Weekend Viewing Plans and Music Break: The King’s Speech Score

Hello everybody, happy Friday! My office will be closed for President's Day on Monday so it'll be a three-day weekend, YAY! I haven't been to the theater for a while. I think the last film I saw at the theater was The Fighter back in January, wow! Well, I don't know if I'll make it …

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The Flix List: Seven Great Directors Working in Hollywood Today

A while back I wrote about hack directors working in Hollywood. Well, to balance things out, now how about some of the great ones who are still churning out some great films. I’ll also list some of their upcoming projects that I’m looking forward to see on the big screen. (rtm's note: also check out …

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Playing Hollywood producer for a day

Castor @ Anomalous Material has done it again! He created yet another addictive but fun (well of course it's fun or it wouldn't be addictive, right?) game for movie lovers call the Movie Fantasy League. It's like Fantasy Football, but instead of being a “general manager” of a fantasy baseball team, you are the head …

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Casting and Miscellaneous Flix News (Brits Edition)

I haven't done a miscellaneous flix news post in a while, but this week I want to share a few things from the past few days. It's a Brits edition in honor of the BAFTA Awards this past Sunday. First, congratulations to all the BAFTA winners (see the full list here)! The British Academy of …

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The Flix List – Valentine Edition: 10 Romantic Comedies I LOVE

It's Valentine's Day eve! Guys, did you order your flowers yet? 😀 Romantic comedies or rom-com for short, gets a bad rep these days. Obviously a lot of them deserve it, i.e. When in Rome, Leap Year, The Ugly Truth, etc. which can't even be included in the 'so bad it's good' category. Alas, year …

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The Flix List – Birthday Edition: Fave movies from each decade I’ve lived through

Happy Friday, everyone! Today is my birthday. Apparently I share my b'day with quite a few famous people: Thomas Alva Edison, Eva Gabor, Burt Reynolds, the late Leslie Nielsen, Sheryl Crow, Sarah Palin, Carey Lowell, Jennifer Aniston and um, Taylor Lautner. Hmmm, an eclectic group, wouldn't you say? Just for fun I thought I'd list …

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THIS JUST IN! X-Men: First Class trailer is finally here!

I've had the X-Men Facebook page up all day long but it's been a hectic day filled w/ meetings. But when I hit refresh a few minutes ago, voila!! You already know how much I've been anticipating this and was hoping this was released during the Superbowl. But now it's finally here! I don't want to …

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