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? …
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General comments/observation on flix or TV trends
Counting Down to Oscar 2012 – Winner Predictions
It's less than 24 hours until the 84th Academy Awards. But hey as my friend David @ Never Too Early Movie Predictions just posted his predictions on Friday, I suppose it's not too late until the presenter takes out the card from the Oscar envelope, right? As I've posted in my nominees predictions, I missed the number of …
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Inside the Academy Infographic – just who are the Oscar voters?
The Academy Awards are just days away. By this time next week, ardent movie fans and even casual movie fans will likely be participating in some kind of Oscar tittle tattle. Some of you might already know that the Oscar envelope just got a new makeover last year, updating the plain white envelope design they had …
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Famous Actors Screen Tests: Every star has to start somewhere
One of the marketing campaigns my creative team is working on right now involve some serial web-isodes. I missed the whole audition process as I took a day off on Monday, but on my co-workers' desk the next day I saw a stack of actors' resumes and head-shots that he's currently sorting through. It kind …
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Valentine Special – 59 Reasons I LOVE Roman Holiday!
Happy Valentine's Day, everybody! May love – romantic or otherwise – fill your heart and put a smile on your face. Well, a movie that always makes me smile as well as tear up with heartache and joy at the same time is none other than William Wyler's 1953 masterpiece rom-com Roman Holiday. And since …
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A mini tribute to one of the greatest singers of all time… RIP Whitney Houston
My heart is heavy today... I just heard about Whitney's death this morning as I didn't tune in to the news all day yesterday. I know that BAFTA is going on tonight and I was thinking of blogging about that but I felt like paying tribute to one of my all time favorite singers. Another …
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Romance, Sci-fi Nostalgia or Action? What are you watching this weekend?
Happy Friday everyone! Well, the cold snap is back here in my neck of the woods, with high only in the teens and below zero windchill, brrrrrr. It's fairly typical of course so I'm not whining by any means, it's just we've been sort of spoiled this year with a relatively mild Winter. Anyway, February …
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