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OCEANS EIGHT ‘Movies on Art Hill’ Series Continues in St. Louis July 26th

“If you’re going to have a problem with stealing, then you’re not going to like the rest of this conversation. “

The ‘Movies on Art Hill’ Series in St. Louis continues this Friday, July 26th with ANCHORMAN. Admission is FREE and the movie will start about 9pm.A Facebook invite for the event can be found HERE

The We Are Movie Geeks gang always goes to these, so if you wanna hang with the cool kids, you should go too. It’s free and they set up a big screen at the bottom of the hill. There are food trucks and beer and wine for sale. You can even go dine in the museum’s restaurant before the show if you got money to burn. If you’re a museum member, you can show your membership card and get free popcorn and ice cream (I did that last year even though my card was expired!). Of course, you can bring a cooler with your own food and drinks as well. It’s a lot of fun! Bring your dog! The movies start at 9 but get there early! Thousands of people show up, especially if the weather is nice, and close parking is scarce. There’s live pre-show music and the people-watching can be entertaining.

What’s a film series without the food?

  • Bring your own picnic.
  • Food Truck Fest, presented by Sauce Magazine, will run from 6 to 8:30 pm in the parking lot to the west of the Louis IX statue on Art Hill. Food trucks vary each week and lines will close at 8:30 pm sharp each night. Cash, credit, and debit cards accepted. An ATM will be on Art Hill Plaza.
  • The Museum’s Cafe will be open and serving casual fare including freshly prepared soups, sandwiches, and salads until 9 pm.
  • Concession stands with snacks and soda will be located at the top of Art Hill. Show your Saint Louis Art Museum membership card and get a free bag of popcorn!
  • Adult beverages will be available for purchase at the Panorama booth.

Bring your appetite! Before the movie starts, make sure to tap into your creative side. Each week, there will be an Art Lab for adults complete with an instructor and all the materials you need to create your own Film Series masterpiece.

Don’t miss OCEANS EIGHT this Friday. Five years, eight months, 12 days and counting — that’s how long Debbie Ocean has been devising the biggest heist of her life. She knows what it’s going to take — a team of the best people in the field, starting with her partner-in-crime Lou Miller. Together, they recruit a crew of specialists, including jeweler Amita, street con Constance, suburban mom Tammy, hacker Nine Ball, and fashion designer Rose. Their target — a necklace that’s worth more than $150 million.

August 2nd – GOONIES – A Facebook invite can be found HERE

A group of young misfits who call themselves The Goonies discover an ancient map and set out on a quest to find a legendary pirate’s long-lost treasure. 

GLASS – Review

The premise of GLASS was a good idea, but considering M. Night Shyamalan’s track record, I’m not sure why anyone’s expectations were high. SPLIT was something of a critical comeback for the beleaguered filmmaker (and THE VISIT before that was a nifty little found footage shocker), but with GLASS, his sequel to two (mostly) unrelated earlier films, Shyamalan has not failed to disappoint.

