An assortment of news about films, film makers, actors, projects, etc.
Happy Post Super Bowl Monday!! 🏈 Congrats Kansas City Chiefs for winning Super Bowl LVII!! 🏆 My hubby was rooting for them over Philadelphia Eagles so he's happy with this turnout. I did not watch the game, I only tuned in for the last 5 minutes to see Chief beat Eagles 38-35, woot!! As an …
Continue reading Super Bowl LVII Big Game TV Spots/Trailers of 2023 Movies I Can’t Wait To See!
Happy #OscarsNominations2023! I actually woke up exactly at 7 AM this morning to watch the LIVE announcement on my phone. I don't know why as I had never done that before but my hubby usually is up by then so I thought I'd tune in to see the presenters announce the nominees. In any case, …
Continue reading Musings on 2023 Oscars Nominations – The biggest snubs + surprises
Sometimes a brilliant idea looks good on paper but doesn’t translate well to the screen. The script of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was on the Black List and writer/director Tom Gormican somehow managed to convince Nicolas Cage to play a fictionalized version of himself. The result is a wildly entertaining & hilarious action-comedy …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Even in a saturated comic-book movie market, I find it impossible NOT to be excited for The Batman. I love what Matt Reeves did with the Planet of the Apes trilogy, somehow he could make an oft-told subject matter feels fresh and new again. It’s already well-known even for casual Batman fans that Gotham City …
Happy #OscarsNominations Day! I didn't watch the live announcement as I was still in bed, LOL... hey, one has to work for a living and I had to be at work by 8:30. I work from home so my office is just a few steps away from my bedroom, but still. In any case, the …
Continue reading Musings on 2022 Oscars Nominations – Snubs + Surprises
It's already mid January and I haven't done a trailer spotlight yet. Well, I just saw this on Flipboard this morning and I just had to blog about it. It's from Jean-Pierre Jeunet who made Amélie (2001), and I haven't seen anything he's done since then. I never saw A Very Long Engagement and he's …
Continue reading Trailer Spotlight: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s BIG BUG (2022)
This is the third film by George Clooney I’ve seen so far, and also his second collaboration with Ben Affleck after they both produced the Oscar-winning ARGO. Both are actors who have become terrific directors in their own right… they have also played Batman on screen, surely an amusing anecdote for superhero fans. Growing up …
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