Tag: John Goodman

Win 4 Passes To The St. Louis SMURF-Tastic Advance Screening of SMURFS This Saturday

When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.

SMURFS features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Marshmello, with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

Directed by Chris Miller, SMURFS opens in theaters on July 18.

Based on the Characters and Works of Peyo.

https://www.smurfs.movie

WAMG is giving away to our St. Louis area readers eight (8) family 4-packs of passes.

The special SMURF-Tastic advance screening is on B&B West Olive Creve Coeur 10 this Saturday, July 12th at 11:00 AM. (tons of free activities and prizes for the kids)

EMAIL michelle@wearemoviegeeks.com to enter.
WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES. NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.

Rated PG.

SMURFS Movie Announces Full Soundtrack Featuring Music From Rihanna, Tyla, DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Shenseea,

SMURFS Movie announces the full soundtrack to the film featuring music from Rihanna, Tyla, DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Shenseea, James Corden and more. The soundtrack is available for Pre-Order/Pre-Save HERE and will officially release June 13th via Roc Nation Distribution.

The reveal of the soundtrack follows the release of Rihanna’s “Friend Of Mine” off the soundtrack as well as “Higher Love” by DESI TRILL featuring DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi. “Higher Love” also saw an official music video.

See the full soundtrack tracklisting below.

SMURFS MOVIE SOUNDTRACK TRACKLIST

1. Milenge by Natania

2. Celebrate by Natania

3. Friend Of Mine by Rihanna

4. Higher Love by DESI TRILL feat. DJ Khaled, Cardi B, Natania and Subhi

5. Liar For A Living by Natania

6. It Takes A Village by Natania and The Indian Connect

7. Big Dreams by James Fauntleroy

8. To Me by Lous and the Yakuza

9. Did We by Natania

10. Balle Balouza by Natania, Subhi and The Indian Connect

11. Everything Goes With Blue by Tyla

12. It’s My Party by Shenseea

13. Always On The Outside by James Corden

14. Higher Calling by The Indian Connect

When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe. SMURFS features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Jimmy Kimmel,  Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña, Marshmello, with Kurt Russell and John Goodman. 

SMURFS In Theatres July 18, 2025.

Paramount Animation Presents In Association with Domain Entertainment. A Ty Ty and Jay Brown Production

Rihanna Is Smurfette In First Trailer For This Summer’s SMURFS!

No Name (James Corden) and Smurfette (Rihanna) in Smurfs from Paramount Animation.

When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards, Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the real world to save him. With the help of new friends, the Smurfs must discover what defines their destiny to save the universe.

SMURFS features an all-star voice cast including Rihanna, James Corden, Nick Offerman, JP Karliak, Daniel Levy, Amy Sedaris, Natasha Lyonne, Sandra Oh, Octavia Spencer, Nick Kroll, Hannah Waddingham, Alex Winter, Maya Erskine, Billie Lourd, Xolo Maridueña with Kurt Russell and John Goodman.

The Smurf movies have been a hit with audiences. The first Smurfs movie was the most commercially successful, grossing over half a billion dollars worldwide. The totals for the live-action films are, The Smurfs (2011) $563,749,323 and The Smurfs 2 (2013): $347,434,178, while the animated films brought in respectively The Smurfs and the Magic Flute (1975): $19,000,000 and Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017): $197,183,546. The total box office gross stands at $1,127,367,047.

PRE-SAVE THE NEW SONG HERE!

SMURFS will be in theaters on July 18.

This Summer, Meet “Monsters At Work” On Disney Plus – Billy Crystal and John Goodman Reprising Roles Mike Wazowski And James P. “Sulley” Sullivan

Disney+ announced its highly anticipated animated series “Monsters at Work” will now begin streaming July 7, with new episodes dropping every Wednesday.

“”Monsters at Work” takes place the day after the Monsters, Incorporated power plant started harvesting the laughter of children to fuel the city of Monstropolis, thanks to Mike and Sulley’s discovery that laughter generates ten times more energy than screams. It follows the story of Tylor Tuskmon, an eager young monster who graduated top of his class at Monsters University and always dreamed of becoming a Scarer until he lands a job at Monsters, Incorporated, and discovers that scaring is out and laughter is in. After Tylor is temporarily reassigned to the Monsters, Inc. Facilities Team (MIFT), he must work alongside a misfit bunch of mechanics while setting his sights on becoming a Jokester.

