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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Retro Friday – Why I LOVE The Rocketeer

A few days ago, the Blu-ray version of The Rocketeer arrived in the mail. I've been waiting for this movie for so long and finally Disney released the BD on it's 20th Anniversary. I'm dismayed that there are NO special features whatsoever which is just so lame, I mean to call it a '20th Anniversary …

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Top Ten Favorite Actresses with the Smoothest Voice

As a couple of weeks ago I posted my Top Ten Favorite Actors Voices, I feel that it's only fair to have a female equivalent to that. Well, to be consistent with the male voices post, I'm going to single out one classic actor's voice that I consider the best of the rest. That honor would definitely …

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Top Ten Favorite Actors with the Smoothest Voice

When I was in Junior High, I had a major crush on this guy whom I went on a Summer Camp with. Look-wise he's quite perfect, with gorgeous dark hair and deep-set eyes. But then one day my friends and I ran into him in a parking lot. He rolled his car window down, lowered …

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The Flix List: Five franchise hopefuls that fail to catch on

With the recent opening of David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a film Sony hopes will be a big hit, so they could then make two more movies based on Stieg Larsson's novels. I started to think of films that failed to kick start a franchise for the studios. Of course this is …

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