General comments/observation on flix or TV trends
Last week, Roger Ebert tweeted 'Why haven't Helen Mirren and Judi Dench ever made a Harry Potter film?' Hmmm, good question, Mr. Ebert... why haven't they? I certainly would LOVE to see both of them in at least one or two installments. Then a few days later, I read a piece of news report about …
Continue reading British Acting Royalty on Harry Potter Movies: My Top Ten Favorites
As promised in my Friday post, I finally saw the cult-favorite Blade Runner last Friday. I see what all the fuss is about now, and to those who vouched for its important place amongst the best sci-fi movies ever made, glad to say it didn't disappoint. It's impressive given this was made 20 years ago …
Continue reading Musings on Blade Runner: What does it mean to be human?
Happy Friday all! It's kind of a meh weekend for me as far as movie releases is concerned. There's none opening tomorrow that I'm even remotely interested in: the animated superhero-deconstruction Megamind with Will Ferrell & Brad Pitt? Maybe a rental, just maybe. Due Date? Cool poster, but I just don't find the trailer all …
Continue reading Flix Watching Plans – looks like it’ll be a Blu[-ray] weekend
Upon hearing this news from CinemaBlend that Meg Ryan is cast along with John Lithgow in a Crash-eque drama, it dawned on me how long I haven't seen her in ages. The last movie I saw her in was Kate & Leopold which was nearly a decade ago! I did see her in the trailer …
Continue reading Random Thoughts: Where have these once-famous actresses gone?
Upon hearing news last week that Zack Snyder & co. are looking for a middle-aged Superman (though he specifically mentioned 35-40, now since when is that middle aged??!), I immediately conjured up a list of actors previously starring in Snyder's movies worth considering. But before I posted that list, my blogger friend Sam from Banana …
Continue reading Random Thoughts: Man of Steel casting ideas
Have you all seen this? Saw this yesterday and I just had to share. Holy Bat Pool! Apparently there is a 'real' Wayne Manor in Illinois. From above, it looks like a real swanky estate that Wayne family could live in. According to this article, the Hinsdalle, Ill anonymous homeowners painted the 30-foot-wide Batman emblem …
Twenty years ago today, October 17th, 1990, the Internet Movie Database was born! From September 28th, the site created its own anniversary section to celebrate the past two decades of movies and television. They had a daily Star of the Day video where they asked a number of actors, directors, and producers to tell them …
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