GLASS opens 19 years after UNBREAKABLE with the indestructible David Dunn (Bruce Willis) running a home security shop and moonlighting as caped street vigilante The Sentry (now referred to as The Overseer), who patrols the streets of Philadelphia. He takes special interest in tracking down Kevin Crumb aka The Beast (James McAvoy), the cheerleader-abducting, multi-personalitied, cannibalistic serial killer from SPLIT (now referred to as The Horde). With the help of his tech-savvy son, Joseph (Spencer Treat-Clark), David discovers where Crumb is hiding, rescues a trio of cheerleaders and starts a massive street smackdown with the pumped-up villain. This battle is soon interrupted by Dr. Ellie Staple (Sarah Paulson), who captures both combatants (with the help of a small army) and transports them to her mysterious psychiatric compound, where Elijah (Samuel L. Jackson), the brittle-boned baddie from UNBREAKABLE has been residing. This is where the next long, boring 90 minutes of GLASS takes place. Once there, she tells Beast/Horde “It may not seem fair, but you are stuck in this room”, which is how I felt watching the wretched middle stretch of this film which consists of endless, talky scenes of therapy and psychobabble. There must be a half hour of close-ups of Sarah Paulson’s face, yammering on about mental disorders and comic books and holding up x-rays of frontal lobes. Paulson has more dialog than Jackson and Willis combined (reminded me of how they put Viola Davis’ buttoned up bureaucrat front and center in SUICIDE SQUAD). She’s a fine actress I suppose, but nobody is coming to see GLASS for Sarah Paulsen! The only character with more lines than her is Beast/Horde. Shyamalan directs many long single-takes in which McAvoy manically cycles through several of his personalities including 9-year-old Hedwig, fey Barry, slow-witted Dennis, and Miss Jennifer. It’s a technically impressive performance from the bulked-up actor, but this stuff worked far better in SPLIT, which was much better-written and the scenes of him crawling walls and ceilings has since lost its punch. Though the film is named after him, Glass (first name Mister!) spends the first half of the movie catatonic, sedated and twitching until it’s revealed that his 19 years of silently drooling in his wheelchair was all a ruse (just like Jim Carrey at the beginning of DUMB AND DUMBER TO!) and that he’s really been working on his master plan to escape and wipe out thousands of visitors at the upcoming opening of Osaka Tower, Philly’s largest skyscraper! This hints at a third-act action climax that never materializes. All three do escape but instead of the promised slaughter of innocents, we get a half-hour of fistfights between these characters on a parking lot. While that’s not quite as thrilling as mass murder, we do get a long twisty explanation of why they escaped through the basement instead of the side door, so there’s that. Since this is an M.  Night, there’s a twist or two, but the movie is so dull, they hardly register.

GLASS is terrible, but it falls short of the delirious, fun atrociousness of Shyamalan’s THE HAPPENING mostly because it rambles on at 135 minutes and is so poorly and hastily written. Anya Taylor Joy from SPLIT is back reprising her role as Casey, the girl whose friends were butchered by Beast/Horde. They actually bring her in to his therapy sessions and the two embrace, which makes no sense. I can’t think of a single thing to recommend about GLASSS but one of the worst things about it is all of the ridiculous existential dialog about Comic book doctrine and mythos. I suppose all of this is supposed to warm the hearts of comic book insiders, and it was part of UNBREAKABLE where it worked better when just Mister Glass was reciting it. Here it’s so awkwardly-written, especially in the exchanges between Glass and his mom, played by Charlayne Woodard, where he delivers howlers like “I’m not a special edition. I’m an origin story!”. The actress is 12 years younger than Samuel Jackson, which is fine in the flashbacks to when little Elijah is a child (she had the same role in UNBREAKABLE and a deleted scene from that earlier film is well-integrated here), but to make her look old enough to be the 60-ish Elijah’s mom, she’s wearing some of the most god-awful, unconvincing old-age makeup I’ve seen. It would have been a better idea to simply cast an older actress in the role. There are several scenes set in comic-book shops, which are a welcome distraction, but GLASS turns out to be one of Shyamalan’s worst films, which is saying a lot!

1 of 5 Stars

 

 

 

Win Passes To The St. Louis Advance Screening Of M. Night Shyamalan’s GLASS

(L to R) SAMUEL L. JACKSON, JAMES MCAVOY, BRUCE WILLIS and SARAH PAULSON in “Glass.”

M. Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass. Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

Joining the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard, who reprise their roles as Dunn’s son and Price’s mother, as well as Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story series).

This riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters is produced by Shyamalan and Blumhouse Production’s Jason Blum, who also produced the writer/director’s previous two films for Universal. They produce again with Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock, and Steven Schneider executive produces.

A Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse production, Glass will be released by Universal Pictures in North America on January 18, 2019.

