Guest Post @ Digital Shortbread Blog – My review of Night Train to Lisbon (2013)

This review is my contribution to Bite Sized Reviews over at @ Digital Shortbread Blog Night Train To Lisbon is a historical-tinged drama where a chance meeting leads a Swiss Professor to embark on an adventure of a lifetime. Based on a best-selling novel by Pascal Mercier and directed by Danish director Bille August, the film stars …

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Everybody’s Chattin’ + February Viewing Recap

February is a short month so I'm going to have to combine two posts in one. Let's start off with some lists and non-review posts Wandering Through The Shelves Blog has yet another intriguing topic for this week's Thursday Movie Picks: Father & Son Movies Drew has been spotlighting Xavier Dolan, which he concluded with …

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Thursday Movie Picks #33: All in the Family Edition – Movies featuring Father & Son Relationship

Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …

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Question of the Week: Which movie(s) are you looking forward to in March?

Now that award season is officially over... we can all look forward to what else 2015 has in store for us. February is practically dead in terms of new releases, in fact I only saw Jupiter Ascending & Kingsman in the theater. But there are more intriguing stuff coming next month. I have rsvp-ed for …

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February 2015 Blind Spot: Sunset Blvd. (1950)

As the Oscar ceremony is still fresh in my head, I thought it'd be interesting to see this iconic film for this month's Blindspot. It's always fascinating to see a film about Hollywood and the narcissistic nature of that industry, and there's not a better commentary of that than this timeless classic. The story is told …

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Oscars 2015 – Recap, Reflections on Best & Worst Moments

Quick confession: I'm not a huge fan of Oscars red carpet, or red carpet in general. So I only tuned in a half hour before the show. It's funny but the second I turned on the TV, Michael Keaton was standing next to the chirpy blond presenter. He seems effortlessly at ease, LOVE that guy and …

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Counting down to 87th Academy Awards – Winner Predictions + various Oscar tidbits

Happy Oscar Weekend everybody! To those who give a ballyhoo about Oscars or award season in general, hang in there, award season is almost over 😉 I usually feel like Oscar ceremony sneaked up on me, but this year I'm glad it's finally here! Part of it is really so we can all move on, but …

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