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June 10, 2015

SAN ANDREAS Film Hits $300 Million Worldwide – Win A Movie T-Shirt

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New Line Cinema, Village Roadshow Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures’ action thriller SAN ANDREAS, starring Dwayne Johnson, is making a major impact in the global theatrical marketplace, registering a box office total of more than $300 million worldwide as of Monday, June 8, only its 10th day in release.

SAN ANDREAS opened at number one in North America on May 29th, entertaining moviegoers in 2D, RealD 3D and IMAX to earn a stellar A- Cinema Score and a domestic weekend total of more than $54 million. As of Monday, its domestic earnings have reached $101.1 million.

To celebrate these mammoth numbers, WAMG is giving away SAN ANDREAS t-shirts to FOUR lucky readers!

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TO ENTER FOR A CHANCE TO WIN ONE T-SHIRT, ADD YOUR NAME AND EMAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

1. Must have a U.S. mailing address. No P.O. Boxes

2. No purchase necessary.

We will contact the winners via email.

After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9-plus earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter. But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning, and when they think the worst may be over…it’s just getting started.

SAN ANDREAS stars Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi and Paul Giamatti. It was directed by Brad Peyton and produced by Beau Flynn, with a screenplay by Carlton Cuse, story by Andre Fabrizio & Jeremy Passmore. Richard Brener, Samuel J. Brown, Michael Disco, Toby Emmerich, Rob Cowan, Tripp Vinson and Bruce Berman served as executive producers. The creative filmmaking team included director of photography Steve Yedlin, production designer Barry Chusid, editor Bob Ducsay, VFX producer Randall Starr, VFX supervisor Colin Strause, costume designer Wendy Chuck, and composer Andrew Lockington.

A New Line Cinema presentation, in Association with Village Roadshow Pictures, a FlynnPictureCo. Production, a Brad Peyton Film, SAN ANDREAS is being distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures. Rated PG-13 for intense disaster action and mayhem throughout, and brief strong language.

www.sanandreasmovie.com

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June 9, 2015

Listen to This Week’s ‘WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show’ Podcast

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The second episode of our podcast  WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is up and ready for you to listen to. Hear WAMG’s Michelle McCue, Jim Batts and Tom Stockman review the weekend box office hits SPY,  INSIDIOUS 3, and ENTOURAGE. This week we also discuss LOVE AND MERCY, DARK STAR; H.R. GIGER’S WORLD, SAINT LAURENT, the Grindhouse Trailer we watched at last  weekend’s Late Night Grindhouse, the upcoming Blu-ray release of THE GIANT SPIDER INVASION and much much more. WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show is a weekly podcast and we will soon be streaming at ONStl.com Online Radio.

Visit our WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show Facebook page HERE

https://www.facebook.com/pages/WE-ARE-MOVIE-GEEKS-the-SHOW-Podcast/1687717491451801

Here’s our second show. Have a listen:

 

 

 

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June 8, 2015

Win The ENTOURAGE Movie Book and CD

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Movie star Vincent Chase (Adrian Grenier), together with his boys, Eric (Kevin Connolly), Turtle (Jerry Ferrara) and Johnny (Kevin Dillon), are back…and back in business with super agent-turned-studio head Ari Gold (Jeremy Piven). Some of their ambitions have changed, but the bond between them remains strong as they navigate the capricious and often cutthroat world of Hollywood.

The last time we saw Ari Gold, he had retired from Hollywood and moved to Italy. This is the story of how he came back.

To celebrate the opening of director Doug Ellin’s ENTOURAGE, WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win an Ari Gold book and soundtrack CD prize package.

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ENTER YOUR NAME AND E-MAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.  WE WILL CONTACT YOU IF YOU ARE A WINNER.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE A US RESIDENT. PRIZE WILL ONLY BE SHIPPED TO US ADDRESSES. NO P.O. BOXES. NO DUPLICATE ADDRESSES.

2. WINNERS WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES.

*No purchase necessary.

