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Did anybody else hear about this? As I was reading a bunch of stuff on the Oscars, I came across this article titled Joaquin Phoenix Says He'll be Back to Movies, which of course piqued my interest. The Hollywood Reporter writer Roger Friedman said he met Phoenix just last week at Soho House in NYC, …
Continue reading Flix News of the Week: Joaquin Phoenix returns to acting?
By 9 o'clock last night [Part 1 Highlights], three of my predictions lined up with the Academy's: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. And here's what the rest of the night had in store: Classy lady in red Sigourney Weaver presents Best Art Direction award. Avatar wins. YAY! Can't imagine any …
Happy Monday folks! Did you happen to catch the Oscars last night? Since this is the first year I watch the festivities as a movie blogger, I thought it'd be fun to blog the highlights and see how my picks stack up. I'm going to break this into two parts. So here goes part 1: …
Hello folks, just a day away until the biggest movie event of the year! Normally I don't even bother to ponder much about this event until 6pm Sunday night when I actually sit down on my couch and watch the festivities. But as this is the first year I observe award season as a movie …
Continue reading Counting down to Oscar 2010: FlixChatter’s Predictions
Three more days until Oscar time! I was going to publish my Oscar chatter post on my winner picks vs. predictions on the major categories, but allow me to digress. I had an email conversation earlier today with a colleague/friend of mine and she confessed how The Hurt Locker is not something she'd enjoy watching …
Continue reading Which Oscar’s Best Picture winner(s) are great for repeat viewings?
Happy Tuesday, readers! Critics everywhere seem to fall all over themselves in declaring The Hurt Locker a landmark movie-making achievement, giving director Kathryn Bigelow one major award after another, which in and of itself is a record as she's the first female director who've won some of these awards. I finally saw it this past …
Continue reading Random Thoughts: What critical darlings you can’t sing praises of?
Happy Friday, everybody! It's a short week since I got Monday off, but boy has it been a hectic one. Back in November, I revealed one of many guilty pleasure flicks, and since Shutter Island opens today in theaters after being delayed for four months, I thought it'd be fun to feature one of Leonardo …
Continue reading Friday Guilty Pleasure Flix: The Man in the Iron Mask
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