Movie Reviews for The Great Gatsby, Iron Man 3, The Reluctant Fundamentalist and More

Find movie reviews written by Patch blogger Mark Glass and showtimes for theaters in the St. Louis-area, including University City.

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 …

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Movie Reviews: The Company You Keep, Mud and More

Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in and around University City.

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 …

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Movie Reviews: Oz the Great and Powerful, Jack the Giant Slayer, Emperor and More

Find movie reviews and movie times for theaters in University City and St. Louis, MO.

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. Oz the Great and Powerful Mark Glass, Patch blogger: **½ This overlong prequel to the classic Wizard of Oz offers much to admire, but more to regret. Its new screenplay gives us the backstory on how the Wizard wound up there before Dorothy blew into town for her famous adventure. With the resources of the Disney empire and Sam Raimi at the helm, one might expect another fantasy for the ages. One would be severely disappointed. James Franco stars as Oz, a …

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Movie Reviews: Stand Up Guys, Amour, Hansel and Gretel and More

Movie reviews and movie times for theaters around St. Louis, MO.

Editor's Note: Some reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone. Stand Up Guys  Mark Glass, Patch blogger: **½ It’s almost always a treat to watch old pros play to their strength in familiar waters. This crime drama with generous doses of humor and sentimentality serves up Christopher Walken, Al Pacino and Alan Arkin in one last walk on the wild side. Pacino is fresh out of jail after 28 years for a robbery that went bad; partnerWalken kept in touch, and greets him at the gates. Arkin was their wheel man, now in a nursing home from end-stage emphysema, making one of the geezers a wheezer, too. These guys were small timers, with little to show for their careers. Even worse, the Big Boss expects Walken to whack Pacino, because one of …

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Christmas 2012: Movies to Watch on Christmas Day

Hitting the theaters this holiday weekend? See which ones are having opening day between now and Christmas.

The box office is busy this time of year, and several new films are coming to theaters for the Christmas holiday weekend. If you are looking to go out with family and friends around University City, be sure to check listings at the Tivoli Theatre, AMC Esquire 7, Galleria 6 Cinemas or Hi-Pointe Theatre.  Patch has a quick round-up of the movies opening in theaters Dec. 21-25.  Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes.com and Flixster. This is 40 Release date: December 21 MPAA Rating: R for sexual content, crude humor, pervasive language and some drug material Genre: Comedy Run time: 2 hours, 14 minutes Starring: Paul Rudd, Leslie Mann, Maude Apatow, Iris Apatow Rotten Tomatoes rating: 62% of critics liked it Zero Dark Thirty Release date: …

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Movie Reviews: The Hobbit, Playing for Keeps, Hyde Park and Killing Them Softly

Find movie reviews from and movie times for theaters across St. Louis.

Editor's Note: All reviews and information aggregated from Moviefone. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey  "Charming, spectacular, technically audacious… in short, everything you expect from a Peter Jackson movie. A feeling of familiarity does take hold in places, but this is an epically entertaining first course." From Matthew Leyland of Total Film. Full Review.   "As epic, grandiose, and emotionally appealing as the previous pictures, The Hobbit doesn't stray far from the mold, but it's a thrilling ride that's one of the most enjoyable, exciting and engaging tentpoles of the year." From Rodrigo Perez of The Playlist. Full Review.   "I'm holding the filmmaker responsible for getting us all back again - to feelings of excitement and delight…

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Shut Up and Play the Hits Playing the Tivoli

A look at what's playing this week at University City's independent theatre.

Welcome to Times at the Tivoli, a weekly look at what's playing at U City's independent theater. Each week we will look at what is playing at the Tivoli Theatre. Playing the week of July 20-26 are:

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Who You Gonna Call? Ghostbusters Plays the Tivoli

A look at what's playing this week at University City's independent theatre.

Welcome to Times at the Tivoli, a weekly look at what's playing at U City's independent theater. Each week we will look at what is playing at the Tivoli Theatre. Playing the week of July 13-19 are:

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Times at the Tivoli: Rocky Horror Picture Show

A look at what's playing this week at University City's independent theatre.

Welcome to Times at the Tivoli, a weekly look at what's playing at U City's independent theater. Each week we will look at what is playing at the Tivoli Theatre. Playing the week of July 6-12 are:

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Times at the Tivoli: See Spaceballs on the Big Screen

A look at what's playing this week at University City's independent theater.

Welcome to Times at the Tivoli, a weekly look at what's playing at U City's independent theater. Each week we will look at what is playing at the Tivoli Theatre. Playing the week of April 13-19 are:

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