One of my favorite Scottish actors Ewan McGregor turns 40 today! Boy, he still looks so youthful. He certainly ages well and is still busier than ever! I’ve only seen about a dozen of his work, which sounds like a lot but it’s only a quarter of the number of films he’s churned out. Ewan [...]
Archive for March, 2011
Happy 40th Birthday Ewan McGregor!
Posted in Featured Actor/Director, tagged Ewan McGregor, Ewan McGregor motorcycle adventure around the world, Ewan McGregor Renton, happy birthday ewan mcgregor, Long Way Down documentary, Moulin Rouge Ewan McGregor Christian, movies, Scottish Actor on March 31, 2011 | 32 Comments »
Random Thoughts: Fabulous actors, puzzling choices
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Colin Firth The Accidental Husband, De Niro Al Pacino Righteous Kill, fabulous actors puzzling choices, Gary Oldman Red Riding Hood, good actor bad movies, movies, Ralph Fiennes Maid in Manhattan, worst reviewed movies on March 29, 2011 | 94 Comments »
This is another one of those posts that’s been sitting in my draft folder for ages. I actually started writing this back in December! But some of the comments on the Gary Oldman post questioning his decision to take on Red Riding Hood inspired me to finish this. The Twilight-ish version of the classic fairy [...]
FlixChatter Review: Jane Eyre
Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged Cary Fukunaga Jane Eyre, Charlotte Bronte Jane Eyre, Jamie Bell Jane Eyre, Jane Eyre 2011 adaptation, Jane Eyre 2011 review, Mia Wasikowska Jane Eyre, Michael Fassbender Rochester, movies, Timothy Dalton Rochester on March 27, 2011 | 53 Comments »
After nearly a year of waiting, finally I got to see the latest version of one of my favorite classic love stories, Jane Eyre. The oft-filmed Charlotte Brontë’s gothic novel has been adapted into tv and motion pictures more than two dozen times, not to mention countless theater work of the same name. It’s amazing [...]
THIS JUST IN: ‘Three Musketeers’ Trailer
Posted in Flix Trailers, tagged Christoph Waltz Three Musketeers, Luke Evans Matthew Macfayden Three Musketeers, movie trailers, movies, Paul W S Anderson, Ray Stevenson, The Three Musketeers 2011, The Three Musketeers 2011 trailer on March 26, 2011 | 26 Comments »
I’ve always had a soft spot for Alexandre Dumas’ 17th century classic tale The Three Musketeers. Now, I haven’t seen any of Paul W. S. Anderson’s movies (for better or worse), as he’s known for movies like Resident Evil, AVP: Alien vs. Predator, Death Race, etc., none of which is my cup of tea. So [...]
Everybody’s Chattin: It’s Friday link love time!
Posted in Everybody's Chattin', tagged Elizabeth Taylor died at 79, Everybody's chattin', Jane Eyre 2011, LAMB Acting School Gary Oldman, movie watching plans weekend, movies, Sucker Punch Zack Snyder on March 25, 2011 | 36 Comments »
Happy Friday all! It’s the first Friday of Spring this year, though here in the Land of 10,000 lakes, temps are still hovering in the low 30s F, about 15 degrees cooler than average! But why be gloomy right? After all, it’s link love time! Check out these links for your reading enjoyment: Zack Snyder’s [...]
Chat-Worthy Thespian: Gary Oldman
Posted in Featured Actor/Director, tagged Best Gary Oldman roles, Bram Stoker's Dracula, chameleon actor, featured actor gary oldman, Gary Oldman, Gary Oldman The Dark Knight, movies, The Professional, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy Gary Oldman on March 23, 2011 | 39 Comments »
This is my LAMB Acting School debut post. It’s kind of perfect timing as the British thespian just turned 53 this past Monday! If I were to come up with top ten great actors who haven’t won an Oscar, Oldman would’ve certainly made the list. If you think that idea is atrocious, get this, he [...]
Guest Post: Musings on Darren Aronofsky’s departure from The Wolverine… and who should replace him
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Coen Brothers for Wolverine?, Darren Aronofsky dropped out of Wolverine, directors wishlist for The Wolverine, Duncan Jones, Hugh Jackman Wolverine, Matthew Vaughn X-Men: First Class, movies, Park Chan-Wook, Quentin Tarantino, The Wolverine movie on March 22, 2011 | 35 Comments »
So late last week, Fox announced that Darren Aronofsky won’t be directing the new Wolverine film. As a fan of Wolverine and the X-Men franchise, this was a huge blow to me. Even though I’ve never read any of the comic books, I was a huge fan of the cartoon show that aired in the 90s. I also [...]
Conspicuous Trailers of the Week: The Desert of Forbidden Art and The Princess of Montpensier
Posted in Flix Trailers, tagged Gaspard Ulliel The Princess of Montpensier, Igor Savitsky The Desert of Forbidden Art, movie trailers, movies, PBS Independent Lens The Desert of Forbidden Art, Tchavdar Georgiev director The Desert of Forbidden Art, The Desert of Forbidden Art documentary, The Princess of Montpensier on March 22, 2011 | 15 Comments »
I didn’t have my trailer post for last week, but today I’d like to highlight a couple of indie films that caught my attention. The Desert of Forbidden Art When I saw the trailer of this 80-minute documentary by Tchavdar Georgiev, I was blown away. As a designer, I feel an immediate curiosity to the [...]
The Flix List: Past and present directors who could/should still make great films
Posted in Flix News, tagged David Lean, Francis Ford Coppola, great Hollywood directors, living directors who haven’t done anything significant for a long time, movies, past directors you wish still working today, Richard Donner, Sam Peckinpah, Stanley Kubrick, William Friedkin on March 21, 2011 | 25 Comments »
By Ted Saydalavong I’ve written two articles for this site about Hollywood directors, both the hacks and the great ones. So this post completes my directors trilogy posts This time I’d like to focus on the past directors who have passed away and some who are still with us but hasn’t done anything significant in [...]








