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Guest Review – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 29, 2012 | 21 Comments »

Hello all, today’s review comes courtesy of Andy from the blog Ramblings of A Minnesota Movie Geek. Isn’t that an awesome name or what? Andy is a self-confessed geek in every sense of the word. Need proof? Well, he signs off his email with ‘May the Force Be With You’  He’s currently consumed by his [...]

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THIS JUST IN: ‘The Avengers’ Full Trailer #2

Posted in Flix Trailers, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 29, 2012 | 33 Comments »

HAPPY LEAP DAY everybody!! Somehow I knew the studios are going to take advantage of this day to release something BIG. Well, it doesn’t get any bigger this Summer than The Avengers! So take a look at all the Marvel superheroes Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, Captain America, Hawkeye and Black Widow leaping all [...]

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Snubbed by the Oscars – a Video Tribute (courtesy of JoBlo)

Posted in Awards Chatter, tagged , , , , , , , on February 28, 2012 | 39 Comments »

As is customary with every Oscar season, the word ‘snub’ reaches a massive spike as there are likely more reactions to who got overlooked than those who are actually nominated. Well, someone by the name of Nick Bosworth over at JoBlo.com actually created this video tribute to commemorate the people from various award categories who [...]

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Oscars 2012 – Recap and Reflections

Posted in Awards Chatter, tagged , , , , , , , , on February 27, 2012 | 50 Comments »

Happy Monday everybody! I was going to try to live blog this year just for the heck of it but I’m just not a fast enough typer, ahah. So I’ll just do a sort of play-by-play like I did with the Golden Globes last year. I was hoping the ceremony would already start by 6PM [...]

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Counting Down to Oscar 2012 – Winner Predictions

Posted in Awards Chatter, Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , on February 25, 2012 | 16 Comments »

It’s less than 24 hours until the 84th Academy Awards. But hey as my friend David @ Never Too Early Movie Predictions just posted his predictions on Friday, I suppose it’s not too late until the presenter takes out the card from the Oscar envelope, right? As I’ve posted in my nominees predictions, I missed the number of [...]

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Double Clooney Reviews: The Ides of March and The Descendants

Posted in Featured Actor/Director, Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 23, 2012 | 38 Comments »

As part of the LAMB Acting School 101 on George Clooney, I thought I’d review two of his recent films, one of which garnered him an Oscar’s Best Actor nod. Now, the idea of this monthly LAMB event is to highlight a different actor/actress whose performances, for better or worse, have left a mark on the [...]

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The Oscar Best Picture Project and Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) Review

Posted in Classic Flix, Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 22, 2012 | 35 Comments »

It’s Oscar Week, so today we’re taking a look at some of the past Best Picture films from each decade from the 20s to the 90s. With some help from my friends, below are a list of reviews they’ve selected from each decade. sss • Ruth – Gentleman’s Agreement (1947) • Iba @ I Luv [...]

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Inside the Academy Infographic – just who are the Oscar voters?

Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged , , , , , , , on February 21, 2012 | 44 Comments »

The Academy Awards are just days away. By this time next week, ardent movie fans and even casual movie fans will likely be participating in some kind of Oscar tittle tattle. Some of you might already know that the Oscar envelope just got a new makeover last year, updating the plain white envelope design they had [...]

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Weekend Roundup: THOR rewatch and IN TIME review

Posted in Flix Reviews, Weekend Roundup, tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , on February 20, 2012 | 40 Comments »

Happy Presidents Day, folks! I’ve got a day off today which is always nice. Well, I skipped the cinema again today as there just isn’t anything worth spending $10 bucks for. So on Friday night my hubby and I opted to finally open our THOR Blu-ray disc and re-watch it. As I’m anticipating The Avengers [...]

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Rental Pick: Bride & Prejudice (2004)

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on February 18, 2012 | 13 Comments »

This review is part of Impassioned Cinema‘s Romance February Event. Check out this hub page for more romance films’ reviews from other bloggers. As a fan of the Austen’s most celebrated novel, naturally my interest is piqued when I first heard about this project. I’m actually not a big fan of Bollywood musicals, even though it’s [...]

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