Thanks to director David Spaltro for sitting down with June and I at the ShowPlace ICON lounge to give us some insights about his film Things I Don't Understand (check out my review).

The [Untouchables] prequel I actually would LOVE to see: Capone Rising

Now, there are few prequels made that actually worked. In fact, I could only think of two that I actually like: Rise of the Planet of the Apes and X-Men: First Class. And The Hobbit is poised to join the scarce number of prequels people anticipated most, but generally speaking, few prequels—or sequels, for that …

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Upcoming Flix Spotlight: The Coen Brothers’ Gambit remake

I haven't visited impawards site in a while but I'm glad I did so today. How have I not heard of this film before?? I mean, hello Col. Brandon and Mr. Darcy... I mean, these are two of my all time favorite period drama heroes!! 😉 The gist: So what's Gambit about? Now, you comic-book …

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Our tribute to Tony Scott and five favorite movies from the late director

It's less than 24 hrs since I heard the news of Tony Scott's passing and I still can't believe what I had heard. The 68-year-old director leaped off the L.A. County's Vincent Thomas Bridge into the Los Angeles Harbor Sunday night, his black Toyota Prius with his suicide note still parked nearby. I read hours …

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Gerard Butler Special: What’s next for my favorite Scot

Taking cues from my fellow Indonesian blogger Novia who's done a great job keeping us updated on what her #1 crush Cillian Murphy is up to, I decided to keep you abreast on what's going on with MY #1 crush 😉 I will be doing another follow-up posts that list the projects for the other …

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Five for the Fifth: July 2012 Edition

Hello folks, it's time for the July 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! 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. So let's …

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Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina

Thanks to my friend Julian who told me about the trailer via Twitter, I had forgotten that I was going to do a spotlight post on this film when I first picked up the novel. I still have not finished the Leo Tolstoy masterpiece, still stuck at about the halfway mark. I wasn't sure if …

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