Produced by Disney Television Animation and inspired by the world of Disney and Pixar’s Academy Award-winning “Monsters, Inc.,” the series introduces new monster characters alongside returning favorites. Ben Feldman stars as the voice of Tylor Tuskmon, alongside other new cast members including Mindy Kaling as Val Little, Henry Winkler as Fritz, Lucas Neff as Duncan and Alanna Ubach as Cutter. Billy Crystal and John Goodman reprise their beloved roles as Mike Wazowski and James P. “Sulley” Sullivan.

“Monsters at Work” was developed and is executive produced by Disney animation veteran Bobs Gannaway (“Mickey Mouse Clubhouse,” “Planes: Fire & Rescue”). Sean Lurie (“Inner Workings”) is producer, and Kat Good (“Big Hero 6 The Series”) and Steve Anderson (“Meet the Robinsons”) serve as supervising directors. The late Rob Gibbs (“Monsters, Inc.”) also served as director on some of the earlier episodes.

Kirk Douglas and John Schneider in EDDIE MACON’S RUN Available on Blu-ray From Mill Creek Entertainment.

John Schneider and Kirk Douglas in EDDIE MACON’S RUN (1983) is currently available on Blu-ray From Mill Creek Entertainment.

Hollywood legend Kirk Douglas stars with John Schneider (The Dukes of Hazzard) in the action-packed Eddie Macon’s Run. Time is running out for Eddie Macon (Schneider). He’s trapped in a Texas jail on trumped-up charges. He’ll do anything to make it back to his wife and child, but if he’s caught, he’ll be back in the pen for life. Carl Marzack (Douglas) is an aging cop who must prove he can still get his man – and his man is Eddie Macon. The hunt is on in this exciting thrill ride that climaxes in an edge-of-your seat chase through the streets of Texas.

EDDIE MACON’S RUN stars John Schneider, Kirk Douglas, Lee Purcell, John Goodman, Tom Noonan, and Gil Rogers


Check Out The New Poster For Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE

Check out the new motion poster from Focus Features’ CAPTIVE STATE. From the director of Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes, Rupert Wyatt, the upcoming sci-fi thriller starring John Goodman, Ashton Sanders, Jonathan Majors, Colson Baker and Vera Farmiga opens in theaters March 15th.

Set in a Chicago neighborhood nearly a decade after an occupation by an extra-terrestrial force, “Captive State” explores the lives on both sides of the conflict – the collaborators and dissidents. We can’t wait for this one and Focus Features has done a good job of not giving too much away.

After 10 years of occupation, some chose cooperation, others chose resistance.

Explore the official website of The Legislature now. https://thelegislaturegov.com/captivestate/

Colson Baker (left) as Jurgis and Ashton Sanders (right) as Gabriel in Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Parrish Lewis / Focus Features

Ashton Sanders stars as Gabriel in Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE, a Focus Features release.

A ship prepares to take on passengers in Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE, a Focus Features release.
Credit: Focus Features

John Goodman as Mulligan and Ashton Sanders as Gabriel star in Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE, a Focus Features release.

John Goodman stars as Mulligan in Rupert Wyatt’s CAPTIVE STATE, a Focus Features release.

Lineup for the 27th St. Louis International Film Festival Announced – To be Held November 1-11

The 27th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) — held Nov. 1-11 — ​provides St. Louis filmgoers with the opportunity to view the finest in world cinema: international films, documentaries, American indies, and shorts that can only be seen on the big screen at the festival. ​SLIFF will screen 413 films: 88 narrative features, 77 documentary features, and 248 shorts. The fest also will feature 14 special-event programs, including our closing-night awards presentation. This year’s festival has 63 countries represented.

