11.06.2009 1:59 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Honorary St. Louisan George Clooney is reaping a lot of justified attention for his work in the upcoming corporate dramedy “Up in the Air,” the animated “Fantastic Mr. Fox” and the new military satire “The Men Who Stare at Goats.”
But…
11.05.2009 2:17 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I confess: I’ve never seen “Donnie Darko,” the much-loved time-travel fantasy from 2001 starring Jake Gyllenhaal. That’s because it never opened in St. Louis theaters, and my DVD copy (which I bought in China before it was available here) is…
11.03.2009 10:38 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has finally found an answer to its hosting dilemma: The Man with Two Brains.
The star of that 1983 comedy, Steve Martin, has been tapped to co-host the March 7 Oscar ceremony with actor…
11.02.2009 2:40 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tuesday night at 8, the fabulous Way Out Club on Jefferson is hosting an evening of schlock cinema on Super 8. That’s not Super-8 video–that’s Super-8 film, the format on which movies used to be condensed and sold to hobbyists with…
10.30.2009 7:37 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Yesterday I previewed “The Men Who Stare at Goats,” the other George Clooney flick that is opening this season. (Have you heard about this thing called “Up in the Air”?) I confess: I went in skeptical, but I was blown away.
“The…
10.28.2009 10:04 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A movie that was released earlier this year has become the third-highest grosser of all-time on the world box-office list, behind “Titanic” and “Lord of the Rings: Return of the King.” Can you guess what it is?
Nope, it’s not “Transformers: Revenge…
10.28.2009 3:39 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As usual, Halloween should be a big weekend for horror movies, including the viral smash “Paranormal Activity,” the slasher installment “Saw VI” and the ghost story “Michael Jackson–This Is It.” But there are some spooktacular alternatives.
This weekend and next, the Tivoli will clear the cobwebs…
10.27.2009 6:31 am
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
I’m officially reserving judgment, but the more sneak peeks I see of James Cameron’s sci-fi fantasy “Avatar,” the more I think that a grouchy, childless old snob like me isn’t the target audience. We’ll all know for sure on Dec.…
10.24.2009 8:16 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
“New Moon,” the second movie in the “Twilight” teen-vampire series, opens Nov. 20, and the studio publicists are burning the midnight oil to conjure a bigger box office than movie #1. Trailers like the one below have been rolling out…
10.22.2009 1:45 pm
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Mira Nair is worldly–born in India, educated at Harvard, married to a Ugandan, at home in Manhattan—but the director of the new biography “Amelia,” which opens Friday, found a kindred spirit in a girl from a small town in Kansas.…