Enter for your chance to win two free passes to the St. Louis advance screening of GLASS. The theatrical sneak preview will be on JANUARY 15 at 7pm.

Answer the following: James McAvoy and Samuel L. Jackson have starred in other Superhero franchises – name those series of movies and their characters.

Add you name, answer and email address in our comments section below.

NO PURCHASE REQUIRED. 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.

WEBSITE:  www.glassmovie.com

RATING:  GLASS has been rated PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned – Some Material May Be Inappropriate for Children Under 13) for violence including some bloody images, thematic elements, and language.

Sandra Bullock, Sarah Paulson And John Malkovich Star In First Trailer For BIRD BOX, From Academy Award Winner Susanne Bier

“PLEASE DON’T TAKE MY CHILDREN!!”

Here’s a first look at the brand new trailer and poster for the upcoming film BIRD BOX, a compelling new thriller from Academy Award winner Susanne Bier.

When a mysterious force decimates the world’s population, only one thing is certain: if you see it, you take your life. Facing the unknown, Malorie finds love, hope and a new beginning only for it to unravel. Now she must flee with her two children down a treacherous river to the one place left that may offer sanctuary. But to survive, they’ll have to undertake the perilous two-day journey blindfolded.

The Netflix movie stars Oscar-winner Sandra Bullock, Trevante Rhodes, Jacki Weaver, Rosa Salazar, Danielle Macdonald, Lil Rel Howery, Tom Hollander, Colson Baker, BD Wong, with Sarah Paulson, and John Malkovich.

The cast alone is enough to be excited for this film! Prepare yourself for a rough and dark time.

“You hear that? The creatures.” A child whispering those words will send chills down every parent’s spine.

Earlier this year, Paramount Pictures released A QUIET PLACE. “In the modern horror thriller, from director John Krasinski, a family of four must navigate their lives in silence after mysterious creatures that hunt by sound threaten their survival. If they hear you, they hunt you.” (Review). A running and inherent theme throughout both films are family, love and ultimately sacrifice.

BIRD BOX is from screenwriter Eric Heisserer. His screenplay for the film ARRIVAL earned him a Best Adapted Screenplay nomination at the 89th Academy Awards in 2016. He also wrote the horror films A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET, FINAL DESTINATION 5, THE THING (2011) and LIGHTS OUT, and wrote and directed Hours with Paul Walker.

BIRD BOX will have its world premiere at The AFI Festival on November 12, 2018.

Available on Netflix and in select theaters on December 21.

There’s More Beast In New Trailer For GLASS From M. Night Shyamalan

“Real villains are among us…real heroes are within us.”

Here’s a first look at the brand new trailer for director M. Night Shyamalan’s upcoming, and long-awaited sequel to UNBREAKABLE… GLASS.

A Blinding Edge Pictures and Blumhouse production, GLASS will be released by Universal Pictures in North America on January 18, 2019, and by Buena Vista International abroad.

Night Shyamalan brings together the narratives of two of his standout originals—2000’s Unbreakable, from Touchstone, and 2016’s Split, from Universal—in one explosive, all-new comic-book thriller: Glass.

From Unbreakable, Bruce Willis returns as David Dunn as does Samuel L. Jackson as Elijah Price, known also by his pseudonym Mr. Glass.  Joining from Split are James McAvoy, reprising his role as Kevin Wendell Crumb and the multiple identities who reside within, and Anya Taylor-Joy as Casey Cooke, the only captive to survive an encounter with The Beast.

Following the conclusion of Split, Glass finds Dunn pursuing Crumb’s superhuman figure of The Beast in a series of escalating encounters, while the shadowy presence of Price emerges as an orchestrator who holds secrets critical to both men.

Joining the all-star cast are Unbreakable’s Spencer Treat Clark and Charlayne Woodard, who reprise their roles as Dunn’s son and Price’s mother, as well as Golden Globe Award winner Sarah Paulson (American Horror Story series).