ENTOURAGE is in theaters now.

This film has been rated R for pervasive language, strong sexual content, nudity and some drug use.

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June 6, 2015

Win Passes To The Advance Screening of The DOPE Movie in St. Louis

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A critical hit and audience favorite out of the Sundance Film Festival, in DOPE, Malcolm (Shameik Moore) is carefully surviving life in a tough neighborhood in Los Angeles while juggling college applications, academic interviews, and the SAT. A chance invitation to an underground party leads him into an adventure that could allow him to go from being a geek, to being dope, to ultimately being himself.

The film also stars Tony Revolori, Kiersey Clemons, Kimberly Elise, Chanel Iman, Keith Stanfield, Quincy Brown, Blake Anderson, with Zoë Kravitz and A$AP Rocky.

From writer/director Rick Famuyiwa, DOPE opens in theaters on June 19th.

The #DopeMovie soundtrack, featuring four original tracks written by PHARRELL WILLIAMS (@Pharrell), is available for pre-order NOW! CLICK HERE to pre-order and you will also receive an automatic download of Awreeoh’s “Don’t Get Deleted.

WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of DOPE on June 16th at 7PM in the St. Louis area.

We will contact the winners by email.

Answer the following:

Name Director Rick Famuyiwa’s first feature film.

TO ENTER, ADD YOUR NAME, ANSWER AND EMAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house. The theater is not responsible for overbooking.

3. No purchase necessary.

The film is rated R for language, drug content, sexuality/nudity, and some violence – all involving teens.

http://www.youaredope.com/

https://www.facebook.com/DopeMovie

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June 2, 2015

WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show – The Debut of Our First Weekly Podcast

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The maiden episode of our podcast that we’re calling WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show makes it’s debut right here and now. Listen to WAMG’s Michelle McCue, Jim Batts and Tom Stockman review the weekend box office hits. This week we also discuss ’70s disaster films, Pee-Wee Herman and his big adventure, the Grindhouse Trailer reel at this weekend’s Late Night Grindhouse show, and much more. WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show will be a weekly podcast and we will soon be streaming at ONStl.com Online Radio.

Visit our WE ARE MOVIE GEEKS The Show Facebook page HERE

https://www.facebook.com/pages/WE-ARE-MOVIE-GEEKS-the-SHOW-Podcast/1687717491451801

Here’s our first show. Have a listen:

 

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Win Passes To The Advance Screening of Disney/Pixar’s INSIDE OUT In St. Louis

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INVITE YOU TO ATTEND THE ST. LOUIS 3D ADVANCE SCREENING OF

 

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For your chance to win a family four pack of passes (2 admit-two passes) email disneypromosstlouis@gmail.com with your full name, mailing address, and phone number.

Please include “WAMG” in the subject line for your entry to be valid. Entry deadline is Tuesday, June 9 at 10:00AM.

NO PURCHASE NECESSARY. Limit two (2) admit-two passes per person. This film is rated PG. Must be 13 years of age or older to receive pass. Employees of all promotional partners and their agencies are not eligible. Void where prohibited. Winners will be chosen at random and mailed their pass. Seating is first-come, first-serve basis. SEATING IS LIMITED, SO ARRIVE EARLY. PASS DOES NOT GUARANTEE A SEAT AT THE SCREENING.

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IN DISNEY 3D AND REALD 3D
FRIDAY, JUNE 19

disney.com/insideout | facebook.com/PixarInsideOut | @PixarInsideOut | #InsideOut

June 1, 2015

Win Tickets To B&B Wildwood 10’s Retro Night Of NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION On June 4

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Before you see the new VACATION movie, head back with Clark, Ellen, Rusty and Audrey to see the original 1983 classic – NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION.

The first film in the Vacation comedy franchise stars Chevy Chase as Clark Griswold, an ad exec who becomes consumed with taking his family cross-country to Wally World, a California amusement park. Less a vacation than a descent into a peculiarly American kind of hell, the Griswolds suffer through an endless series of catastrophes, culminating in a run-in with the law.

