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Broken Lizard hosted the first-ever screening of their fifth feature film, ‘The Slammin’ Salmon‘, starring Michael Clark Duncan as Cleon ‘Slammin’ Salmon. The gang are taking the film to Park City and this was the only …
One of the movies everyone is looking forward to at Sundance this year is ‘Adventureland’ and why not? Its set to be the breakout movie this year. The movie based in the late 80’s and …
Since I am heading down to Sundance Film Festival in 2 weeks I thought it would be important to prepare myself and try to figure out what movies were important for me to see. Here …
Melissa:
So… The geeks are hanging out at the S.L.I.F.F. after-party at Blueberry Hill when Jeremy says “I don’t know if I’m just trying to see celebrities, but isn’t that Rider Strong at the bar?” Well… …
The St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) has closed for 2008. This year’s festival brought us dozens of fine films from all nations around the world. We had a Swedish 12 year old vampire, a …
Travis:
If Forrest Gump had been a professional wrestler, he might have said “Life is like a pile driver.” For Randy “The Ram” Robinson, life is like an endless series of pile drivers and body slams …
Jeremy:
You could get a nosebleed thinking too hard about time travel movies. If John and Sarah Connor stop Judgment Day from happening in ‘Terminator 2′, than the war with the machine can’t happen, and Kyle …
Tonight at Plaza Frontenac in St Louis you can get a glimpse of the next movie David Cronenberg will be working on. ‘Timecrimes’ will screen at 9:15 and you can get a ticket for $10 …
Travis:
‘The Objective’ is the newest film in the slowly evolving new genre of reality-themed quasi-docuscary thriller films. Huh? Exactly. The film, directed by Daniel Myrick (Blair Witch Project), follows CIA Special Agent Keynes (Jonas Ball) as he leads …
Travis:
I enjoyed watching this film, but I probably giving it a better rating than it truly deserves. At a convieniently short 54 minutes in length, ‘Chasing Birds’ feels a little more like reality TV than …
Jeremy:
‘Remarkable Power’ is the kind of comedy that you expect to find on a video store shelf with the words “National Lampoon Presents” in front of the title. It’s rarely funny, it feels like …
Travis:
‘The Last Lullaby’ features one of the masters of the indie/low-budget badass role, Tome Sizemore (Heat), who plays Price, a semi-retired hit man who isn’t exactly transitioning easily into his new lifestyle of “easy” living. …
Jeremy:
Brazilian filmmaker Philippe Barcinski’s film ‘Not By Chance’ is a moving depiction of how life can get in the way of life, how things change in a instant and even the most fervent control freaks …
Travis:
‘Carny’ is a documentary that plays more like a gritty drama of relationships you might find in a David Lynch film. The film follows a group of carnival workers (”carnies”) as they live their lives …
Travis:
‘Shadowland’ is a locally made film by the multi-talented Wyatt Weed, who also act, writes edits produces and does special effects. This is Wyatt’s first time around on a feature film as a director and …
Travis:
Director Mark Mahon makes his feature film debut with an Irish drama about a father who is willing to do whatever it takes to save his son. Unfortunately, he finds that the decisions that have …
Travis:
‘Half-Life’ is a movie that deceives the viewer o the surface, teasing us with its animated scenes and it’s near-future global warming gone wild storyline. The truth is that these two elements, while interesting, play …
Jeremy:
I remember back in the mid to late ’90s after ‘Pulp Fiction’ came out. There were countless amounts of knockoffs, films that wanted to infuse that same sense of cool that came from the combination …






