Kevin Renick | Under the Wishing Tree (s/r)
There’s an air of serenity that surrounds the entire album.
Kevin Renick
SLIFF 2009 Spotlight | Kevin Renick and “Up in the Air”
PLAYBACK:stl’s own Kevin Renick, whose song "Up in the Air" appears over the closing credits of the film of the same name. "I feel honored to be part of a movie, even if a small […]
Sissy Wish | Sparkling Nordic Electro-Pop
Little time is wasted on Sissy Wish’s Beauties Never Die; the album zips by in a flash, and it has a confidence in both the performance and production that gives it real muscle.
The Time Traveler’s Wife (New Line Cinema, PG-13)
McAdams is beautiful to watch and has a way of making you believe every moment of a scene, despite the improbable scenario.
Land of the Lost (Universal Pictures, PG-13)
Land of the Lost is a lowbrow take on time travel and alternate realities, based loosely on the cheesy old TV show.
Star Trek (Paramount Pictures, PG-13)
Damned if J.J. Abrams hasn’t worked his unstoppable magic once again.
Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (New Line Cinema, PG-13)
The concept is mucked up, by the way, as the "ghost" of a present girlfriend is hardly that; she’s one of Connor’s employees.
The Haunting in Connecticut (Lionsgate, PG-13)
The film is a well-directed, well-paced little thriller.
The International (Columbia Pictures, R)
Owen and Watts are intelligent, intuitive actors and you always know that more is going on behind their eyes than what the dialogue might indicate.
New in Town (Lion’s Gate; PG-13)
This is a more entertaining film than others of its type, thanks to Zellweger’s nicely grounded and appealing performance.