If you are going to see the environmental apocalypse film “2012” solely for the special effects, you are headed in the right direction. If you are lured to “2012” by star John Cusack and with hopes of story and acting, you have made a wrong turn.
“2012” is all about the visual effects, which are in fact spectacular.
The St. Louis International Film Festival is our once-a-year chance to sample some of the world's best current cinema. This year, a bit of the film fest comes to the University of Missouri - St. Louis campus, as part of a program of outstanding contemporary films from Bosnia, along with a pair of directors.
With films like “Three Monkeys,” a Cannes prize-winner, and Heath Ledger's real last film, directed by a former Monty Python, the St. Louis International Film Festival continues this week, with prize-winning films from other festivals, more local debuts of high-profile Hollywood films and some special programs that are just film fun.
Movies reviewed based on their trailers.
2012. Emmerich Smash! German-born director Roland Emmerich is at it again, destroying America for the third time via slick digital camera, CGI effects, and untold millions of budgeting. Something this fun to make should be, at very least, fun to watch.
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