HAPPY FRIDAY all! For this Friday, I'm inspired by my friend Josh's newest idea of doing a minimalist but thought-provoking post... Five Movies. In Five Words. I've sort of have a thing with the number five so hey, why not try this out. I know Fassy, er Magneto would agree 😀 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy …
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I'm so glad to live in a city where arts & culture thrive and are celebrated year round. Well, the biggest film event of the state, The Minneapolis St. Paul International Film Festival today or MSPIFF for short, opens today! I'll be picking up my Press Pass later this afternoon. Thanks to the Festival Coordinator (Eric) …
Continue reading Minneapolis St Paul International Film Festival (MSPIFF) – April 11-28
Boy oh boy! I've been looking forward to this film for quite some time now. In case you didn't know already, I'm a huge fan of District 9 which was a surprise to me as I didn't even know much about it when I saw it on the big screen. Well, it's been over three …
Continue reading Neill Blomkamp’s sci-fi thriller ELYSIUM’s Poster & Trailer Spotlight
The calendar says it's April. Spring? What Spring?? Hope it's much sunnier where you are as it's quite wet and gloomy here. In fact, looking at the 10-days forecast is quite depressing, full of rain/snow mix with temps barely making it out of 50 degrees! 😦 In any case, I didn't make it to the …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: The Secret of Kells and Gladiator re-watch
I almost missed Russell Crowe's birthday today. On April 7, the Aussie thespian turns 49. In case you didn't know, before Gerry Butler, I was quite obsessed with the New Zealand-born actor after seeing his performance in Gladiator back in 2000. The following year, I tried to watch as many of his older films as …
Continue reading Russell Crowe Birthday Tribute: Top 10 Favorite Roles of the Aussie Thespian
Hello folks, welcome to the 4th Five for the Fifth of the year! 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. 1. I had …
I've been wanting to feature this haunting score for a while now, and since Easter was just a few days ago, I thought it'd be fitting to feature it this week. Ennio Morricone is one of my favorite composers of all time, with Cinema Paradiso being one of my favorite scores ever. There's something so …
Continue reading Music Break: Ennio Morricone’s The Mission – Gabriel’s Oboe
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