Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
It's kind of an uneventful weekend for me... it's just another super cold January day. And when I say cold, I mean face-numbing, ears-hurtin', still-freezing-my-@$$-off-despite-wearing-two-thick-layer-under-my-pants type of subzero temp. It's kinda depressing when someone said on the way home from work that "hey, it's actually 20 degrees 'warmer' than this morning" and it's barely 3 …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup: House of Flying Daggers, Legend of the Guardians
There are all kinds of reasons why I anticipate a certain movie. Most of the time, it's the directors/actors involved, sometimes it's the story that grabs you, whether from a trailer or the book a given movie is based on. But sometimes, it's neither. As I've mentioned here, I got curious because my husband's a …
Seasons Greetings from TheScarletSp1der! When I was asked to contribute to FlixChatter about Christmas movies that I enjoy, I did not know what to think...because there are soooo many Christmas movies that I love! Narrowing it down to one or two seemed nigh impossible! Some of my favorite Christmas movies include titles such as The …
Continue reading Guest Post: Favorite Christmas Movie set in & around NYC – ELF
A few of people's tweets on Twitter yesterday read that The Tourist is 'less than the sum of its stars.' Well, that quip definitely has merit because despite the star wattage of the two leads, the movie is never luminous enough to really dazzle. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp play characters with opposite personalities. Jolie …
After months anticipating this, I wasn't going to wait another week to check this out. Early Saturday afternoon, hubby and I made our way to the cinema to see an HP movie for the first time on the big screen. The gist of the story of the last installment of the series center on how …
Continue reading Musings on Harry Potter & The Deathly Hallows Part I
Groovers & Mobsters event is upon as again and this time it's all about the world's most famous super spy. Just a bit of background, this monthly event was started by Heather from Movie Mobsters and Andy from Fandango Groovers where various bloggers join them in exploring a select genre in the only way we …
Continue reading Groovers & Mobsters Present: JAMES BOND – The Living Daylights
I got a free screening tickets to see this Tuesday night. Though I wasn't totally sold on the trailer, I figure 'hey, it's free and it's got Russell Crowe in it, how bad can it be?' Well, turns out it's not bad at all, in fact, it's a pretty solid movie that's intelligent and well-crafted. …
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