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
reviews
Reviews of things I’ve watched
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
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
Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me
My favorite show on NPR is Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me, and we attended the live taping of Saturday’s show....
April 18, 2010
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
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
Kathy Griffin at the Fox
It’s been almost two years since we last saw her at Touhill, and she’s won a second Emmy since then...
July 13, 2009
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
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
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
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
Kathy Griffin is Still Hilarious
Welcome Kathy Griffin fans! I’m not exactly sure why, but ever since I wrote my review of her performance a...
October 19, 2007
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
