reviews

Reviews of things I’ve watched

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Sammy Scott’s

I don’t think I’ve ever written a restaurant review before, but since I’m waiting for Dobbs to change the oil...

June 23, 2010
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The Lost Room

I just watched Sci-Fi Channel’s miniseries The Lost Room for the second time, and I have to say that it...

June 22, 2010
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Disappointed With LOST

I was disappointed with the Lost finale. There, I said it. It wasn’t very good. Actually, it was good —...

June 8, 2010
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Killers

Ashton Kutcher and Katherine Heigl make a pretty good team in the new romantic comedy Killers (whose plot seems strikingly...

June 7, 2010
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Avatar

I’m going to go out on a limb here and predict that Avatar will soon be the biggest-grossing movie of...

January 3, 2010
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Great Holiday Theater

I’ve been lucky enough to take in a couple of great Christmas-time shows this season and I wanted to pass...

December 22, 2009
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An Inconvenient Purpose

A few years ago some folks started asking the question, What Would Jesus Drive? I’m not sure how seriously the...

November 15, 2009
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The Hangover

I don’t go to the movies much (there are three reasons for this), and even when I do, I rarely...

June 28, 2009
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Lost Without LOST

It’s only been a week since the season finale of my favorite show LOST, but I’m already having withdrawals. Season...

June 5, 2008
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Indiana Jones 4

A while back, I wrote about how movie franchises rarely make it to the fourth installment, and that there’s a...

May 23, 2008
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Cloverfield

There certainly was a lot of hype surrounding this film, and J.J. Abrams has a lot riding on it since...

January 18, 2008
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Wicked

I’ve never been a fan of The Wizard of Oz but Wicked is not only a clever re-imagination of the...

December 23, 2007
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Live Free or Die Hard

Few movie franchises make it to the fourth installment, and there’s a reason for that. By the fourth one they’ve...

June 29, 2007
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Knocked Up

My expectations for this one might have been higher than usual since I thought The 40-Year-Old Virgin was so good....

June 1, 2007
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Spiderman 3

It’s probably been terribly over-hyped, although it’s still a good movie. I would say that some of the CG fight...

May 4, 2007
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Ghost Rider

It didn’t suck. I had set my expectations pretty low (as I do with all comic book-based movies), and it...

February 16, 2007
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Epic Movie

Never has so much been spent on so little to entertain so few. The budget for this film was certainly...

January 28, 2007
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The Good Shepherd

The acting is superb, and DeNiro’s direction is spot on, but don’t go see this movie if you are in...

January 7, 2007
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Casino Royale

So Daniel Craig’s not as bad as everyone said he was going to be. I’m by no means a fan...

December 17, 2006
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Spamalot

If you’re a Monty Python fan, you simply cannot miss Spamalot (currently playing a month-long engagement at the Fabulous Fox)....

November 11, 2006
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Kathy Griffin is Hilarious

We saw Kathy Griffin tonight at the new Touhill Performing Arts Center at UMSL, and she was her usual hilarious...

November 6, 2006