Thanks to Andy for inviting me to My Movie Year blog-a-thon. This is the second time I’ve participated in Fandango Groovers’ blog event since the massively popular Desert Island DVDs. Below is the simple rule for the post: All you have to do is pick your favourite year for movies and back I up with [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Ridley Scott’
My Movie Year: The Year 2000
Posted in Blog Events, The Flix List, tagged Bruce Willis Samuel L Jackson Unbreakable, Chicken Run, gladiator, M Night Shyamalan, movies, movies released in 2000, my movie year, Return to Me, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Unbreakable, X-Men 2000 on April 15, 2012 | 75 Comments »
7×7 Award
Posted in Blog Events, tagged 7x7 Award, actors who are surprisingly good singers, Bond films, five for the fifth, gaston leroux, Gerry Butler, Hearts Want romantic thriller, movies, period drama heroes, Return to Me, Ridley Scott, Timothy Dalton on March 29, 2012 | 23 Comments »
You like me, you really like me! Ehm, pardon my heartfelt enthusiasm but I really am grateful for this award and pardon my tardiness in getting this post up. I share this award with my wonderful contributors, especially Ted S. and Jack Deth. Firstly, let me say thank you so very much Michael, Diana, Ruth, [...]
Trailers of the Week: Trailer 2 of Prometheus & Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Posted in Flix Trailers, tagged Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter trailer, Charlize Theron Michael Fassbender Prometheus, Michael Fassbender, movies, Prometheus, Prometheus Full trailer 2, Ridley Scott, Rufus Sewell Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter, Timur Bekmambetov on March 18, 2012 | 33 Comments »
Happy Sunday all! Hope you’ve recovered your festive St. Patrick’s Day! This is quite a big weekend for trailers, and given their epic-ness I can’t help but not posting ‘em here. PROMETHEUS Woo hoo!! I was already looking forward to this from the start but with this trailer, my excitement just jumped tenfold! In case [...]
Flix News of the Week: Ridley Scott possibly teaming up w/ Gerry Butler for an African thriller
Posted in Flix News, Upcoming Flix, tagged casting news, Gerard Butler, Gerry Butler, Gerry Butler Thunder Run, movie news, movies, Ridley Scott, Ridley Scott Gerry Butler team up forAfrican thriller, Ridley Scott prolific on November 18, 2011 | 23 Comments »
Ok yes I know, given how prolific Ridley Scott is (just check out this long list even from a year ago), who knows when we’ll see this project off the ground. But one can hope, right? I love Ridley’s work and you know how I feel about Butler, and so I’ve been hoping one day [...]
The Flix List: Ten books we wish to see adapted to the big screen
Posted in The Flix List, tagged Blood Meridian, books to movies, Brave New World, Fahrenheit 451, Love Walked In, movies, Persuasion, Ridley Scott, Story of King David on film, Teacher Man Frank McCourt, The Talisman Stephen King, Wishlist of movies to be adapted to the big screen on March 9, 2011 | 52 Comments »
Every year, dozens and dozens of movies are made based on literary works, be it a fiction, non-fiction, short story, children’s book, what have you. Even Wikipedia has to break it down to multiple subcategories to list them all. I guess the mindset in Hollywood is that if the book is successful, it could mean [...]
Guest Post – From Vision to Film: American Gangster
Posted in Flix News, tagged American Gangster from vision to film, Antoine Fuqua, Denzel Washington, from vision to film, Gerard Butler to star in Afterburn, movies, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, the story behind American Gangster on November 17, 2010 | 12 Comments »
Welcome to a new edition of From Vision to Film, courtesy of my pal Ted S., the movie connoisseur and walking movie encyclopedia We always try to be timely with this post series, so we’re posting it today to coincide with Russell Crowe’s new movie The Next Three Days (read my full review) and Denzel [...]
Musings on Blade Runner: What does it mean to be human?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Blade Runner, Blade Runner what does it mean to be human?, Harrison Ford, movies, musings on Blade Runner, Ridley Scott, rom-com about sex without emotions, Rutger Hauer Blade Runner, sci-fi movies on November 7, 2010 | 29 Comments »
As promised in my Friday post, I finally saw the cult-favorite Blade Runner last Friday. I see what all the fuss is about now, and to those who vouched for its important place amongst the best sci-fi movies ever made, glad to say it didn’t disappoint. It’s impressive given this was made 20 years ago [...]
15 Directors Meme
Posted in The Flix List, tagged Christopher Nolan, favorite film directors, James Cameron, movie directors meme, movies, Ridley Scott, Steven Spielberg, Zack Snyder on October 10, 2010 | 56 Comments »
I got tagged by film connoisseur Peter Eramo Jr. over at Magic Lantern Film to list 15 directors that have shaped the way I look at motion pictures. These are auteurs whose work I admire, even if I don’t necessarily go and see every single one of their films. Some of their work have defined [...]
Hollywood Movie Draft Pitch: Hearts Want
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Cate Blanchett, Daniel Henney, fantasy movie pitch, Gerard Butler, Helen Mirren, Hollywood Fantasy Draft dream cast, James McAvoy, Lee Pace, movies, Ridley Scott, romantic thriller Hearts Want, Timothy Dalton on September 6, 2010 | 48 Comments »
Happy Labor Day, everybody! Well, I finally finished the movie pitch I did as part of Anomalous Material’s month-long Hollywood Fantasy Draft blog-a-thon project. It has been quite er, laborious effort but definitely fun and worth every second! I realize it’s a long one, but I would appreciate you taking the time to read it [...]
Hollywood’s Fantasy Draft: My dream cast
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Anomalous Material Hollywood Fantasy Draft, Cate Blanchett, Daniel Henney, Eva Green, Gerard Butler, Helen Mirren, Hollywood Fantasy Draft, James McAvoy, Lee Pace, movies, Ridley Scott, Timothy Dalton on August 25, 2010 | 41 Comments »
Happy Wednesday all! In lieu of my scheduled posts that I have yet to finish, let me just take the time to share the mega blog-a-thon project I’m currently participating in. It’s a fantastic game from the genius mind of my buddy Castor Troy of Anomalous Material (a fantastic blog btw if you don’t already [...]








