Saturday, March 2, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in O'Fallon and nearby.
Are you a movie buff or fanatic? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! It's free, quick and easy to do so! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com. Jac the Giant Slayer Mark Glass, Patch blogger: ** Here’s yet another fairy tale stretched into a somewhat more adult action-adventure flick following what Hollywood has done lately to Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Hansel & Gretel, and perhaps a couple of others. These stem from a couple of irresistible temptations - the ease of creating fanciful worlds and creatures with today’s computer graphics, and the perceived box-office advantage of offering …
Friday, March 1, 2013
Chris Bostic's debut novel, "Fugitives from Northwoods," was released on Feb. 14.
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in O'Fallon.
Are you a movie buff or fanatic? Or maybe you just enjoy the occasional dinner and a movie date? Either way, Patch would be thrilled to have you on board as a movie blogger! It's free, quick and easy to do so! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Brian Feldt at brianf@patch.com. Snitch Mark Glass, Patch blogger: ** Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson tries his hand at more realistic dramatic fare in this supposedly fact-inspired tale of a father trying to save his son from a long prison stretch on a shaky rap as a drug dealer. The kid is caught with a bag of pills. He’s been set up by his pal, who made him the fall guy when he was busted. All this one needs to do is find someone else to finger, or face a ridiculously harsh 10-year minimum …
Friday, February 22, 2013
Sophomore Tiala Taylor has been dancing since she was three years old.
Tiala Taylor, 15, a dancer from Fort Zumwalt North High School, has moved on to the semi-final round of the 3rd Annual St. Louis Teen Talent Competition. This showcase of talented teen performers was first produced at the Fox Theatre in 1985 and 1986. In 2011, it was given new life by the Fox Performing Arts Charitable Foundation. The competition spotlights singers, dancers, musicians, comedians and circus arts performers. The Zumwalt North sophomore has been dancing since she was three years old, and she is currently on the varsity dance team. Tayor wants to major in dance in college and someday perform with a dance company around the world. Asked about her family's reaction to her selection as a semi-finalist, Tayor said, "They love it…
Saturday, February 16, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in Maryland Heights and St. Louis, MO.
Editor's Note: Some reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone. Save Haven Mark Glass, Patch blogger: **½ The quiet drama, based on a novel by Nicholas Sparks, plods along as its inevitable romance blossoms, with some helpful advice from her other new friend—an attractive neighbor (Cobie Smulders), who seems nearly as secretive about her own backstory as our leading lady on the lam. We like Hough’s character, and hope she’s not really the perp of the pursuit, but don’t discover the truth of why she landed there for longer than the plot requires. Expect more focus on finding love than solving crimes as the tale unfolds. The action eventually picks up for a rather farfetched climax, with a welcome little perk at the end. If you find …
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Saturday, February 9, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in Maryland Heights and St. Louis, MO.
Editor's Note: Some reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone. Identity Thief Mark Glass, Patch blogger: * This lame-brained comedy might actually be funnier that this rating indicates, though wasting gifted actors like Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy calls for consequences. Identity theft is a serious problem. That doesn’t preclude milking laughs from a hyperbolized example, but the script has to serve the cast and concept far better than this one does. Bateman plays a corporate financial drone with a lovely family and nice little life in Denver. McCarthy not only runs up huge bills and a DUI under his name in Florida, but does so just when he’s starting a great new job that will vanish within a week if he can’t clear the …
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Monday, January 21, 2013
Want to watch an Academy Award-nominated film around St. Louis? Type in your zip code to the Moviefone finder to find the latest showtimes.
Want to know what the Oscars will look like this year? We've got a rundown of all the 2013 Oscar nominations below. Want to know what Academy Award-nominated films are playing near O'Fallon? Check out the Moviefone finder above and type in your zip code to find the latest showtimes. As for this year's awards, director Steven Spielberg's historical drama "Lincoln" earned a leading 12 nominations Thursday for the 85th Annual Academy Awards, followed by Ang Lee's "Life of Pi" with 11, while the musical, "Les Miserables," directed by Tom Hooper, and David O. Russell's "Silver Linings Playbook" tied with 8 nods each. "Lincoln" was nominated for best picture and gave Spielberg his eighth best director nomination. A win would be his third in the…
Friday, January 18, 2013
There's still time to catch a showing of all the Oscar nominees!
The 84th Academy Awards ceremony takes place on Feb. 24, 2013. Since the very first awards ceremony in 1929 (which cost the participants $5 to attend!), 2,809 of the gold-plated Oscar statuettes have been handed out to moviemaking's best. Here are this year's nominees. There's still time to check them out (well, many of them, anyway) before the big night! Best Motion Picture Argo Amour Beasts of the Southern Wild Django Unchained Les Misérables Life of Pi Lincoln Silver Linings Playbook Zero Dark Thirty Achievement in Directing Ang Lee, Life of Pi Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild David O. Russell, Silver Linings Playbook Michael Haneke, Amour Steven Spielberg, Lincoln Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role Bradley Cooper, …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Patch rounds up a list of events going on this week in O'Fallon.
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Wednesday, December 26, 2012
If the kids are bored, check out these suggestions for ways to entertain in St. Charles, St. Louis and beyond.
You don't have to travel far to entertain kids on winter break. Consider these options for the upcoming week:
duncan faber
10:25 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
Audiobooks! We have 5 kids, and their ipods are always loaded with stories... just in case. There are lots of great sites, but we use this one a lot because all the stories are original and free. Here's the link if anyone is interested. http://www.twirlygirlshop.com/moral-stories-for-kids more ›