A Well Executed Blast From The Past: The Prime Gig (2000)

Greetings all and sundry! Having just completed a move from Suburban Maryland to more tax friendly, though a bit jumbled and busy, Falls Church, Virginia. I've allowed myself a few evenings of vegging out and catching up on the notable offerings from IFC (Independent Film Channel). In lieu of multiple series winding down to their …

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Wordless Wednesday: 10 Memorable Scenes set in NYC

Happy Midweek folks! I always choose a certain theme for my Wordless Wednesday posts and since I'll be spending a few days in New York City this weekend, I thought I pick ten clips (including one music video) from some of my fave movies set in the Big Apple. I lost count how many times I've visited …

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Counting Down to Gone Girl – Ranking David Fincher’s Films

As part of countdown to Gone Girl that's out on October 3, and part Birthday tribute to David Fincher (he turned 52 in Sept. 28), I asked my pal Ted S. who's a longtime admirer of the director to rank nine of his films since Alien 3 in 1992.  David Fincher is one of the few elite A-list …

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Blogathon: 10 Actors I Would See In Just About Anything

Thank you to Lady Sati, whom I've been commiserating with in the agony & ecstasy of crushing over an underrated Brit, kindly passed the baton to me to join this awesome blogathon! This idea originated with Abbi at Where the Wild Things Are, and to be honest with you, it wasn't as easy as I …

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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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