The Spielberg Blogathon: Reminiscing about Raiders of the Lost Ark & Jurassic Park

This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Once Upon A Screen taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs When Ruth asked me to participate in the Steven Spielberg blogathon, I wasn't sure what to …

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The Spielberg Blogathon: My Top 10 Favorite Spielberg-Directed Films

This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Once Upon A Screen taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs I first learned about this blogathon from my pal Michael's blog, and having grown up watching …

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The Flix List: Five Movies Suffering From Identity Crisis

Many filmmakers tried to mix several genres in one film, sometime it works nicely, i.e. Captain America: The Winter Soldier which is a superhero movie mixed with Cold War-era espionage intrigue. But most of the time, it turns out to be a disaster. Just look at Cowboys & Aliens, mixing Sci-fi with Westerns sounds like …

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Blogathon Relay: TEN Most Iconic Female Movie Characters

Yet another blog relay! Well most of you should get the idea by now, it's a relay race of a list of who bloggers think are ten most iconic... this time it's focused on Female Movie Characters. Thanks to Dell from Dell on Movies for shining the spotlight on the fairer sex, and certainly he …

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Most-Anticipated Movies of the rest of 2014 (September – December)

Well, since I've posted my Top 10 of the year so far and Summer Blockbuster Months are quickly coming to a close. I've already got my eyes set on what's in store for the rest of 2014! Now, there are going to be movies I'll be seeing next month that aren't on this list because …

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Top 10 Movies from the first half of 2014

It's been about three weeks since we passed the halfway mark of 2014, so I figure I should get this list up before the end of July. As I did the previous years, I'm including some films that might've opened internationally prior to 2014, but I'm including them here as I'm using the USA release dates (either …

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Superior British Fare: ‘The Bletchley Circle’ Miniseries (2012-2013)

Greetings all and sundry! Having taken some time from change in the weather cleaning and rearranging of furniture and minor yard improvements. My evenings have been taken up sporadically easing aching muscles while in search of worthwhile or better enterta8inment. With IFC (Independent Film Channel) and The Sundance Channel being tied up in summer fare. …

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