Hello folks, welcome to the May 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. So let's get …
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General comments/observation on flix or TV trends
Five for the Fifth: April 2012 Edition
Hello folks, welcome to the April 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! It's a bit early this year because tomorrow we've got a very special tribute post planned 😉 As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share …
Monthly Roundup: March Movie-Watching Recap
Though I've been blogging for over 2 years now, I've never actually done a monthly movie-watching recap before. But I've been inspired by Eric, Andy, Diana and Andina so from now on, I'm going to do this on the first or second day of the month. Like Diana said on her post, I too feel so diminutive …
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Attention action directors: Shaky cam and fast editing needs to go away
This is my rant to action some action directors in Hollywood who thinks that by having shaking cam and fast editing style will make your action scenes look cool. Please stop doing that right now! Those kind of sequences made some of us the viewers dizzy and a lot of times distract us from enjoying …
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Random Thoughts: What’s the deal with this ‘teaser for a trailer’ trend??
Ok, I normally don't post a rant very often here on this blog, but I just can't help it after seeing this TOTAL RECALL 'teaser trailer to a trailer' that's just released yesterday: http://youtu.be/T-Jt9RCy4v4 ... Never mind the Inception-sounding music or whether or not you agree that this movie should be remade. What I want …
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Weekend Watching Plans? Odds are definitely in Hunger Games’ favor
Happy Friday all! After a very slow late Winter months, Spring is starting out with a bang in the movies! Hunger Games is here! This is the only major film that opens today, as the Indonesian-based action thriller The Raid (which I talked about here) only opens in limited release. So that means box office-wise, …
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Five for the Fifth: March 2012 Edition
Hello folks, welcome to the March 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. So let's get started, shall we? …