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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 …
Continue reading The Flix List: 10 movie scenes to celebrate back-to-school season
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 …
Continue reading Guest Post: Comparing five Hollywood original films to their remakes
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, …
Continue reading Guest Post: Five Favorite Movies with a Twist Ending
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 …
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 …
In an industry seemingly obsessed with youth, the world of cinema is actually quite forgiving to those suffering from the inevitable phenomenon called aging. I mean, compared to another lucrative career such as sports, where athletes are forced to retire well before they reach 'middle aged' period, there are plenty of opportunities for actors not …
Continue reading The Flix List: Top Ten Favorite Seasoned Actors
Ok, here's the last part of the forgotten big-budgeted misfires. Just to reiterate, these were the films that had a huge budget for its time and their failure went so far as to bankrupt the studio that marketed them, and some even ruined the filmmakers' career: 5. Cutthroat Island (1995): I think more people know …
Continue reading Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part II
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