Five for the Fifth: First of the Year (2014) Edition

Hello folks, welcome to the FIRST edition of 2014 Five for 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. 1. As I …

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Counting down to The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug

Finally the wait is almost over! The movie opens here next Friday but I don't have to wait much longer as I'll be seeing it tomorrow night! 😀 I quite enjoyed the first movie [read my top 10 list why I think it was a worthwhile journey] and I'm one of the few people who …

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TCFF Opening Night featuring Alexander Payne’s NEBRASKA premiere

Twin Cities' cinephiles rejoice! Twin Cities Film Fest annual film festivities is upon us again, can't believe it's our fourth year already. 10 Days, 75 Films, 8 Top Awards Contenders & 22 Red Carpet Events. World premieres, Minnesota breakthroughs, one-of-a-kind treasures and Oscar front-runners. Yes, TCFF is back! But on top of all those movies, …

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Musings on Bong Joon-ho’s sci-fi thriller Snowpiercer & How I hope we get to see the director’s cut for US release

I saw the beautiful International poster of Snowpiercer today, a film I've been looking forward to for some time. The film's been breaking all kinds of box records in Asia, especially in South Korea, Bong Joon-ho's native country. Unfortunately for most of us in the West, we probably won't get to see it until next …

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Twin Cities Film Fest: Preview of 2013 Lineup

Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) is excited to offer a sneak peak at several films coming to their 2013 lineup, including some of the most anticipated films of the year. TCFF is less than two months away, it will will run from October 17 – October 26. Jatin Setia, executive director of the Twin Cities …

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Spotlight on ‘The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones’ + Interview with Jamie Campbell Bower, Lily Collins, & Kevin Zegers

I just heard about this young adult series was I went back to Jakarta last June. My 9-year-old niece had been carrying The City of Bones novel in her bag, which had a shirtless guy on it on the cover. I thought for a moment it was one of those Harlequin novels, thank goodness that's …

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Upcoming Flix Spotlight: R.I.P.D and interview w/ extra Tim Jacobs

Summer is a great time for action comedies! When I first saw this trailer earlier this year, I thought this is a crazy mash-up of Men In Black (but with dead people) meets Ghostbusters... with The Dude and Green Lantern, no less. After Detective Nick Walker (Ryan Reynolds) is killed by accident, he is recruited …

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