Weekend Roundup: The Americans (FX series) and The Bling Ring reviews

Happy Weekend everybody! WOW, everything's still very much awesome for The LEGO Movie, winning box office for the third straight weekend with $31 mil. It's now made $183 mil domestically, and with a production budget on only $60 mil, that's quite a huge hit for Warner Bros. The McG/Luc Besson's spy thriller 3 Days to …

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Weekend Viewing Roundup & Musings on BAFTA Awards 2014

Hi everyone! Did you have a nice weekend? It's another long weekend for me as I got Monday off for President's Day. It couldn't have come at a more perfect time as Winter storm is brewing as I'm typing this, glad I didn't have to drive in this Wintry condition. Before I get to my …

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Monthly Viewing Roundup & Favorite Film of January 2014

Good riddance January!! Boy it's truly THE coldest month I've had in my 20+ years living in MN, though December 2013 is not any warmer at all either! On Groundhog day yesterday, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pa. so I guess we have six more weeks to contend with …

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MLK Weekend Roundup: a coming-of-age comedy, 1934 classic romance & a 1975 political thriller

Happy Monday all! It's Martin Luther King Jr weekend here in the States and it's a company holiday where I work, yay 😀 Another year and yet another snag in the long-overdue MLK biopic. I made this post last year about the status of the project that Paul Greengrass was once attached to. Well it …

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Weekend Roundup & Review of ‘1976: Hunt vs Lauda’ Documentary

Ok, I'm hoping I won't have to talk about Minnesota weather on every Weekend Roundup but this is truly ridiculous! Schools are canceled today nationwide, ordered by the Governor, and every forecast says things like "Limit or even eliminate time spent outside today" and "It's truly dangerous out there." My brother in Jakarta thought business …

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Goodbye 2013, Hello 2014! Year-end recap, Favorite Things, Blindspot and a note of THANKS

Another year has come and gone! Wow, what a year 2013 has been. There's been ups and downs in my personal life, with me losing my dear brother this past Summer being one of life's biggest blows. But I believe God never gives us more than we can bear, and there are certainly many, many …

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Weekend Roundup and Disney’s FROZEN review

'Tis the weekend before Christmas. Hope all of you have gotten all your Christmas shopping done and not have to endure long lines at the mall! Well, I went to the cinema to see FROZEN, but sounds like more people went to see The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, perhaps some were repeat customers. Bilbo …

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