Motifs in Cinema Project: Love (and/or Marriage)

I was recently asked by Andrew Kendall at Encore Entertainment to contribute a post for the Motifs in Cinema blogging project. 2012, a multi-site themed blogging projects of 11 writers looking at 11 motifs from films last year. When Andrew emailed me the topics for the Motifs in Cinema Project, for some reason I gravitated …

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Movie Jail Relay Race – 12th Round

You've probably seen this Relay Race been going around in the past few months. I love this brilliant idea, courtesy of my pals Nostra and Terrence which started back in late November. Here's the gist: It’s time to put some movie people in jail. The object is to give a prosecutor’s argument as to why …

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The Christmas List Blogathon

Hello everyone! I'm back! Actually I've been back since last Saturday but sooo exhausted from our hectic trip and the long layovers so I really had no energy to blog. I did manage to update the layout a bit as my theme got an upgrade to a wider format so I did a little bit …

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My Movie Alphabet Blogathon – Actors/Directors Edition

Thanks to Mettel Ray for starting this Movie Alphabet as part of her 400th Blog Post celebration! Her original list consists of movies, directors, actors and actresses, but to switch things up, I'd like to just focus on actors and directors for my list as I've done the film version in this Cinematic Alphabet a …

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10 Favorite Directors’ Quotes Relay Race

Another relay race has been circulating around, similar to the Best Actors and Actress Relay Race I did a few months ago. This time it's David from Taste of Cinema who started the relay race to share some of our favorite quotes from filmmakers. Thank you John @ John Likes Movies for tagging me! Here's …

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Small Roles Big Performances: Don Cheadle in Devil in a Blue Dress (1995)

... Greetings, all and sundry. Allow me a few moments to entertain and possibly elucidate in an arena that all actors and actresses dream of. To be given a secondary role in a film with a strong lead, a better than decent story and a budget and director worthy of telling a story well. In …

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Presenting the Small Roles… Big Performances Blogathon!

Welcome to FlixChatter's SMALL ROLES.... BIG PERFORMANCES blog-a-thon! The idea of this blog-a-thon is to... Shine a spotlight on the 'unsung heroes' if you will, the overlooked performers who add so much richness & entertainment value to the film no matter how brief their appearance is, but yet they don't get the credit they so …

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