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 ‘Russell Crowe’
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 »
Scenes Spotlight: Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’
Posted in Scene Spotlight, tagged Al Pacino, American journalism, Christopher Plummer, director michael mann, journalism movies, Michael Gambon, Mike Wallace dead at 93, movies, philip baker hall, Russell Crowe, scene spotlight, The Insider, The Insider movie trailer on April 11, 2012 | 32 Comments »
CBS’ newsman Mike Wallace passed away last Saturday at the age of 93. He’s the star of the network’s TV news magazine 60 Minutes from the time it’s launched in 1968. As someone who almost majored in journalism in college, I certainly admired someone with such panache and brilliance. Surely Mr. Wallace was a pioneer and icon of [...]
In light of news that Gerard Butler & Sam Worthington in talks for Hunter Killer – Top Five Fave Brit/Aussie Actors Combo
Posted in Flix News, The Flix List, tagged Aussie actors, best British/Aussie actor combo, British actors, Christian Bale, Colin Firth Geoffrey Rush The King Speech, Gerard Butler Hunter Killer, Gerry Butler, movies, Russell Crowe, sam worthington, submarine movies on October 18, 2011 | 38 Comments »
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 [...]
2nd Blog-a-versary Special: 15 Questions Movie Meme
Posted in Flix News, tagged 15 questions meme, Gerard Butler, Gerry Butler, Hearts Want dream cast, movie meme, movies, Return to Me poignant chick flick, Russell Crowe, Scarlett O' Hara anti-heroine, Sense & Sensibility, The Passion of the Christ on June 10, 2011 | 46 Comments »
Anna from Defiant Success blog first came up with this movie meme back in May, I’ve been wanting to participate but haven’t got around to it. Other bloggers have since participated in this, here are a couple that I like: I Luv Cinema and My Film Views. Well, I figure it’s fitting to reveal more about my [...]
Random question of the week: Which celeb do you wish to be retweeted by on Twitter?
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Edgar Wright tweet, movies, Nathan Fillion, retweet, Russell Crowe, Simon Pegg, Twitter, Twitter movie trailer, Who would you wish to be retweeted by, Zack Snyder on January 21, 2011 | 48 Comments »
Happy Friday all! Those who are a bit of a Twitter addict (like me) or have a Twitter account you visit from time to time, y’know all it’s #FF time (it’s follow friday in case you didn’t know, which is an effective way to promote friends & followers by recommending them to your own followers). [...]
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 [...]
Chat-Worthy Actor: Mark Strong
Posted in Featured Actor/Director, tagged Body of Lies, British Actor, chat-worthy actor, Mark Strong, Mark Strong Sinestro Green Lantern, movies, Robin Hood Mark Strong Sir Godfrey, Rocknrolla, Russell Crowe, Stardust, The Jury on May 10, 2010 | 29 Comments »
Special thanks to guest blogger Samantha Klein of The Blog of Eternal Stench for her outstanding contribution! …. I have a confession to make. I play “Six Degrees of Russell Crowe”. Yes, I know it’s supposed to be Kevin Bacon, but I don’t watch Kevin Bacon stuff, and I’m a huge Crowe fan. I’ve seen [...]
Movies that made going to the movies suck #26: GLADIATOR
Posted in Random Thoughts, tagged Ben Hur, Derek Jacobi Gladiator, gladiator, Gracchus Gladiator, Joaquin Phoenix, movies, Ridley Scott, Russell Crowe, Russell Crowe Maximus, swords & sandal flix, The Fall of the Roman Empire on May 4, 2010 | 30 Comments »
Hi everyone! Another blog event is upon us movie bloggers. Mike at You Talking To Me? Blog is compiling a list of influential movies that in its wake brings about other movies trying to capitalize on its success. So the list is basically about the great movies the were trailed by a bunch of pretty [...]








