Wonderstruck: Beautiful But Gives Away Twists

by Sandra Olmsted Director Todd Haynes, well-known for his striking visual storytelling, ravishingly adapts author-illustrator-screenwriter Brian Selznick’s 2011 epic fable, the illustrated novel of the same name mostly with images…

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Tallent, Campbell, Ranin Get State Swim Medals At St. Peters Rec-Plex

By Jim Wieners McCluer senior Drew Tallent and Hazelwood West seniors Spencer Campbell and Rami Hanin take home Swimming medals Nov. 3-4 at the St. Peters Rec-Plex. Tallent finished fifth…

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Lutheran North Stops Trinity; Hazelwood Central, East Fall

By Jim Wieners Too bad that about 5,000 fans according to media reports, including power-five conference college scouts, at Lutheran North’s Bill Lamothe Football Field were not watching a Class…

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Little Creek Nature Area Previews 2018 50th Anniversary Celebration

  Ferguson Florissant School District's Little Creek Nature Area kicked off its year-round 2018 50th Anniversary celebration on Saturday, Oct. 28 at its annual homecoming at 2295 Dunn Rd. The…

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Pam Grier Opens St. Louis International Film Festival

by Sandra Olmsted  The 26th Annual Whitaker St. Louis International Film Festival (SLIFF) opens with a special reception featuring Pam Grier and premiere of the locally produced indie comedy, Bad…

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‘A Bad Moms Christmas’: Uneven but Still Very Funny

By Sandra Olmsted With A Bad Moms Christmas, writers/directors Jon Lucas and Scott Moore bring it on with a follow up to their popular 2016 comedy Bad Moms. In this…

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