Counting Down to Gone Girl – Ranking David Fincher’s Films

As part of countdown to Gone Girl that's out on October 3, and part Birthday tribute to David Fincher (he turned 52 in Sept. 28), I asked my pal Ted S. who's a longtime admirer of the director to rank nine of his films since Alien 3 in 1992.  David Fincher is one of the few elite A-list …

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Blogathon: 10 Actors I Would See In Just About Anything

Thank you to Lady Sati, whom I've been commiserating with in the agony & ecstasy of crushing over an underrated Brit, kindly passed the baton to me to join this awesome blogathon! This idea originated with Abbi at Where the Wild Things Are, and to be honest with you, it wasn't as easy as I …

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RIP Robin Williams… oh how you will be sorely missed.

I can't believe I had to do another in memoriam posts when the sting of the last one hasn't quite left me yet. I was just about to get on the elliptical machine at my gym when I saw my friend texted me: "Robin William died. OMG." Then I looked up at the rows of …

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Wordless Wednesday: 7 Favorite Scenes of the Roman Epic GLADIATOR (2000)

This past weekend, I rewatched an old favorite. Well it's not just an oldie-but-goodie, it's perhaps one of my top 10 favorite of all time: GLADIATOR. It's the one cinematic masterpiece Ridley Scott's been trying to replicate ever since, to no avail. After seeing the trailer for Exodus: Gods and King, well it seems that …

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TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION interview with Jack Reynor and Nicola Peltz

Hello everyone! Earlier this month, on June 8th to be exact, I got a chance to interview a couple of cast members from TRANSFORMERS: AGE OF EXTINCTION: Nicola Peltz & Jack Reynor. It's part of their press tour around the country and they showed clips from the movies as well as signed autographs for fans. Surely …

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Wordless Wednesday: 7 Favorite Scenes of Man & Machine

Hello everyone! It's a bit late and I already skipped a month without Wordless Wednesday, ahah well I guess I'm consistent at being inconsistent in keeping up with my own blog series, ahah. In any case, as I did in my previous Wordless Wednesday on Emma Thompson, I choose a random Wednesday of the month …

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Character Actor Spotlight: Powers Boothe Part II – Meeting and Exceeding Expectations

Greetings and all sundry! Having covered the early career (read Part I on Mr. Boothe) of this exceptional character actor. Allow me to proffer a bit more than a glimpse at this tradesman's ascent from better than standard fare. To the comfortable position of being a rising "Go To Guy" when a solid character. Either …

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