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Continue reading WAMG Weekly Recap: 03/29/2009 – 04/04/2009
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Morpheus Tales magazine publishes short story by WAMG editor
Morpheus 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.
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2008 St. Louis Film Critics Awards Winners!
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:
 BEST PICTURE:   The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button
BEST ACTOR:Â Â Â Â Â Â Sean Penn (Milk)
 BEST ACTRESS:   Kate Winslet (Revolutionary Road)
 BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR:  Heath Ledger (The Dark Knight)
 BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS: 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’.  Do you agree??? There was much debate over several catagories including Foreign Film, and Music. No love for ‘The Wrestler’ or ‘Gran Torino’. Let me know how you would have voted. Â
The Movie Geeks Catch Will Smith’s ‘Seven Pounds’ Roadshow.
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. Continue reading The Movie Geeks Catch Will Smith’s ‘Seven Pounds’ Roadshow.
Hollywood Is Coming To St. Louis!
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! On November 19Th, at ST. Louis’ AMC Creve Coeur 12 Cinema, 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 from your kitchen and help out those less fortunate. The Foodbank collects and distributes more than 13 million pounds of food for the local community in need, and they need your help with the holidays coming up. If you bring some canned goods you will not only see Will Smith…you may be able to catch his new film ‘Seven Pounds’  before anyone else sees it. 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., Screening  begins at 7pm.)
Come out and check it out with the Geeks!
Walt Disney “Rolls” Out Their New Film “BOLT” Across America!
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 honored 4 canine teams representing the department for their service as real heroes in the community. Continue reading Walt Disney “Rolls” Out Their New Film “BOLT” Across America!
Movie Geeks Give Back!
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 show 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..
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.