Ted’s Picks of Worst Films of the Year so far

Just yesterday I saw this info-graphic that Hollywood's creativity is waning. I mean, zero original movie in 2011?? WOW! I wonder how 2012 fares, but there sure are a bazillion remakes, sequels, prequels, what have you, and that trend isn't likely to end anytime soon. Well, Rodney at Fernby Films are currently doing Worst Film …

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Classic List: The Women of Howard Hawks

Greetings, all and sundry. After finishing my three post 'arc' highlighting the career of Jack Lemmon, I've decided to delve and poke around a bit in the arena of Classics. And cast some light upon the easily known and often unsung heroines. Who plied their beauty, moxie and craft to make their often secondary roles …

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TEN Notable Foreign Actors to Watch – Where Are They Now?

I first published this list back in November 2009, and I've been wanting to do an update in a while, thanks to the suggestion from Iba @ ILuvCinema. As I said back then, this kind of list is a matter of opinion/preference, and it's impossible to please everyone. This one in particular is not meant …

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The London List Part II: Sixteen favorite actors born in the UK capital

The Happy and Glorious 2012 Olympics have come to a rocking end earlier today with a celebration of British pop-culture. Just because the Olympics is over though, doesn't mean the London appreciation has to. The UK capital is one of my favorite city I have been blessed to visit. Now for Part II, I decided …

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The London List Part I: Ten favorite scenes set in London

The 16-day 2012 London Olympics is coming to an end today. For some of you, it's certainly been quite an exhilarating two weeks of watching and championing for the athletes you're rooting for in various sports. I haven't been following the event at all other than watching the opening & closing ceremony, but since I …

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The Flix List: 80s & 90s action flicks that are so bad they’re good

Well, just yesterday SONY announced the Roland Emmerich's version of the White House action flick, currently titled White House Down, from November 2 to June 28, 2013. Now, instead of the Snow White movie battles we saw this year, it's battles on 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Of course you already know I'd rather watch Olympus Has …

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Special Birthday Post: Ranking Christopher Nolan’s 7 Feature Films

As part of my Inception-countdown series, I ranked five of Christopher Nolan's movies. Well, now he's got two more under his belt, making his total of feature-length film to seven [excluding Following which wasn't widely distributed]. Just a quick bio per Wikipedia: Born in 1970 in London, Nolan was one of three sons of a …

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