Thanks to my friend and loyal FC reader Dan Stephens from Top 10 Films for inviting me to join this fun blog-a-thon! Dan explained in this post that the idea for the blog-a-thon comes from the film Last Action Hero starring Arnold Schwarzenegger. The basic idea is what if you had a magic ticket that …
Continue reading Houdini Magic Tickets Blog-a-thon – What I’d do if I had them
Earlier today, the international trailer to Christian Bale's epic WWII drama was released. Set in both Mandarin and English dialog, this is China's most expensive film ever to produce. According to THR, China’s Film Bureau has submitted it to the Academy Award for Best Foreign-Language Film category. Well, considering this comes from an acclaimed Chinese director …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: The Flowers of War
The über talented Viggo Mortensen turns 53 today. Wow, he certainly doesn't look like he's hit the big 5-0! The Danish-American actor had quite a worldly upbringing as his family traveled quite a bit and he spent several years living in Venezuela, Argentina and Denmark, hence his multilingual ability. According to his Wiki page, he …
Continue reading Happy Birthday Viggo Mortensen! You’ll always be Aragorn to me.
I saw this on my weekly Impawards.com visit and it immediately grabbed my attention. I first heard about this project from my friend Novia, a.k.a. the world's biggest Cillian Murphy fan, on her Cillian's project update post. This marks the second movie Cillian does with Red in the title, the first movie I saw him …
Thanks to a tweet from my friend Ted, I learned that my long-time crush Gerry Butler is in negotiation to star in a submarine thriller Hunter Killer. Per LatinoReview, the movie is based on the novel, Firing Point from authors George Wallace and Don Keith, here's the plot: An untested submarine captain must work with …
There's nothing interesting at the cinema this weekend, but it's always nice to catch up on older movies I've been meaning to see. This past Friday was our first Girls Movie Nite since its summer hiatus and my girlfriends and I had initially settled on Water for Elephants. The trailer looks pretty good and the …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup: Starter for Ten & A Scanner Darkly
Woo hoo, TGIF! I usually don't post trailers on a Friday but tonight is our monthly Girls Movie Nite with my girlfriends, which had been on hiatus all Summer, and we'll be watching a British indie called Starter For Ten. It's a coming-of-age comedy starring James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall and Benedict Cumberbatch. I love the cast …
Continue reading Indie Trailers Spotlight: Main Street, Oranges & Sunshine, and Toast
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