NATIONAL LAMPOON’S VACATION will be playing for one night only this Thursday, June 4th at the B&B Wildwood 10! Retro Night showtimes are at 4pm and 7pm and tickets are only $5.

Get yours today at bbtheatres.com

WAMG is giving away free pass vouchers for the show.

Answer the following:

“Holiday Road” is the 1983 single played during the opening titles. Who sang the song?

TO ENTER, ADD YOUR NAME, ANSWER AND EMAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SHOW.

2. No purchase necessary.

We will contact the winners by email.

MPAA Rating: R

B&B WILDWOOD 10

16820 Main Street
Wildwood, MO 63040 
Movie Info: 636-273-1001

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May 29, 2015

Win Passes To The Advance Screening of JURASSIC WORLD In St. Louis

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The Park Is Open June 12 and WAMG has your passes to the advance screening of JURASSIC WORLD!

Can you imagine what a dinosaur looks like, moves like or sounds like without thinking of Jurassic Park?

It isn’t just a movie. It’s a memory shared by all of us.

It defined the colossal summer blockbuster, a moviegoing event of a lifetime that provided us some of the most lasting, iconic sights and sounds of cinema.

It gave you the feeling that the first day of summer had arrived.

It pioneered advancements in visual effects that made you believe dinosaurs roamed the Earth again.

Mixing plausible science with breathtaking imagination, it told a cautionary tale about what could result from messing with the natural order.

It left your eyes wide, your jaw open and your heart racing.

Jurassic Park answered the question of how much story, how much fun and how much spectacle could fit into one perfect summer motion picture.

Now, the story of STEVEN SPIELBERG’s original comes full circle as the park that was only a promise comes to life.

Welcome to JURASSIC WORLD.

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The epic action-adventure is produced by five-time Oscar® nominee FRANK MARSHALL (the Back to the Future trilogy, the Indiana Jones and Bourne franchises), PATRICK CROWLEY (the Bourne series, Eight Below), and it is based on characters created by MICHAEL CRICHTON (Jurassic Park series, television’s ER). Jurassic World’s story is by RICK JAFFA & AMANDA SILVER (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), and its screenplay is by Jaffa & Silver and DEREK CONNOLLY (Safety Not Guaranteed) & Trevorrow. The score is from Academy Award®-winning composer MICHAEL GIACCHINO (Star Trek Into Darkness, Dawn of the Planet of the Apes).

The film stars Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard, Vincent D’Onofrio, Ty Simpkins, Nick Robinson, Omar Sy, BD Wong and Irrfan Khan.

Get your tickets now and download the new Mobile MovieMaker app to be a part of Jurassic World.

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WAMG invites you to enter for a chance to win passes (Good for 2) to the advance screening of JURASSIC WORLD on June 9th at 7PM in the St. Louis area.

We will contact the winners by email.

Answer the following Dinosaur Trivia:

  • What dinosaur was discovered in 1891 by paleontologists John Bell Hatcher and William H. Utterback?
  • What dinosaur was found in Sichuan, China? The first fossil was found in 1985 by Ouyang Hui at Pengtang near Jinquan and was reported upon in 1986 by Gao Ruiqi and colleagues.
  • What dinosaur was unearthed in 1984 by an expedition led by Argentinian paleontologist José Bonaparte?

TO ENTER, ADD YOUR NAME, ANSWERS AND EMAIL IN OUR COMMENTS SECTION BELOW.

OFFICIAL RULES:

1. YOU MUST BE IN THE ST. LOUIS AREA THE DAY OF THE SCREENING.

2. A pass does not guarantee a seat at a screening. Seating is on a first-come, first served basis. The theater is overbooked to assure a full house. The theater is not responsible for overbooking.

