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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Inside the Academy Infographic – just who are the Oscar voters?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Inside the Academy, LA Times, movies, Oscar 2012, Oscar nominees, oscar voters, The Academy Awards, who are AMPAS members? on February 21, 2012 | 43 Comments »
Famous Actors Screen Tests: Every star has to start somewhere
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Flix List, tagged Audrey Hepburn screen test Roman Holiday, Christopher Reeve screen test Superman, famous actors screen tests, Gerard Butler screen test Lara Croft, Gone with the Wind screen tests, Marlon Brando screen test Rebel Without A Cause, movies, Russell Crowe screen test LA Confidential on February 16, 2012 | 41 Comments »
One of the marketing campaigns my creative team is working on right now involve some serial web-isodes. I missed the whole audition process as I took a day off on Monday, but on my co-workers’ desk the next day I saw a stack of actors’ resumes and head-shots that he’s currently sorting through. It kind [...]
Valentine Special – 59 Reasons I LOVE Roman Holiday!
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Flix List, tagged 59 reasons I love Roman Holiday, Audrey Hepburn, best romantic comedy, Dalton Trumbo, Eddie Albert, Gregory Peck, Happy Valentine's Day, movies, Roman Holiday, Roman Holiday Vespa scene, William Wyler on February 14, 2012 | 45 Comments »
Happy Valentine’s Day, everybody! May love – romantic or otherwise – fills your heart and puts a smile on your face. Well, a movie that always makes me smile as well as tear up with heartache and joy at the same time is none other than William Wyler’s 1953 masterpiece rom-com Roman Holiday. And since [...]
A mini tribute to one of the greatest singers of all time… RIP Whitney Houston
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Flix List, tagged Jordin Sparks Sparkle 2012, movies, RIP Whitney Houston, Top 5 Favorite Whitney Houston songs, Waiting to Exhale, Whitney Houston dead at 48, Whitney Houston Sparkle remake, Whitney Houston The Bodyguard on February 12, 2012 | 35 Comments »
My heart is heavy today… I just heard about Whitney’s death this morning as I didn’t tune in to the news all day yesterday. I know that BAFTA is going on tonight and I was thinking of blogging about that but I felt like paying tribute to one of my all time favorite singers. Another [...]
Romance, Sci-fi Nostalgia or Action? What are you watching this weekend?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Denzel Washington, Journey 2: The Mysterious Island, movies, new releases February 2012, Safe House, Star Wars Episode 1 3D, Steven Soderbergh Haywire, The Vow, weekend releases on February 10, 2012 | 55 Comments »
Happy Friday everyone! Well, the cold snap is back here in my neck of the woods, with high only in the teens and below zero windchill, brrrrrr. It’s fairly typical of course so I’m not whining by any means, it’s just we’ve been sort of spoiled this year with a relatively mild Winter. Anyway, February [...]
Five For The Fifth – February 2012 Edition
Posted in Five for the Fifth, Upcoming Flix, tagged alternative superhero movies, Chronicle movie, Eric Bana, football movies, Jessica Chastain, Joel Edgerton, Keanu Reeves, Kodak Theater Oscar, movies, Rebecca Hall, Superbowl 46, The Replacements I Will Survive scene on February 5, 2012 | 36 Comments »
Hello folks, welcome to the February 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. So let’s get started, shall we? [...]
Retro Friday – Why I LOVE The Rocketeer
Posted in Random Thoughts, The Flix List, tagged 20th Anniversary Rocketeer, Jennifer Connelly, Joe Johnston, movies, retro superhero movies, Rocketeer Blu-ray, The Rocketeer, The Rocketeer soundtrack James Horner, The Rocketeer underrated, Timothy Dalton on February 3, 2012 | 31 Comments »
A few days ago, the Blu-ray version of The Rocketeer arrived in the mail. I’ve been waiting for this movie for so long and finally Disney released the BD on it’s 20th Anniversary. I’m dismayed that there are NO special features whatsoever which is just so lame, I mean to call it a ’20th Anniversary [...]
Oscar 2012 Nominations: The Good, the Bad and the WTF
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged 2012 Oscar, 84th Academy Awards, best and worst of Oscar nominations, Hugo and The Artist sweeps Oscar nominations, movies, Oscar snubs 2012, the good the bad and the WTF Oscar nominations, Who's snubbed by 2012 Oscar? on January 24, 2012 | 51 Comments »
All right, now that the nominations are announced, it’s time to pick ‘em all apart You can view the full nominations here (thanks to Red Georges at AM). The Good: First off, I’m thrilled to see both Octavia Spencer and Viola Davis getting nominated for The Help! Now I’d be even more thrilled if Davis [...]
Musings on Oscar’s Best Picture Nominations… and My Predictions
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged 84th Academy Awards, genre biases in Oscar Best Picture, how many Best Picture nominees in 2012, movies, Oscar Best Picture trivia, Oscar night, Oscar nominees, Oscar predictions, will The Artist win Best Picture on January 23, 2012 | 28 Comments »
Hello and welcome to the eve of the Oscar nominations or Oscar night, namely the night only Hollywood folks and movie buffs give a damn about Truthfully I almost forgot about the Oscar nominations if it weren’t for the Classical NPR station I listened to during rush hour traffic. They actually ran a special program [...]
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