Musings on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

Well, I feel like I'm the last person who saw this film. I had been so intrigued by this from the first time I heard about it. When it won Palme d’Or at Cannes, I said I couldn't wait to see it, alas I finally got around to seeing it. I'm not a Terrence Malick …

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FlixChatter Review: Immortals

Every once in a while, there's a movie that comes along that's critics-proof. This is one of those movies. I love swords and sandals genre and I went in with the expectation for Tarsem's visuals and Henry Cavill's performance to wow me and it delivered on both counts. Apparently I'm not the only one who didn't …

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Guest Review: The Hustler (1961)

Special thanks to my pal and regular commenter Kevin a.k.a Jack Deth for this in-depth review! First, I'd like to thank Ruth for the opportunity to offer a guest review on her wonderfully enjoyable, informative site. It's not often that one is given the chance to rave about, offer insights or generally trash a film …

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Weekend Roundup & Musings on Hitchcock’s SPELLBOUND

Happy Monday everybody! Hope everyone had a nice weekend and get to watch a lot of movies, unlike yours truly here who only get to see ONE film the entire weekend. But the film is one I had been wanting to see for a long time, well ever since I saw Roman Holiday and fell …

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Weekend Viewing Roundup: Starter for Ten & A Scanner Darkly

There's nothing interesting at the cinema this weekend, but it's always nice to catch up on older movies I've been meaning to see. This past Friday was our first Girls Movie Nite since its summer hiatus and my girlfriends and I had initially settled on Water for Elephants. The trailer looks pretty good and the …

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Rental Pick: The Beaver

The Beaver A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.I've been curious about this one mostly to see Mel Gibson's performance and because the script apparently topped 2008's The Black List (as in list of Best Un-produced Screenplays). I also wanted to see it because Anton Yelchin, whom …

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Weekend Roundup: ‘Midnight in Paris’ review

Happy Monday, everybody! It's actually a Columbus Day holiday here, but no, I didn't get a day off 😦 Hope you had a wonderful weekend, wherever you are. Well, mine was quite lovely. I took a much-needed blogging/computer break on Saturday to spend the entire day outdoors starting with a jog around the beautiful Lake …

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