What I’ve Been Watching During Self-Quarantine

Hello everyone! Happy Friday! Hope all of you are coping as well as can be expected during this strange and difficult time. My hubby and I have been working from home this past week until the end of the month, who knows it could be longer. Despite all this, I'm counting my blessings and keeping …

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Happy New Year! What’s your last viewing of 2019 + first watch of 2020?

Happy first day of 2020... and the beginning of a new decade! Did you go to a NYE party or watch the ball drop on TV? If you did neither, well, high five... I actually didn't bother to do the countdown as I was in the middle of watching of a movie I've been wanting …

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Musings on ONCE UPON A TIME… IN HOLLYWOOD & Tarantino’s treatments of women + minorities

It's nearly a week ago that I saw the movie, and though there are parts that I did enjoy, there are more scenes that did not sit well with me. In fact, I didn't even feel like writing about the movie, but posted my friend Ted's review on it this weekend. The movie has received …

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Musings on Robert Pattinson casting + Matt Reeves’ noir vision for The Batman

It seems it hasn't been that long ago that I was blogging about casting for a Batman movie when Ben Affleck was cast. If some of you read it, I was actually lamenting about Affleck's casting then, but later on I came around and actually enjoyed his performance. Now, Christian Bale remains my favorite Batman …

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Musings on the Spielberg VS Netflix Debate

Hello readers! Today is the fifth and up until a couple of years ago, it's customary that I post five random movie news/tidbits/query under the Five for the Fifth series. Well, this topic would certainly be part of that series today! I had thought about this quite a bit since I heard about Steven Spielberg's …

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Musings on my childhood favorite – Disney’s The Little Mermaid (1989)

Happy weekend!! Hope you're all doing well. It's  I've been quite preoccupied with a bunch of stuff this week I barely have time to write anything for the blog. But hey, I finally did get approved by Rotten Tomatoes! Yes I know I know, I could've done that years ago but I guess I just …

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Musings on 2019 Oscars nominations

Well it's one of those mornings that cinephiles always wait for year after year… the morning Oscar nominations are announced. I for one don't go out of my way to wake up early to see it live, but when I woke up, of course I immediately tried to see who's shortlisted. Right away I noticed …

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