Oh Mr. Darcy. He's certainly the most popular period drama hero, and not just the ones from Jane Austen's imagination, mind you. Even those who don't care for this genre would probably know who Mr. Darcy is, though they might confuse him with the one in Bridget Jones' Diary, ahah. Now, he's not exactly my …
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Rental Pick: Sylvester Stallone in Walter Hill’s ‘Bullet to the Head’
Sly Stallone is reliving his glory days as an action hero here in the 21st century, as many of you know, Stallone was the king of box office back in the 80s. Many of his films, mostly Rocky and Rambo series earned hundreds of millions at the box office. After strings of box office failures …
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Weekend Roundup and mini review of ‘The World’s End’
Hello everyone, hope y'all had a nice weekend. It's scorching HOT here in Minnesota with heat index topping 100 degrees!! I'm not fond of extreme heat and humidity so I stayed mostly indoors, went to the movies Saturday night and cooling off at Mall of America on Sunday. Not much of a home-viewing weekend, as …
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FlixChatter Review: Jobs
The main draw for me about this film is not the talents involved, but the subject matter of one of the most revered innovator of the 20th century. As a huge fan of Apple products, naturally both my hubby and I knew quite a bit about Steve Jobs' life. My hubby more so than I …
Roman Polanski Blogathon – Bitter Moon (1992)
This post is part of the Roman Polanksi Blogathon spearheaded by Ratnakar of Seetimaar - Diary of a Movie Lover Blog. Check out his blog for more posts on the acclaimed director. Greetings, all and sundry! It is not often that I am invited to opine on a director who makes his films and tells …
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FlixChatter Review: Lee Daniels’ The Butler
What strikes me most when I left this film was how the devastating events portrayed in this film happened not too long ago. As an immigrant living in the US, I may not be as well versed about the history of the Civil Rights movements nor the details of racial segregation that still prevailed just …
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Weekend Roundup … Dragon Knight review + Musings on Matt Damon
Happy Monday everyone! Did you catch anything this weekend? Two R-rated films ended up winning the box office this weekend. ELYSIUM beat We're The Millers by a slim margin with a little over $30. With a budget of $100 mil (3 times the amount of District 9 which ended up grossing $115 mil), we'll see …
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