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Posted by Chris on June 19, 2006 at 5:44 pm.

After ticking a few non-air-conditioned local destinations off our list, the boys and I hit the St. Louis Science Center this afternoon. While there, we took in the IMAX presentation of Tom Hanks’ “Magnificent Desolation: Walking on the Moon”. The film was stunning on the massive IMAX wrap-around screen; it was well […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Family, Science, Film

Posted by Chris on May 24, 2006 at 4:24 pm.

Crooks and Liars has a post up by actor and former “M*A*S*H” star, Mike Farrell. Farrell discusses the new HBO documentary, “Baghdad ER“.
I saw the film earlier this week. It’s both difficult to watch and impossible to turn off.
Farrell’s remarks about the film are exactly right. He offers a few choice words […]

Filed under: Politics, U.S., Film

Posted by Chris on May 17, 2006 at 9:07 am.

Back in my college days, my family and I once traveled to Toronto to take in what was then called the Canadian Open tennis tournament. Our visit happened to correspond with the Toronto opening of “The Last Temptation of Christ,” and protests of the film were front page news.
One of the local […]

Filed under: St. Louis, Religion, Culture, U.S., Film

Posted by Chris on March 8, 2006 at 10:05 am.

Created unskillfully and in little time using The GIMP.
Don’t get it? Click on the poster.

Filed under: Culture, Humor, Film, Missouri

Posted by Chris on March 6, 2006 at 9:05 am.

Even Jon Stewart could not entice my wife and I to watch the Academy Awards last night, so it was not until this morning that I learned that Brokeback Mountain failed to secure the big prize. That’s a shame. Although I have not yet seen the film, I looked forward to watching the […]

Filed under: Entertainment, Culture, U.S., Film

Posted by Chris on February 7, 2006 at 1:17 pm.

This is pretty clever.

Filed under: Humor, Film