Guest Post: Musings on Darren Aronofsky’s departure from The Wolverine… and who should replace him

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 …

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Conspicuous Trailers of the Week: The Desert of Forbidden Art and The Princess of Montpensier

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 …

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The Flix List: Past and present directors who could/should still make great films

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 …

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Desert Island CD Blogathon: 12 songs I wish to have if I were stranded on a desert island

It's been a while since I participated in a blog-a-thon, so when my pal Castor from Anomalous Material initiated this one, inspired by last year's Desert Island DVD. This time, as the title obviously says, we're asked to list 12 tracks we wish we'd have with us if we're stranded on a desert island for …

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Coco Before Chanel and the exquisite Chanel’s celebrity perfume ads

Happy Friday all! Tonight is time for our monthly girls movie night and the movie we'll be watching is Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel) starring the lovely Audrey Tautou as the famed clothing designer. I've been wanting to see this movie for a while. As a woman who loves fashion, I'm naturally intrigued by …

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FlixChatter’s Most Anticipated 2011 Movies – Part II

Here's the second part of the movies I'm anticipating this year. Again, I only list those that I'd most likely be seeing in the cinema. The release dates information is courtesy of Movie Insider and The-Numbers. I will update accordingly if there are changes, as the information becomes available. AUGUST August 31 - The Debt …

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FlixChatter’s Most Anticipated 2011 Movies – Part I

This post has been in my draft folder for a while... originally I wanted to post right after award season is over. Now Oscar is already behind us for nearly a month (boy, I kinda forgot about it already), so I better not procrastinate any longer. This post will be divided into two parts, Part …

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