Saturday, May 18, 2013
Find movie reviews written by Patch blogger Mark Glass and showtimes for theaters in the St. Louis-area, including Florissant
Are you a movie buff? 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! All you have to do is shoot a quick email to Ryan Martin at ryan.martin@patch.com. Star Trek: Into Darkness Patch Blogger Mark Glass: **** It’s time again to boldly go ... where tons of TV and movie cameras have gone before. Space. The final frontier. For context, this is the second feature film showing the original crew of the Enterprise in the beginning of their careers, in an alternate time line, allowing both overlaps and variations from the stories and characters that started the whole franchise. That allows Benedict Cumberbatch (best known as a contemporary Sherlock …
Sunday, May 12, 2013
Music Under the Stars has a jam-packed schedule for this year's series.
Florissant’s annual outdoor concert series returns to provide residents with more tunes and fun this summer. The Music Under the Stars has been happening for more than 10 years and gets the Fourth of July holiday off the ground. As usual the concert runs throughout the summer and concludes at the Old Town Fall Festival. All concerts begin at 7 p.m., with the exception of the Fourth of July, which starts at 7:30 p.m., and Old Town Fall Festival performance, which will be 1-3 p.m. Check out the tentative schedule for this year’s series: July 4, Northwinds Concert Band, Florissant Valley Park July 13, Ground Flow Fusion, St. Ferdinand Park July 20, Chaz 45 Band, St. Ferdinand Park July 27, SmashBand Superhits, St. Ferdinand Park Aug. 3, Billy…
Saturday, May 11, 2013
Find movie reviews written by Patch blogger Mark Glass and showtimes for theaters in the St. Louis-area, including North St. Louis County and St. Charles County courtesy of Moviefone.
Are you a movie buff? 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. The Great Gatsby Patch Blogger Mark Glass: **½ This latest screen version of the classic novel is a mixed bag of assets and flaws. Director and co-writer Baz Lurhrmann ambitiously tries for a 3-D spectacle with several lavish party scenes that Busby Berkeley would have envied. He inserts bits of anachronistically modern music into this 1922 setting. That worked beautifully in his Moulin Rouge, and hilariously in the opening joust of A Knight’s Tale, but feels overly …
Saturday, May 4, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in Crestwood, Sunset Hills and the St. Louis area.
Are you a movie buff? 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. --- Iron Man 3 Patch Blogger Mark Glass: *** Here’s what you need to know about the third installment of this wildly successful franchise from the Marvel Comics superhero stable. If you haven’t seen the first two flicks, don’t start here. You’ll be missing too much backstory to get into the flow. For veterans of the first two blockbusters, Robert Downey, Jr. and Gwyneth Paltrow are back as the leads, with Don Cheadle and Jon Favreau reprising their supporting roles. …
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in the Central and North St. Louis County-area.
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. Mud Patch Blogger Mark Glass: *** Welcome back to the bayous, y’all. After last year’s sleeper sensation, Beasts of the Southern Wild, we get another soggy setting for a lesser, but still worthy, coming-of-age drama that’s more about specific characters than a subculture. Here, a couple of teen boys, Ellis and "Neckbone" (one of the coolest nicknames in movie history) find a guy (Matthew McConaughey) hiding on an island in the sleepy backwaters near their …
Sunday, April 21, 2013
The Councilman writes his first book, "St. Louis Cardinals: Where Have You Gone?”
(Editor’s Note: Keith Schildroth is a former contributor for Florissant Patch.) Florissant resident Keith Schildroth previously held a sports writing position at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. But since then, he’s added City Councilman, Customer Service Representative and freelance writer to his resume with one more new addition – author. Schildroth recently co-authored a book, “St. Louis Cardinals: Where Have You Gone?” The book details the lives of players and other St. Louis Cardinals managers or office workers and their post-baseball lives, such as Vince Coleman, John Tudor and Ted Simmons. Writer and author Rob Rains first worked on the book in 2005. When it was bought from another publisher, Rains didn’t have enough time to update it. …
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in Florissant and the Greater St. Louis area.
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. Oblivion Mark Glass, Patch blogger: "**½ — As post-Apocalyptic sci-fi adventures go, this one’s a solid bet, and a near-miss to something special. The complicated plot serves up a number of surprises for Cruise, leading to plenty of stunning action sequences, as the fight for survival of our species rages on many fronts." Full movie review of Oblivion. - - - - - To The Wonder Mark Glass, Patch blogger: "* - If you enjoy those perfume commercials with …
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Patch blogger Mark Glass reviews the latest movies to hit the big screen! You can also use our Moviefone widget to check out movie times near you.
Are you a movie fan? 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. 42 "One of the all-time great sports movies — primarily because it's one of the all-time great sports stories." Steve Persall, Tampa Bay Times. "42 is competent, occasionally rousing and historically respectful — but it rarely rises above standard, old-fashioned biography fare. It’s a mostly unexceptional film about an exceptional man." Richard Roeper, Chicago Sun-Times. Do you plan on seeing this movie? Leave a review of the film with a comment below after you do. - - - - - Scary Movie 5 No reviews are available yet for this film. Do you plan…
Saturday, April 6, 2013
Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in Florissant and St. Louis, MO.
Are you a movie fan? 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. Jurassic Park 3-D Mark Glass, Patch blogger: **** Twenty years ago, Steven Spielberg added to his impressive list of WOW! movies, thrilling, scaring and fascinating the world with this sci-fi epic of cloned dinosaurs running amok at an island theme park. Now hordes of computer geeks have pounced upon the Master's master print, upgrading it with current 3-D technology to fine effect. Not only does the original story hold up, but the basic question of whether our collective wisdom is keeping pace with the rapid pace of scientific advances to use…
Friday, April 5, 2013
Sapp will headline the concert in collaboration with the American Heart and American Stroke associations, to raise awareness about the risk factors associated with a stroke.
The American Heart and American Stroke associations are bringing Pastor Marvin Sapp, popular American Gospel music singer-songwriter, to St. Louis on April 12 for an evening of inspiration at the Most Powerful Voices Concert and Health Fair. The free concert and health event will take place at Greater Grace Church located at 3690 Pershall Road in Ferguson. The purpose of the event is to educate the community about the risk factors associated with having a stroke. The health fair will begin at 4:30 p.m. and features health screenings, give-a-ways and CPR demos. The musical showcase begins at 7 p.m. To learn more about the Power to End Stroke program, visit www.strokeassociation.org/power or call 1-888-4STROKE.
Kimberly Parker
6:32 pm on Friday, April 12, 2013
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