Happy Friday everybody! I feel like ending the week with a less wordy post but nonetheless a very expressive one. Thanks to Nick over at Anomalous Material for the inspiration when he posted his 13 most iconic movie images, followed by Claire's top ten days later. What makes a movie still iconic is not only …
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Guest Post: Six directors’ career who got derailed by box office bombs
Film directors know that it’s hard to make movies in Hollywood; it’s even harder to actually make a successful one. So when some of them hit the jackpot and make a box office hit, studio executives and fans are expecting nothing less from them in their next film. In the last few years, some filmmakers …
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The Flix List: 10 movie scenes to celebrate back-to-school season
Hi folks, welcome to September! Well, to some of you, the Fall season means 'back to school' season. It's been a while since my college graduation (I'm not gonna tell you how many years it's been, ahah), sometimes I miss those fun college days. So, whether it's you or your kids who are heading back …
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Guest Post: Comparing five Hollywood original films to their remakes
Hollywood is crazy about doing remakes, just recently Ridley Scott signed on to direct a remake/reboot/redo/prequel/sequel his own original film Blade Runner. Then his brother Tony Scott announced he was in talks to do a remake of Sam Peckinpah’s great western, The Wild Bunch, I hope to god that this will never ever happen. The …
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Guest Post: Five Favorite Movies with a Twist Ending
With the recent release of Rise of the Planet of the Apes, a prequel to Planet of the Apes, it got me thinking of films with twist/surprise/shocking ending. Since the original 1968’s 'Apes' movie was the godfather of twist ending, I figure I should list my favorite films that has a surprise ending. Don’t worry, …
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Top 40 Reasons I Love X-Men: First Class
Happy Sunday, folks, hope you've had a pleasant weekend! I've been wanting to do this post for quite a while as I haven't got a chance to actually review this movie for myself (but Paula G did here). But as I said in my weekend roundup last week, it's my top favorite movie of the …
Flix Blog-a-thon: Double Feature Theater
A few weeks ago, my blog pal Marc from Go, See Talk invited a bunch of us to participate in this fun blog-a-thon called “Double Feature Theater”. The idea here is that we all get to imagine ourselves as bona fide Theater owners. As such we set up our schedule for a week’s worth of …