SLIFF will present our usual array of fest buzz films and Oscar contenders, including “3 Faces,” “Ash Is Purest White,” “Ben Is Back,” “Boy Erased,” “Capernaum,” “The Captain,” “The Chaperone,” “Cold War,” “Destroyer,” “Diane,” “Dogman,” “Everybody Knows,” “The Front Runner,” “Green Book,” “If Beale Street Could Talk,” “The Image Book,” “Little Woods,” “Long Day’s Journey Into Night,” “Mapplethorpe,” “Non-Fiction,” “Shoplifters,” “Support the Girls,” “Transit,” “Vox Lux,” “Widows,” “Wildlife,” and “Zama.”

The festival will honor seven significant film figures with our annual awards: ● Joe Edwards​​ and ​John Goodman​​ with Lifetime Achievement Awards ● ​Jason Reitman​​ with a Contemporary Cinema Award ● Jim Finn​​, ​Jane Gillooly​​, and ​Karyn Kusama​​ with Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Awards ● Melanie Mayron​​ with a Women in Film Award.
The festival will kick off on Thursday, Nov. 1, with the local premiere of “Destroyer,” directed by former St. Louisan Karyn Kusama, who will attend the screening. A 6:30 PM reception precedes the film and features complimentary Urban Chestnut beers, Broadside Winery wines, and cocktails.

As part of the fest’s ongoing response to the Ferguson uprising, SLIFF again will feature a major stream of programming entitled Race in America: The Black Experience and offer a third edition of Mean Streets: Viewing the Divided City Through the Lens of Film and Television, which addresses the persistent issue of segregation. The fest schedule, ticket and venue information, and a complete list of films (with descriptions) are available at the Cinema St. Louis Web site (cinemastlouis.org).
For more information,​​ the public should visit cinemastlouis.org or call 314-289-4150.
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Program Overview

SLIFF’s stellar lineup features a constellation of cinema’s brightest lights (see the SLIFF section of the CSL website for full info):

● Major awards to significant filmmakers: ➢ Lifetime Achievement Awards: developer Joe Edwards and actor John Goodman ➢ Contemporary Cinema Award: director Jason Reitman ➢ Women in Film Award: actress and director Melanie Mayron ➢ Charles Guggenheim Cinema St. Louis Awards: directors Jim Finn, Jane Gillooly, and Karyn Kusama

● Oscar​®​ Contenders.

● Free Events: SLIFF continues its tradition of offering a large selection of free events to maximize its outreach into the community and to make the festival affordable to all. This year, we offer 65 free events, which are detailed on our website. In addition, for the 15th year, we present the Georgia Frontiere Cinema for Students Program, which provides free screenings (often with filmmakers in attendance) to St. Louis-area elementary, middle, and high schools. Films are offered both at our venues and for in-school presentation. Busing reimbursement is also available. For more information, visit cinemastlouis.org.

● Show-Me Cinema Showcase (films with St. Louis and Missouri roots or connections).

● Mean Streets: Viewing the Divided City Through the Lens of Film and Television: SLIFF offers a third edition of this program, which addresses one of the most persistent and vexing issues in urban studies: segregation.

● Race in America: 33 programs that address the black experience from multiple perspectives. ● Human Rights Showcase: A selection of 14 documentary programs focused on human-rights issues in the U.S. and the world.

● SLIFF/Kids Family Films, including six free programs. ● Festival award-winners and critically lauded international films. ● Well-regarded American indies.

● Nearly 250 shorts from around the globe, including free family and documentary-shorts programs and a selection of the best films from the St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase. ● Major documentaries, including eight documentary-shorts programs.

● A strong selection of animation, including two dedicated animated-shorts programs.

● Revivals and restorations.

● The New Filmmakers Forum (NFF), a juried competition for first-time American-independent filmmakers. The films will be accompanied by their directors.

