Wet Blog-a-thon: Ten Indelible Rain/Wet Scenes

Rain just makes everything so much more dramatic in movies... so when I saw this Wet Blog-a-thon open invitation at Andrew's blog, I knew I just had to take part. Of course the first thing that came to mind is something romantic, which is what I did a couple of years ago with the Jane …

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My Movie Year: The Year 2000

Thanks to Andy for inviting me to My Movie Year blog-a-thon. This is the second time I've participated in Fandango Groovers' blog event since the massively popular Desert Island DVDs. Below is the simple rule for the post: All you have to do is pick your favourite year for movies and back I up with …

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Most Anticipated 2012 Movies – Part II (April – June)

The first week of March has come and gone, so it's time for Part II of this year's most-anticipated flicks. Can you believe it I still haven't seen Coriolanus from my Part I which had been screening all over the world but here in Minnesota!! And one of the movies I listed under March, Gerry …

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Famous Actors Screen Tests: Every star has to start somewhere

One of the marketing campaigns my creative team is working on right now involve some serial web-isodes. I missed the whole audition process as I took a day off on Monday, but on my co-workers' desk the next day I saw a stack of actors' resumes and head-shots that he's currently sorting through. It kind …

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Valentine Special – 59 Reasons I LOVE Roman Holiday!

Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! May love – romantic or otherwise – fill your heart and put a smile on your face. Well, a movie that always makes me smile as well as tear up with heartache and joy at the same time is none other than William Wyler's 1953 masterpiece rom-com Roman Holiday. And since …

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A mini tribute to one of the greatest singers of all time… RIP Whitney Houston

My heart is heavy today... I just heard about Whitney's death this morning as I didn't tune in to the news all day yesterday. I know that BAFTA is going on tonight and I was thinking of blogging about that but I felt like paying tribute to one of my all time favorite singers. Another …

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Music Break: Top 10 Favorite John Williams Scores

I've been meaning to write a tribute for one of my favorite composers for a while and since February 8th is his 80th Birthday, it seems like a good a time as any. As I've mentioned several times on my blog, my two all time favorite music genres are classical and movie soundtracks, so naturally …

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