The Flix List: Great Saps in Cinema

Greetings, all and sundry! I have decided to stick with the idea of Lists that Ruth suggested a few weeks ago. Which has presented me with a plethora of ideas. And the desire to tidy up loose ends and and possibly expound on a certain category of character in film. First suggested by iluvcinema in …

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THIS JUST IN! The Dark Knight Rises Trailer 4

WHOA!!! I didn't think it would be possible for me to get more pumped up about The Dark Knight Rises but Nolan just keeps upping the ante. This latest — and perhaps last — trailer is defintely PURE EPICNESS!! ... http://youtu.be/3xWcN2qgK5c ... Yes, yes I realize it's the geek in me speaking with mouth frothing …

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Weekend Roundup: Thoughts on Prometheus, The Imaginarium of Dr Parnassus, BBC’s ZEN

Yo, Happy Tuesday all! It's been one hectic weekend for me. Saturday morning my hubby and I participated in the annual Kids Against Hunger's Fill Their Plate 5/10k walk/run sponsored by my friend's church. It's raining but still a whole lot of fun to do and we were caught up in the energy of all …

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Father’s Day Special: 10 Movie Dads/Father Figures I LOVE

Confession: I don't usually celebrate Father's Day. Y'see, I've actually never lived with my dad or any kind of father figure my entire life. My parents split up when I was only three and so I grew up with my mom and my grandma. So I guess my granny is sort of my father figure …

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500 Free Movies of Various Genres to Watch Online

Thanks to my hubby who sent this to me the other day. It's too awesome not to share. Open Culture just released this list of 500 movies you can watch FREE online. Yep, you got it, five hundred of them broken down by genres: from Film Noir, Westerns, Silent Films, even Animation. Most of them …

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Guest Review: Prometheus – from a die-hard ALIENS fan

In August last year, I posted this Random Question: What movie you've seen most often on the big screen as I was inspired by my colleague who saw Aliens twelve times on the big screen. Well, now he's here to tell us whether Prometheus lives up to his lofty expectations. Review by Phil Thompson Full …

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Weekend Roundup – Back from blogging break

Hello everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend, yeah I know it's Tuesday already so you've probably forgotten all about it, ahah. Well, I saw the Prometheus chatter all over Twitter though I did hear that it got beaten by Madagascar 3 at the box office by about $10 mil! (per BoxOfficeMojo) Man, those animated …

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