Sponsors:

Title Sponsor:​​ Whitaker Foundation Sustaining Sponsors:​​ Albrecht Family Foundation, Cheshire, City of St. Louis, Jeffrey T. Fort, Hawkins Foundation, Jane M. & Bruce P. Robert Charitable Foundation, Ward & Carol Klein, Nancy & Ken Kranzberg, Missouri Arts Council, NEA ArtWorks, Regional Arts Commission, Chip Rosenbloom & Lucia Rosenbloom, Sleepy Kitty Arts, Steward Family Foundation, Mary Strauss, Trio Foundation of St. Louis, William A. Kerr Foundation

WAMG Giveaway – Win THE BIG LEBOWSKI 20th Anniversary Limited Edition 4K Gift Set

Get ready for a laugh in the cult-classic comedy that has captured everyone’s hearts when The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary Limited Edition debuts for the first time ever on 4K Ultra Combo Pack that also includes Blu-ray™ and Digital via the digital movie app MOVIES ANYWHERE on October 16, 2018, from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Fans can relive the hilariously freewheeling plot of one of the most beloved films of all-time with the twisted crime-comedy starring Jeff Bridges (Crazy Heart, True Grit), John Goodman (10 Cloverfield Lane, Argo), Julianne Moore (The Hours, Still Alice), Steve Buscemi (Fargo, Ghost World), Philip Seymour Hoffman (The Master, Capote) and John Turturro (Barton Fink, Fading Gigolo). The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary Limited Edition is the perfect gift for any fan and the exclusive set includes a collectible bag, bowling ball pencil holder, polishing cloth and sweater packaging offering an experience like no other to look back on the cultural phenomenon of The Dude in the “#1 cult film of all time” (The Boston Globe).

Now you can own the The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary Edition with all of these amazing extras. We Are Movie Geeks has 1 copy to give away. All you have to do is leave a comment answering this question: What is your favorite line from The Big Lebowski? (mine is “That rug really tied the room together.”). It’s so easy!

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

2. WINNER WILL BE CHOSEN FROM ALL QUALIFYING ENTRIES.

With unforgettable scenes and outrageous humor, The Big Lebowski 20th Anniversary Edition showcases hours of bonus features including retrospective documentaries, an interactive map, an in-depth look at the phenomenon known as the Lebowski Fest taking audiences deeper than ever before into the upside down world of “The Dude.”

From the Academy Award®-winning Coen brothers, The Big Lebowski is a hilariously quirky comedy about bowling, a severed toe, White Russians and a guy named…The Dude. Jeff “The Dude” Lebowski doesn’t want any drama in his life…heck, he can’t even be bothered with a job. But, he must embark on a quest with his bowling buddies after his rug is destroyed in a twisted case of mistaken identity.

BONUS FEATURES:

  • The Dude’s Life: Jeff Bridges, John Goodman, Julianne Moore, Steve Buscemi and John Turturro take a look back at their performances and how their delivery of the Coen brothers’ dialog became classic movie lines.
  • The Dude Abides: The Big Lebowski Ten Years Later: A conversation with the cast about the film’s decade-long reign as a cult classic.
  • Making of The Big Lebowski
  • The Lebowski Fest: An Achiever’s Story: An in-depth look at the annual Lebowski Fest, a celebration of The Dude and his world, attended by thousands each year.
  • Flying Carpets and Bowling Pin Dreams: The Dream Sequences of The Dude: Alook at some of the Dude’s trippiest fantasies so fans can learn for the first time how these innovative scenes were created.
  • Interactive Map: Take a tour of the locations of The Big Lebowski, then and now.
  • Jeff Bridges Photo Book: For more than 30 years, Jeff Bridges has been snapping pictures on movie sets. The accomplished photographer presents a portfolio of shots taken on the set of The Big Lebowski.
  • Photo Gallery
  • And Much More!

THE BIG LEBOWSKI at Urban Chestnut October 3rd – ‘Strange Brew’


“That rug really tied the room together!”


Webster University’s Award-Winning Strange Brew Film Series has moved! The new location is Urban Chestnut in the Grove (4465 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis 63110). This month’s film is THE BIG LEBOWSKI. It’s this Wednesday, October 3rd. The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5.

