Lists for the listaholic anonymous amongst us, top ten or otherwise
Let's face it, not every movie we love is going to be embraced by everybody else on the planet. And how many times you go to a collective movie reviews site and go 'xx%???' Are you kidding me?? That movie is awesome! Or the other way around of course, that movies that gain critical acclaim …
Continue reading The Flix List: A dozen “rotten” movies we secretly adore
Here's the second part of the movies I'm anticipating this year. Again, I only list those that I'd most likely be seeing in the cinema. The release dates information is courtesy of Movie Insider and The-Numbers. I will update accordingly if there are changes, as the information becomes available. AUGUST August 31 - The Debt …
Continue reading FlixChatter’s Most Anticipated 2011 Movies – Part II
This post has been in my draft folder for a while... originally I wanted to post right after award season is over. Now Oscar is already behind us for nearly a month (boy, I kinda forgot about it already), so I better not procrastinate any longer. This post will be divided into two parts, Part …
Continue reading FlixChatter’s Most Anticipated 2011 Movies – Part I
Every year, dozens and dozens of movies are made based on literary works, be it a fiction, non-fiction, short story, children's book, what have you. Even Wikipedia has to break it down to multiple subcategories to list them all. I guess the mindset in Hollywood is that if the book is successful, it could mean …
Continue reading The Flix List: Ten books we wish to see adapted to the big screen
It's Valentine's Day eve! Guys, did you order your flowers yet? 😀 Romantic comedies or rom-com for short, gets a bad rep these days. Obviously a lot of them deserve it, i.e. When in Rome, Leap Year, The Ugly Truth, etc. which can't even be included in the 'so bad it's good' category. Alas, year …
Continue reading The Flix List – Valentine Edition: 10 Romantic Comedies I LOVE
Happy Friday, everyone! Today is my birthday. Apparently I share my b'day with quite a few famous people: Thomas Alva Edison, Eva Gabor, Burt Reynolds, the late Leslie Nielsen, Sheryl Crow, Sarah Palin, Carey Lowell, Jennifer Aniston and um, Taylor Lautner. Hmmm, an eclectic group, wouldn't you say? Just for fun I thought I'd list …
Continue reading The Flix List – Birthday Edition: Fave movies from each decade I’ve lived through
By Ted Saydalavong The Criterion Collection is a video-distribution company selling "important classic and contemporary films" to cinema lovers everywhere. It was founded back in 1984 and they only released their films on Laser Disc (remember those?) back when VHS was the king in home video market. Then later they released their films on DVD when …
Continue reading Question of the Week: What are your favorite Criterion Collection films?
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