HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!! What a year it’s been at the movies… sequels definitely ruled Hollywood in 2011 and no doubt this trend is likely to continue. According to this site, the movie industry churned out 28 sequels, the most ever released in a single year! And this Box Office Mojo list shows that 7 out of [...]
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2011 Movies Year in Review
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Flix List, tagged 2011 movies year in review, 2011 year of movie sequels, best movies of 2011, favorite movies 2011, good bye 2011, happy new year, hello 2012, movies, top 10 movies 2011 on December 31, 2011 | 59 Comments »
Counting down to 2012: Musings on Noteworthy Performances of 2011
Posted in The Flix List, tagged breakthrough actress 2011, favorite female performances 2011, Favorite male performances 2011, favorite performances of 2011, memorable supporting performances 2011, movies, Oscar-worthy performances on December 30, 2011 | 30 Comments »
The final days of 2011 is upon us, and it’s time to reflect on memorable performances I saw this past year. I resist on making a top 10 list because I haven’t seen everything released this year, yet I still want to share with you some of the performances I’ve enjoyed. Now I know some [...]
Counting down to 2012 – Ted’s Top Five Movies of 2011
Posted in The Flix List, tagged 13 Assassins, Drive movie, Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol, movies, Nicolas Winding Refn 'Drive', Rise of the Planet of the Apes, Ryan Gosling, Terrence Malick, Tom Cruise, top five films 2011, Tree of Life on December 29, 2011 | 23 Comments »
I have to confess that I haven’t seen many of the more prestige films this year, only the big-budget tent pole type. So I don’t know how credible I am by naming the top film best films of 2011 even though I haven’t seen a lot of the films that came out this year. So [...]
Counting Down to 2012 – Top Five Favorite Posters of 2011
Posted in Flix Posters, tagged favorite movie posters 2011, Midnight in Paris poster, movie posters, movies, My Week With Marilyn poster, Page One poster, The Artist poster, Tree of Life poster on December 28, 2011 | 33 Comments »
Three more days until 2011 wraps, folks… so between now and the end of the year, I’ll do various top five/ten list that’ll end with a year in review. Today, I’ll share my favorite official posters of movies released this year. I’m not including posters for movies released next year and beyond, but if I [...]
FlixChatter Review: The Artist
Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged Bérénice Bejo The Artist, jean dujardin, John Goodman The Artist, Michel Hazanavicius The Artist, movies, reviews, Silent film The Artist, The Artist, The Artist review on December 27, 2011 | 33 Comments »
Every once in a while a film comes along that ends up becoming the ‘talk of the town’ so to speak. This year, that film is this The Artist. I’ve been waiting to see this since I saw the trailer last May. A silent black and white film in this day and age is obviously [...]
Christmas Weekend Viewing Roundup
Posted in Weekend Roundup, tagged A Conversation with Gregory Peck, Dean Dujardin The Artist, Gary Oldman, movies, Peter Jackson Steven Spielberg Tintin, The Adventures of Tintin: The Secret of the Unicorn, The Artist, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, weekend viewing roundup on December 26, 2011 | 29 Comments »
Hello all, happy Monday! I hope a lot of you get today off as well as Christmas fell on a Sunday. Well, it’s been a nice, mellow Christmas weekend for me but boy did we watch quite a lot of movies! The three new movies I saw this past week couldn’t be more different from [...]
Wishing you all a blessed Christmas!
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Bedford Falls It's a Wonderful Life, Christmas classics, Christmas movies, It's A Wonderful Life, It's a Wonderful Life music, Merry Christmas, movies, The Artist, The Bishop's Wife, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy on December 24, 2011 | 25 Comments »
It’s Christmas eve and the sun is shining outside with no hint of the white, fluffy stuff outside. So yeah, this year there’s no White Christmas in Minnesota, I’m sure travelers and last-minute shoppers rejoice not having to deal with extra traffic caused by bad weather, but there is something so charming about snow-covered streets [...]
Music Break: Five Fave Scores from Gregory Peck Films
Posted in Music Break, tagged Arabesque music, Dimitri Tiomkin, Elmer Bernstein, Gregory Peck, Henry Mancini, Hitchcock Spellbound theme, movie music, movies, Spellbound soundtrack, The Big Country score, To Kill a Mockingbird score on December 22, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Hello all, I’m kind of taking a blogging break today… I was going to write a review of The Artist but I’ll save that for next week. So how about a bit of movie music to perk up your day. As you already know, my recent Gregory Peck marathon has been a blast. Out of [...]
Random Thoughts: The agony & ecstasy of [film-release] anticipation
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged most anticipated movies 2012, movies, Peter Jackson, Richard Armitage, The Dark Knight Rises trailer, The Hobbit, The Hobbit trailer, Thorin Richard Armitage on December 21, 2011 | 43 Comments »
Yuu huu… it’s raining trailers this week isn’t it? First we’ve got the final Batman saga The Dark Knight Rises from Christopher Nolan, I’m sure y’all have seen the epic trailer by now. Well, I was watching The Artist [a flawless movie, review to come] on an advanced screening last night so I missed all [...]
Weekend Viewing Roundup
Posted in Weekend Roundup, tagged Bourne Supremacy, Greer Garson, Gregory Peck, Helvetica documentary, Karl Urban, Matt Damon, movies, The Valley of Decision, Twelve OClock High, weekend roundup on December 20, 2011 | 38 Comments »
Hello folks, I’m assuming it’s a short week for most of you? For sure I won’t miss this 3-4 day work-week like this come January when the hustle and bustle returns at the office. Well, The Dark Knight Rises trailer pretty much sidelined this post, but I still want to give y’all a rundown of [...]
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