This riveting culmination of his worldwide blockbusters is produced by Shyamalan and Blumhouse Production’s Jason Blum, who also produced the writer/director’s previous two films for Universal.  They produce again with Ashwin Rajan and Marc Bienstock, and Steven Schneider and Kevin Frakes, who executive produce.  Gary Barber and Roger Birnbaum also serve as executive producers.

Visit the official site:  glassmovie.com

First OCEAN’S 8 Trailer Is Flippin’ Fantastic

“These boots are made for walking, and that’s just what they’ll do. One of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you.” In 1966 Nancy Sinatra sang the iconic song and a version is featured in a snappy first trailer for the upcoming all-female heist film, OCEAN’S 8.

Check it out now. This is going to be a fun ride!

The tide has turned and it’s a whole new “Ocean’s” when eight women plan and execute a heist in New York.

Oscar winner Sandra Bullock stars in the title role, alongside Oscar winners Cate Blanchett and Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina, with Rihanna and Oscar nominee Helena Bonham Carter.

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing. Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh.

From Warner Bros. Pictures, OCEAN’S 8 opens in theaters June 8th, 2018.

Visit the official site: oceans8movie.com

Meryl Streep And Tom Hanks Headline New Trailer In Steven Spielberg’s Oscar Hopeful THE POST

Meryl Streep, Director Steven Spielberg, and Tom Hanks on the set of THE POST. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Opening during awards season on December 22  is the much anticipated THE POST from 20th Century Fox.

Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in THE POST, a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post’s Katharine Graham (Streep), the first female publisher of a major American newspaper, and editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks), as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades and four U.S. Presidents. The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers – and their very freedom – to help bring long-buried truths to light.

THE POST marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. Streep has been nominated for 20 Academy Awards, winning three Oscars (THE IRON LADY, SOPHIE’S CHOICE and KRAMER VS. KRAMER), while Hanks has been nominated 5 times and garnered two back to back Oscars for PHILADELPHIA and FORREST GUMP.

In addition to directing, Spielberg produces along with Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger. The script was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer, and the film features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.

THE POST will be released in select theaters on December 22, 2017 and in theaters everywhere on January 12, 2018. Fox’s other BIG Oscar hopeful, opening on December 20th, is THE GREATEST SHOWMAN which stars Hugh Jackman as P.T. Barnum.

Check out the official site foxmovies.com/movies/the-post

L-R: Tom Hanks (Ben Bradlee), David Cross (Howard Simons), John Rue (Gene Patterson), Bob Odenkirk (Ben Bagdikian), Jessie Mueller (Judith Martin), and Philip Casnoff (Chalmers Roberts) in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE POST. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Meryl Streep stars as Kay Graham in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE POST. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Tom Hanks (as Ben Bradlee) and Meryl Streep (as Kay Graham) star in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE POST. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Tom Hanks (as Ben Bradlee) and Meryl Streep (as Kay Graham) star in Twentieth Century Fox’s THE POST. Photo Credit: Niko Tavernise.

Win Passes To The Advance Screening Of REBEL IN THE RYE In St. Louis

Opening in theaters September 15th is REBEL IN THE RYE.

The world of legendary writer J. D. Salinger is brought vividly to life in this revealing look at the experiences that shaped one of the most renowned, controversial, and enigmatic authors of our time.

Set amidst the colorful backdrop of mid-20th century New York City, Rebel in the Rye follows a young Salinger (Nicholas Hoult) as he struggles to find his voice, pursues a love affair with famed socialite Oona O’Neill (Zoey Deutch), and fights on the frontlines of World War II. It’s these experiences that will inform the creation of his masterpiece, The Catcher in the Rye, bringing him overnight fame (and notoriety) and leading him to withdraw from the public eye for the rest of his life.

Costarring Kevin Spacey and Sarah Paulson, Rebel in the Rye offers a tantalizing window into the life and times of a little-understood genius who broke the rules and redefined American literature.

