General comments/observation on flix or TV trends
This might seem like a completely random choice today, but in fact I'm sort of inspired by Kick-Ass' err... kick-ass box office this weekend. The movie tells the tale of a high school student and a comic book die hard fan who decides to be a superhero himself. The action comedy also stars Nicolas Cage, …
Continue reading Scene Spotlight: Superman rescues Lois – Superman: The Movie
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, …
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 …
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. …
Continue reading Scene Spotlight: ‘The Grand Entrance’ – The Count of Monte Cristo
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 …
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 …
Continue reading The Bounty Hunter review (a.k.a. my open letter to Gerard Butler)
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 …
Continue reading St. Patrick’s Day Flix Spotlight: Circle of Friends
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