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MorpheusÂ �Tales is a quarterly magazine dedicated to Horror, Science Fiction and Fantasy. This month sees the publication of their third issue, which just so happens to include my short story, ‘Snow Like Lonely Ghosts,’ as well as great stuff by Joseph McGee and an interview with Michael Laimo.

You can sample the issue when visiting the website or just click the cover image below.

It’s a really a great ‘zine and especially worth a purchase if you’re a fan of the genre(s).

2008 St. Louis Film Critics Awards Winners!

Ram Man — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 20:14:12 +0000

The ballots are in and the results have been counted…….

Arguements and battles have subsided………

And St. Louis has it’s say in what is the best of 2008.

The 2008 St. Louis Film Critics Award winners are:

Â �BEST PICTURE:Â �Â �Â � The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST ACTOR:Â �Â �Â �Â �Â �Â � Sean Penn (Milk)

Â �BEST ACTRESS:Â �Â �Â � Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)

Â �BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:Â �Â � Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)

Â �BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS:Â � Viola Davis (Doubt)

BEST DIRECTOR:Â �Â �Â �Â � Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire)

BEST FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILM:Â � Slumdog Millionaire – U.K./U.S.A/India

BEST DOCUMENTARY:Â � Man On Wire

BEST COMEDY:Â �Â � Burn After Reading

BEST ANIMATED FILM:Â �Â � Wall-E

MOST ORIGINAL, INNOVATIVE OR CREATIVE FILM:Â � The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY:Â � Mandy Walker (Australia)

BEST SCREENPLAY (ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED):Â �Â � Peter Morgan (Frost/Nixon)

BEST MUSIC (SOUNDTRACK OR SCORE, ORIGINAL OR ADAPTED):Â � The Visitor

BEST SPECIAL EFFECTS:Â � The Dark Knight

The big winners The Dark Knight, Slumdog Millionaire and front runner for an Oscar this year ‘The Curious Case of Benjamin Button’.Â �Â �Do you agree???Â � There was much debate over several catagories including Foreign Film, and Music.Â � No love for ‘The Wrestler’ or ‘Gran Torino’. Let me know how you would have voted.Â �Â �

The Movie Geeks Catch Will Smith’s ‘Seven Pounds’ Roadshow.

Ram Man — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 01:12:02 +0000

Last Wednesday Will Smith and his rolling roadshow showed up in St. Louis to promote his new film ‘Seven Pounds’ and give back to the community. If there is a red carpet you can bet the Movie geeks will be on it! Hundreds of fans turned out, some showing up as early as 6 hours prior to the kickoff. Smith, in addition to screening his film for a few lucky fans, donated 300 Thanksgiving turkeys to the St. Louis Food Banks and the Urban League.Â �Guests in attendance were some local celebs like:

Â �Mickey Carroll (one of the last surviving munchkins from the Wizard of Oz),

American Idol finalist Niko Smith,

James Burgess (President of St. Louis Urban League) and St. Louis Rams players:

Â �LeRoy Glover,

Chris Long,

Chris Draft

Â �and Josh Brown.

Smith made his entrance, not at the red carpet, on the far side of the parking lot making his way through the crowd ofÂ �screaming fans. Smith paused for photos and autographs making sure he greeted as many fans as he could putting the press and the Movie geeks last.

It’s nice to see a celebrity with his priorities straight. Smith definitelydoes. Smith fielded red carpet questions about the new film ‘Seven Pounds’, status of Jada and the kids, Oldboy(2010) with Steven Spielberg, and any sequels on the horizon. Not to be repetitive, I decided to ask a Philly question..Geno’s or Pat’s…what is the best cheesesteak? Will set me straight “stay away from the touristy places, the small spots are the best. I had a small pizzeria near my house growing up that had the best steak sandwich”. I followed with the St. Louis angle, and asked him if he had a chance to try some of the local fare like Imo’s pizza or toasted Ravioli? Smith ” It has been a whirlwind day, No I haven’t but I would love to next time in town”.

Following the interviews, and our hearing coming back from all the screaming fans, we made our way into the theater to check out ‘Seven Pounds’. We snagged some seats in the first few rows, prepared to be entertained, and none other than Will Smith himself strolls in to introduce the film. Smith is hitting 5 cities on his ‘Seven pounds’ road-trip: St. Louis, Denver, Cleveland Miami and Dallas. If you live in one of these cities go down and check out the event. If you don’t you can see some of the photos from the St. Louis stop below.

A message to St. Louis fans: Will Smith came out and help support our community…so on December 19th go out and see ‘Seven Pounds’ and return the favor!

The Pics:

Â �Smith Greets the crowd!

Â �Smith and the Rams donate 300 Thanksgiving turkeys.

Â �Will Smith raps with Ram Man.

Â �Will Smith

Â �Will Smith explains ‘Seven Pounds’

Â �Will Smith introduces ‘Seven pounds’ to St. Louis!

Hollywood Is Coming To St. Louis!

Ram Man — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 14:01:25 +0000

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to go to one of those Hollywood Red Carpet movie premieres? See the stars from the movie and local celebrities walk the red carpet and maybe even score an autograph? Your chance is coming to you THIS WEDENSDAY!Â � On November 19Th, at ST. Louis’ AMC Creve Coeur 12 Cinema,Â �is the St. Louis premiere of the new film ‘Seven Pounds’ and live and in person on the red carpet will be none other than Will Smith Himself!!!!! The red carpet will also feature some local celebrities from the St. Louis Rams.