WAMG invites you to enter for the chance to win TWO (2) seats to the advance screening of REBEL IN THE RYE on September 13th at 7PM in the St. Louis area.

Answer the following:

Name the novel’s protagonist.

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. No purchase necessary. 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

Rated PG 13

http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/rebel-in-the-rye

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Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks, Alison Brie, Carrie Coon And Bruce Greenwood Starring In Steven Spielberg’s THE PAPERS

Tom Hanks (left) and Steven Spielberg in BRIDGE OF SPIES

Twentieth Century Fox and Amblin Entertainment’s riveting drama inspired by actual events, THE PAPERS, began principal photography in New York on Tuesday, May 30th. Academy Award winning director Steven Spielberg helms a powerhouse cast including Oscar winners Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks in THE PAPERS.

In June 1971 The New York Times, the Washington Post and the nation’s major newspapers took a brave stand for freedom of speech and reported on the Pentagon Papers, the massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned four decades and four US Presidents. At the time, the Post’s Katherine Graham (Streep) was still finding her footing as the country’s first female newspaper publisher, and Ben Bradlee (Hanks), the paper’s volatile, driven editor, was trying to enhance the stature of the struggling, local paper. Together, the two formed an unlikely team, as they were forced to come together and make the bold decision to support The New York Times and fight the Nixon Administration’s unprecedented attempt to restrict the first amendment.

THE PAPERS marks the first time Meryl Streep, Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg have collaborated on a project. In addition to directing, Spielberg will also produce along with Amy Pascal and Kristie Macosko Krieger.

The script was written by Liz Hannah and Josh Singer and features an acclaimed ensemble cast including Alison Brie, Carrie Coon, David Cross, Bruce Greenwood, Tracy Letts, Bob Odenkirk, Sarah Paulson, Jesse Plemons, Matthew Rhys, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bradley Whitford and Zach Woods.

An Amblin Entertainment production, THE PAPERS will be distributed domestically by Twentieth Century Fox and will be in select theaters December 22nd, going wide January 12th, 2018. Internationally, the film will be distributed through Amblin’s deals with Universal Studios, Reliance Entertainment, eOne and other international distribution partnerships.

OCEAN’S 8 First Look Photo – Sandra Bullock, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Mindy Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina And Rihanna

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Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Village Roadshow Pictures’ give audiences this first look at OCEAN’s 8 from one of New York City’s most iconic locales: the subway.

The tide will turn as (L-r) Debbie Ocean (SANDRA BULLOCK) attempts to pull off the heist of the century at New York City’s star-studded annual Met Gala.

Her first stop is to assemble the perfect crew: Lou (CATE BLANCHETT); Nine Ball (RIHANNA); Amita (MINDY KALING); Constance (AWKWAFINA); Rose (HELENA BONHAM CARTER); Daphne Kluger (ANNE HATHAWAY); and Tammy (SARAH PAULSON).

Oscar-nominated filmmaker Gary Ross is directing.

Ross directs from a screenplay he wrote with Olivia Milch (upcoming “Dude”), with Steven Soderbergh and Jon Kilik producing, Michael Tadross, Susan Ekins, Sandra Bullock, Diana Alvarez and Bruce Berman executive producing, and Milch co-producing. Filming is taking place in and around New York City.

Collaborating with Ross behind the scenes are director of photography Eigil Bryld (“In Bruges,” “Not Fade Away”), production designer Alex DiGerlando (“Beasts of the Southern Wild,” HBO’s “True Detective”), editor Juliette Welfling (“Free State of Jones,” “The Hunger Games”), costume designer Sarah Edwards (“Tower Heist,” Showtime’s “Billions”), and composer Nicholas Britell (“The Big Short,” “Free State of Jones”).

OCEAN’S 8 is set for release in Summer 2018 and will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company, and in select territories by Village Roadshow Pictures.