prim Diane, played by Emmy Award-nominee Christina Hendricks, »
- Movie Geeks
Win A Family Four-Pack Of Passes To The Advance Screening Of Moana In St. Louis
15 November 2016 4:58 PM, PST
Win passes to the advance screening of Disney’s Moana starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson & Auli’i Cravalho, in theatres in 3D this Thanksgiving!
Three thousand years ago, the greatest sailors in the world voyaged across the vast Pacific, discovering the many islands of Oceania. But then, for a millennium, their voyages stopped – and no one knows exactly why. From Walt Disney Animation Studios comes “Moana,” a sweeping, CG-animated feature film about an adventurous teenager who sails out on a daring mission to save her people. During her journey, Moana (voice of Auli‘i Cravalho) meets the mighty demigod Maui (voice of Dwayne Johnson), who guides her in her quest to become a master wayfinder. Together, they sail across the open ocean on an action-packed voyage, encountering enormous monsters and impossible odds, and along the way, Moana fulfills the ancient quest of her ancestors and discovers the one thing she »
- Movie Geeks
Wamg Giveaway – Win Run of Engagement Passes for Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk
15 November 2016 8:06 AM, PST
Director Ang Lee’s Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk opens this Friday! Look for our review here at We Are Movie Geeks!
You can win Run of Engagement passes to see Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk! Just leave a comment below and wee’ll send ten of you passes good for two people.
Nineteen-year-old private Billy Lynn (Joe Alwyn), along with his fellow soldiers in Bravo Squad, becomes a hero after a harrowing Iraq battle and is brought home temporarily for a victory tour. Through flashbacks, culminating at the spectacular halftime show of the Thanksgiving Day football game, what really happened to the squad is revealed, contrasting the realities of the war with America’s perceptions. Based on the novel by Ben Fountain. Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk also stars Garrett Hedlund and Arturo Castro
The critics are already raving about Billy Lynn’S Long Halftime Walk »
- Tom Stockman
Beauty And The Beast First Trailer
15 November 2016 3:21 AM, PST
Check out the new trailer for Disney’s upcoming live-action adaptation of the studio’s animated classic Beauty And The Beast.
One of the most beloved tales ever told, the film brings it to life in a stunning, cinematic event directed by Bill Condon with an extraordinary ensemble cast, including: Emma Watson, Dan Stevens, Luke Evans, Kevin Kline, Josh Gad, Ewan McGregor, Stanley Tucci, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Audra McDonald, Ian McKellen and Emma Thompson.
Disney’s Beauty And The Beast is a live-action re-telling of the studio’s animated classic which refashions the classic characters from the tale as old as time for a contemporary audience, staying true to the original music while updating the score with several new songs.
Beauty And The Beast is the fantastic journey of Belle, a bright, beautiful and independent young woman who is taken prisoner by a beast in his castle. Despite her fears, she »
- Melissa Thompson
Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer Midnights This Weekend at The Moolah
14 November 2016 8:58 PM, PST
“If you shoot someone in the head with a .45 every time you kill somebody, it becomes like your fingerprint, see? But if you strangle one, stab another, and one you cut up, and one you don’t, then the police don’t know what to do. They think you’re four different people. What they really want, what makes their job so much easier, is pattern. What they call a modus operandi. That’s Latin.”
Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer screens Midnights this weekend (November 18th and 19th) at The Moolah Theater and Lounge (3821 Lindell Blvd, St. Louis, Mo 63108) as part of Destroy the Brain’s monthly Late Night Grindhouse film series.
Read my interview with Michel Rooker, star of Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer Here
John McNaughton’s 1988 masterpiece Henry, Portrait Of A Serial Killer is a work of genius provided you can make it all the way through. »
- Tom Stockman
Nicolas Cage and Willem Dafoe in Paul Schrader’s Dog Eat Dog Now Available on VOD
14 November 2016 6:40 PM, PST
Rlj Entertainment recently released Dog Eat Dog on VOD
The film stars Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas, Snowden), Willem Dafoe (Spider-Man, Justice League) and directed by Paul Schrader (Taxi Driver, American Gigolo). Legendary filmmaker Paul Schrader directs this “sordid and engaging crime drama” (The Hollywood Reporter) starring Academy Award® winner Nicolas Cage (Leaving Las Vegas) and Academy Award® nominee Willem Dafoe (Platoon). Ex-cons Troy (Cage), Mad Dog (Dafoe) and Diesel (Christopher Matthew Cook) are hired by an eccentric mob boss to kidnap a baby for a large ransom. When the abduction goes awry, the trio find themselves on the run from the mob and the cops. Vowing to stay out of prison at all costs, getting away with the crime is literally a matter of life and death. Dog Eat Dog tells the story of three ex-cons who botch a kidnapping. They not only lose a rich payoff, but they »
- Tom Stockman
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