3. No purchase necessary.

JURASSIC WORLD has been rated PG-13 for intense sequences of science-fiction violence and peril

http://www.jurassicworld.com/

http://www.jurassicworldmovie.com/

© 2015 Universal Studios and Amblin Entertainment, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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May 28, 2015

THE 100-YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED – The Review

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Review by Stephen Jones

THE 100-YEAR-OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED is the sort of movie that’s difficult to write about. It leaves so little impression that there’s just not much to say. It’s a thoroughly middle of the road movie, with any outright flaws offset by the technical competence of the production. That it is now one of, if not the highest grossing films in its native country is a little perplexing, as it reminds me of one of those movies that someone mentions ten years later and you respond with “ohhhh yeah, I kinda remember that!” Like “Second-Hand Lions.”

“Second-Hand Lions” is actually the movie this reminded me of the most, with the elderly misadventures and things actually happening in the present-day plot. They were obviously going for a “Forrest Gump” feel, and there are definite traces of that as well, but fell far short. Even “Second-Hand Lions” had likable main characters. “The 100 Year Old Man…” lacks a single character to really get invested in. Just hijinks and really bad narration.

That narration alone keeps the movie from being really good. At first I wondered if it was some “Blade Runner” like situation where it was tacked on for international markets, but it seems like it was there from the start. Admittedly, the movie’s one charming moment came from the narration, but not until the very end.

So what’s the movie about? Well, there are the flashback scenes that give it the Gump/Lions vibe, telling us the backstory of our titular centenarian Allan Karlsson (played in youth by Robert Gustafsson, in old age by Robert Gustafsson in bad makeup) and his adventures through significant historical events. Then there’s the present day story, given by the title. He jumps out of the window in his nursing home and runs off. Then he winds up in possession of a gang member’s luggage full of money, then you paint red in the spaces marked number 1, blue in spaces marked number 2, and so on. Even if you can’t think of any specific movies, doesn’t that “winds up with someone’s briefcase full of money” plot sound sigh-inducingly familiar?

Maybe the movie’s sense of humor will be more your speed, though. If the thought of a guy slipping in elephant poop and subsequently getting sat on by said elephant sounds like something you’d laugh at, then maybe this movie is for you. But mostly I just found the movie boring. Not BAD, but definitely not particularly good. Just very, very mediocre.

2 1/2 of 5 Stars

THE 100-YEAR OLD MAN WHO CLIMBED OUT THE WINDOW AND DISAPPEARED opens in St. Louis May 29th exclusively at Landmark’s Plaza Frontenac Theater

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May 27, 2015

New Trailer And Poster Are Here For Jason Banker’s Feminist Thriller FELT

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In his Fantastic Fest review, WAMG’s Michael Haffner called FELT “impressive” and “compelling.”

A young artist loses herself in an unpredictable alter ego while attempting to cope with past trauma in this gripping sophomore effort from Jason Banker (TOAD ROAD).

FELT celebrated its world premiere at Fantastic Fest 2014 where Amy Everson took home the “Next Wave” Spotlight Competition award for Best Actress.

Here’s a first look at the poster and trailer for the film.

Watch the red-band trailer HERE.

Amy is hanging on by a thread. Struggling to cope with past sexual trauma and the daily aggressions of a male-dominated society, she creates grotesquely-costumed alter egos that reappropriate the male form.

While giving her the sense of power she craves, acting as these characters pushes her further into a world of her own making. When she begins a new relationship with a seemingly good guy, she opens herself up to him – but that vulnerability comes at a dangerous cost, and her alter egos threaten to lash out in explosive violence.

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Based on the real experiences and art of co-writer/star Amy Everson, FELT doesn’t just point a finger at rape culture; it takes a full on swing at it, creating a feminist psychological thriller that audiences will be hard-pressed to shake off.

Banker said, “I wanted FELT to achieve something new in storytelling and create a dialogue around societal attitudes towards gender and sexuality.”

From Amplify Releasing, FELT opens in theaters on June 26th and on VOD on July 21st.

OFFICIAL SITE: http://feltmovie.com
FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/FeltMovie
TWITTER: https://twitter.com/FELTMOVIE
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