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MINIONS
– Film Review – – By Cate Marquis – “Minions” spins off the little yellow henchmen of “Despicable Me” into their own movie. The animated comedy has plenty of comic gags as the accident- and goofiness-prone little guys search for a “boss” to serve, although perhaps not enough plot to sustain it all the way…
TESTAMENT OF YOUTH
– Film Review – – By Cate Marquis – “Testament of Youth” was a memoir of young British nurse in World War I that expressed the experience of a generation for a war that transformed both that generation and the world. The war took place near the start of the new century, as women were…
AMY
– Film Review – – By Cate Marquis – Watching “Amy” is like riding a terrifying roller coaster, a sort of horror film as documentary where you want to warn the heroine not to open that door. Whether one has an interest in the late six-time Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse or not, director Asif Kapadia’s…
DOPE
– FILM REVIEW – – By Cate Marquis – The comedy “Dope” starts out showing three definitions for that word – a term for illegal drugs, as a word for a clueless, dimwitted person, and as slang for something cool. In a way, all three definitions fit the story in the surprising, original and very…
St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase film festival July 19-23, 2015
St Louis Filmmakers Showcase 2015 took place July 19-23 at the Tivoli Theater in the Delmar Loop. Cinema St. Louis, the non-profit presenter of the annual St. Louis International Film Festival, presented their local filmmakers festival, St Louis Filmmakers Showcase, on July 19-23 at Tivoli Theater. From the Cinema St. Louis website www.cinemastlouis.org: The Whitaker…