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Sometimes it’s easy to forget that THE BIG LEBOWSKI is a mystery, like the Coen brothers’ previous film, FARGO. Where Fargo is a thriller, THE BIG LEBOWSKI is a parody. Hidden in the jokes, satire, idiosyncratic characters, and musical numbers, the story is about a hippie “bum,” brilliantly portrayed by Jeff Bridges, who is unwittingly sucked into becoming a pawn in kidnapping and embezzling scams. As the narrator aka ‘The Stranger’ (Sam Eliot) succinctly puts it, “Sometimes there’s a man–I won’t say a hee-ro, ’cause what’s a hee-ro?–but sometimes there’s a man. And I’m talking’ about the Dude here–sometimes there’s a man who, well, he’s the man for his time’n place, he fits right in there–and that’s the Dude” The Dude takes us on an anti-hero’s journey. The Dude’s legal name happens to be the same as a bigwig whose trophy bride and former porn star, Bunny (Tara Reed), owes money to a porn producer whose goons confuse the two Lebowskis and whiz on the Dude’s room-tying-together rug. This sets off a chain of events that have entertained audiences now for 17 years.

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THE BIG LEBOWSKI was not a hit theatrically but it’s developed a cult reputation over the years and is now considered a beloved masterpiece with Bridge’s ‘The Dude’ being one of cinema’s all-time great eccentrics. But the entire cast: John Goodman, Steve Buscemi, Julianne Moore and, most hilariously John Turturro in a cameo as Jesus, the uptight, pedophilic rival who represents everything The Dude dismisses, are at the top of their game. Don’t miss THE BIG LEBOWSKI when it screens October 3rd at Urban Chestnut in the Grove (4465 Manchester Avenue, St. Louis 63110)

A Facebook invite for this event can be found HERE

https://www.facebook.com/events/299939097262542/

The movie starts at 8pm and admission is $5. There will be food to order and plenty of pints of Urban Chestnut’s famous home-brewed beer.

John Goodman to Receive The Lifetime Achievement Award at This Year’s St. Louis International Film Festival

The 27th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) — held Nov. 1-11 —  will honor native St. Louisan John Goodman with a Lifetime Achievement Award at a tribute program that will include a clip reel of the actor’s career highlights, a conversation betwen Goodman and John Carney of KTRS (550 AM), and a screening of “The Big Lebowski” on the occasion of its 20th anniversary. The program will take place at 7:30 pm Friday, Nov. 2, at the Tivoli Theatre, 6350 Delmar Blvd. Tickets for the event are $25 and go on sale through the Tivoli website on Tuesday, Sept. 25.

Goodman grew up in Affton and graduated in 1975 from Missouri State University (then Southwest Missouri State) in Springfield, Mo. He soon moved to New York City to begin his acting career. On Broadway, from 1985-87, Goodman starred as Pap Finn in Roger Miller’s musical take on Mark Twain, winning a Drama Desk nomination. In recent years, he’s returned to the stage with “American Buffalo” in London and “The Front Page” on Broadway.

Goodman began earning film roles in the 1980s, debuting in “Eddie Macon’s Run” (1983) and receiving increasingly prominent roles in such films as “Sweet Dreams” (1985), “True Stories” (1986), and “The Big Easy” (1986). He began a long collaboration with Joel and Ethan Coen with “Raising Arizon” in 1987, and he’s since appeared in the Coens’ “Barton Fink” (1991), “The Big Lebowski” (1998), “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” (2000), and “Inside Llewyn Davis” (2013). Goodman’s filmography is extensive, but other highlights of his career include “Sea of Love” (1989), Steven Spielberg’s “Always” (1989), “King Ralph” (1991), “The Babe” (1992), “Matinee” (1993), “Fallen” (1998), Martin Scorsese’s “Bringing Out the Dead” (1999), “The Artist” (2011), “Argo” (2012), “Flight” (2012), and “10 Cloverfield Lane” (2016).

Goodman has been just as active in TV, where he is best known for his long-running role as Dan Conner in “Roseanne” (1988-97 and 2018) and now “The Conners.” He also had regular roles on Amazon’s “Alpha House” (2013-14) and HBO’s “Treme” (2010-11), and played memorable recurring characters on such shows “West Wing,” “Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip,” “Damages,” and “Community.” Goodman also does frequent voice-over work in animation, including Pixar’s “Monsters Inc.” and “Cars.”

The SLIFF schedule, ticket and venue information, and a complete list of films (with descriptions) will be available at the Cinema St. Louis website (cinemastlouis.org) the first week of October.

For more information, the public should visit cinemastlouis.org or call 314-289-4150.