This is free to come out and catch the festivities, but this event is being held to benefit St. Louis’ Food Bank and the Urban League, so if your coming out brings some canned goods fromÂ �your kitchen and help out those less fortunate. The Foodbank collects and distributes more than 13 million pounds of foodÂ �for the local community in need, and they need your help with the holidays coming up.Â �If you bring some canned goods you will not only see Will Smith…you may be able to catch his new film ‘Seven Pounds’ Â �before anyone else sees it.Â � That’s Right! A few lucky fans (that bring canned goods) will win premiere tickets to see the movie ‘Seven Pounds’ that very evening with Will Smith and the Rams.Â �

‘Seven Pounds’ is the story of Ben Thomas (Smith), an IRS agent with a fateful secret who embarks on an extraordinary journey of redemption by forever changing the lives of seven strangers. I saw the preview last night and this movie looks AWESOME! Don’t miss your chance to do something great for the community and to see Hollywood’s brightest star Will Smith in person!

Here are the details again:

What: Will Smith Red Carpet Premiere Of His New Film, ‘Seven Pounds’.

Where:AMC Creve Coeur 12 Cinema, 10465 Olive Street Blvd., St. Louis, Mo. 63141

When:Wednesday, November 19Th, 2008 (Red Carpet Arrivals begin at 5:30pm., ScreeningÂ �Â � begins at 7pm.)

Come out and check it out with the Geeks!

Walt Disney “Rolls” Out Their New Film “BOLT” Across America!

Ram Man — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:55:02 +0000

Walt Disney Pictures kicked off their publicity campaign for the new animated picture “Bolt” with the “Bolt Across America” Tour. The cross country tour is a fund raising campaign to benefit the ASPCA. They are doing this by having 4 “Bolt” super-fans roll a giant hamster ball across the country. Didn’t Jake Gyllenhaal already do that in “Bubble Boy”? The tour stopped in St. Louis last weekend as part of the Tour De Missouri Bike Race. They rolled the ball down 13th street to the Soldiers Memorial plaza where they performed a few tricks and honoredÂ � 4 canine teams representing the department for their service as real heroes in the community.Â �Two of the dogs recently placed themselves at risk during the tracking of armed felons and two additional handlers who have retired dogs that protected the City of St. Louis for nearly 10 years! Following the Human Hamster tricks the canine officers put on a small demo of how they “roll” by uncovering hidden drugs and subduing a felon. All proceeds and contributions went to the ASPCS or American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Check out the photo below for a glimpse into the festivities.

In case your wondering what a giant hamster ball, police dogs and the ASPCA has to do with Disney and the new film Bolt, here is the 4-1-1:Â � BOLT is an animated comedy adventure featuring a super-dog named BOLT(voice of John Travolta), whose days are filled with danger and intrigue-at least while the cameras are rolling. When the star of a hit TV show is accidentally shipped from his Hollywood sound-stage to New York City,Bolt must begin his biggest adventure yet: a cross country journey through the real world to get back to his owner and co-star Penny (voice of Miley Cyrus). Armed only with the delusion that all his amazing feats and powers are real, and the help of two unlikely traveling companions- a jaded,abandoned housecat named mittens (voice of Susie Essman) and a TV obsessed hamster named Rhino (voice of Mark Walton)- Bolt discovers he doesn’t need superpowers to be a hero.

I always though dogs hated cats..should be an interesting journey. Bolt will Roll it’s way into theaters on November 21st. Be sure to catch the tour when it stops in a city near you!

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Movie Geeks Give Back!

Ram Man — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:39:30 +0000

This past Saturday the editors of WeAreMovieGeeks.com(Scott,Travis and Ram Man) were out in the community collecting cans for the St. Louis Food Bank and local families ravaged by the recent floods. We set up camp at the Shop N Save in Shrewsbury from 11am til 1pm. And we brought out the swag. Anyone who donated 3 or more cans received a pass to the sneak preview of Pineapple Express. But that’s not all! We would also like to thank Kristy Tullock and all of our friends at Allied Advertising. They gave us passes to American Teen and Tropic Thunder! So in fact if you donated three cans you got to see three movies for FREE! Those who dug deep and donated 10 or more cans got a Step Brothers t-shirt. This promotion was so hot..Shrewsbury Fire Dept. showed up! We hooked them up for all they do for us. At the end of the day the geeks manage to collect well over 100 cans of food. We also awarded the winners of the Pineapple Express Scavenger Hunt with special prizes from the film. We would like to thank everyone who donated, our interns Alex and Ethan, MY103.3′s Smash Morning showÂ �and Shop N Save for letting us set up on their lot! Here are a few of the photos Tagalong Toni shot while we were there:

We are Movie Geeks forums..

Scott — Sat, 02 Feb 2008 06:30:57 +0000

so we just launched some new forums, http://wearethegeeks.com and for those of you that dont know, our community is officially under way. We now have sites for sports, tech, games, tv, and of course our other site music. If you want to blog for any of those, email me.

Go register at our free forums, this will be the coolest place to be.

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