Just read an interesting article the other day which I found via... what else, Twitter. Some of you probably have read it as it's all abuzz all over social media blogs and news sites about this new finding that Twitter is apparently a killer tool to predict a movie's success. Two researchers at HP Labs, …
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General comments/observation on flix or TV trends
Happy Belated Birthday, Timothy Dalton!
Thanks to Andy from Fandango Groovers who reminded me that last Sunday 3/21 was Timothy's 66th birthday. In honor of the actor, the James Bond enthusiast blogger posted this brilliant idea about a revolutionary James Bond flick starring Mr. Dalton as the older British spy, with Colin Farrell as 006 and Quentin Tarantino at the …
Scene Spotlight: ‘The Grand Entrance’ – The Count of Monte Cristo
Hello, welcome to the first edition of Scene Spotlight. I was looking at this old post I did back when this blog first started, where I list 20 movie scenes I could watch over and over again, and I thought why not make it a regular post? I'm thinking a couple of times a month. …
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Top Ten Chat-Worthy Irish Actors
I haven't done a top-ten list in a while. I meant to post this last week around St. Paddy's day, but took me a while to finish it. Well, as the green dye in the Chicago river hasn't completely washed out, I hope you don't mind reading another Irish-related post. Here's my list of ten …
The Bounty Hunter review (a.k.a. my open letter to Gerard Butler)
From the first time I heard about this project at its conception last year, I wasn't psyched that my fave actor once again entered rom-com territory. Not because he isn't funny or charming enough to pull it off, but after the abysmal The Ugly Truth, the script is likely going to be another stinker. TUT …
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St. Patrick’s Day Flix Spotlight: Circle of Friends
Hello readers, are you wearing green today? I'm not the least bit Irish but hey, everyone's Irish on March 17, right? At least that's what this Guinness Storehouse sign in Dublin says 🙂 Well, I was going to post a clip of a movie with the word 'green' on the title, as there are quite …
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Friday Flix Q: If you were a casting director, what would your dream ensemble cast look like?
Happy Friday, folks! I wasn't going to post anything today, but this news I heard yesterday just sparked my inner casting-agent yearning aspiration to new heights. The new Hollywood powerhouse Relativity Media (according to Vanity Fair's feature on its founder Ryan Kavanaugh, the studio grossed $2 billion last year) announced yesterday that they're producing a …
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