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 …
Continue reading Musings on Oscar’s Best Picture Nominations… and My Predictions
When I was in Junior High, I had a major crush on this guy whom I went on a Summer Camp with. Look-wise he's quite perfect, with gorgeous dark hair and deep-set eyes. But then one day my friends and I ran into him in a parking lot. He rolled his car window down, lowered …
Continue reading Top Ten Favorite Actors with the Smoothest Voice
I'm always up for an intriguing documentary and this one looks to be a must-see for film fans everywhere. Produced by Keanu Reeves and directed by Chris Kenneally, it features interviews with powerful filmmakers in Hollywood, the likes of Martin Scorsese, David Lynch, Christopher Nolan, David Fincher, the Wachowski siblings, George Lucas, James Cameron, Steven Soderbergh, and …
Continue reading Featured Trailer: Keanu Reeves-produced Doc Side by Side
Greetings and welcome to all and sundry. It's my great pleasure to offer a Guest Review of a film I grew up with and have seen many, many times on television. With and without commercials. Though only a few times on the big screen. One of the great World War II films. Winner of two …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
All right, after months without a show to get excited about, finally Alcatraz arrives. I blogged about this back in September. Basically it's a procedural mystery thriller with elements of time travel thrown in... the trailer promises all kinds of twists and turns only JJ Abrams & co. could muster, what with Alcatraz prisoners disappearing from 50 years ago …
Continue reading Tube Watch: Thoughts on JJ Abrams’ ALCATRAZ
Hope y'all had a fine weekend. I skipped the Golden Globes telecast this Sunday, I only tuned in every once in a while when the winner I was rooting for did get the trophy. So I updated this Golden Globes nominees list with the winners. Incidentally I only got two of my predictions right: Best …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Golden Globes 2012, Henry’s Crime, Water for Elephants
Exactly a year ago today, I was excited that the long-overdue Martin Luther King Jr's biopic was supposedly getting made. But now, on the eve of the MLK holiday a year later, there is still NO definite plan on that particular project, or any other movie based on this inspiring American hero. We've got ALL …
Continue reading Whatever happened to the planned Martin Luther King Jr biopics?
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