Happy Cinco de Mayo to all who celebrate! 🇲🇽💃🏾🪅 The fifth of May is a holiday following Star Wars Day that marks the Mexican army's victory over France on May 5, 1862, at the Battle of Puebla during the Franco-Mexican War. So it's not the same as Mexican Independence Day. I'm a bit late to …
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Posts about specific movie/TV actors
MSPIFF 2025 Week 1 Recap – Films that I saw + A conversation with Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee
We were blessed with 'mostly' fantastic weather last week and a gloriously sunny weekend as I attended MSPIFF! Thank God for that, as there have been years where I had to cancel screening plans due to a snowstorm in April. My hubby and I even took a stroll by the Mississippi River in between screenings. …
RIP Dame Maggie Smith – 10 favorite roles of the venerable Grande Dame of Films + TV
This weekend started with a somber note with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith last Friday, who died at the age of 89. It's disheartening that I'm doing another tribute post after we lost the great James Earl Jones earlier this month, but I simply had to do a tribute to one of my favorite …
RIP James Earl Jones (1931-2024)—what an iconic voice, but he was so much more than just a voice actor
We lost a great Hollywood yesterday… James Earl Jones has passed away at the age of 93 in his home in Dutchess County, New York. He's indeed lived a long life but it was still a punch in the gut when I heard about his passing on NPR while I was driving… I was astonished …
Musings on 8 movies directed by actors that screened at TIFF 2023
It's been nearly 20 years since I visited TIFF in 2005. This was back when I was still obsessed with Gerard Butler, so my primary purpose was to see Beowulf & Grendel and I did get to shake Gerry's hand after the screening which still made me chuckle when I think about it. I was …
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Indie Film Spotlight – Cameron Cloutier’s Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film (Part 2)
Last year, I covered Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film, an impressive undertaking and a clear labor of love from filmmaker Cameron Cloutier. The multi-part series focused on FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Nico Abiera)'s history with his partner Windom Earle (Paul Griffith) and Earle's wife Caroline (Charlotte Roi) as well as Annie Blackburn …
Finally caught up with Denzel Washington’s only film franchise The Equalizer 1 & 2 – now I’m excited to see The Equalizer 3
This has been a rather hectic weekend for me with lots of activities. I didn't make it to the cinema, but one of the highlights in terms of movie-watching is that my hubby and I finally caught up with Denzel Washington's The Equalizer. As the third movie is coming out this Friday, we thought we …
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