Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to 2015, hope your first day of the year was a good one. I've bid 2014 farewell with this random recap post. Boy it's been quite a busy year for me in terms of blogging and movie watching. According to WordPress' stats, this blog was viewed about 130,000 times in 2014. So …
Farewell 2014! Random Best/Worst Cinematic Recap of the Year
Wow, where has the time go?? I still can't believe it's already the LAST day of 2014. But y'know what, I'm actually looking forward to the new year, both in terms of film as well as personally and professionally speaking. This past week I started thinking about some cinematic items I like and don't like, so for the …
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Last Blindspot film of the year: The Sting (1973)
In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker. This turns out to be second George Roy Hill movie I saw, whom I didn't know was born in Minnesota. The first film of his I saw was Butch Cassidy …
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[Last 2014] Weekend Roundup + Mini Reviews of The Trip To Italy, The Immigrant, Exodus: Gods & Kings and Into the Woods
Hello hello! Hope you had a lovely long Holiday weekend. It's quite a nice and relaxing holiday for me, though it ended up being a pretty busy one hanging out with friends. I did fit in some movie-watching, even went to the cinema for Exodus though it was more of a last-minute decision when some friends invited …
Everybody’s Chattin’ + Good/Bad Movie Surprises of 2014
It's the day after Christmas and I'm taking a bit of a blogging break so I can catch up on reviews. I couldn't help starting a bunch of year-end lists though, I'll be posting them towards the end of the year and spill over into January. It's always fun making lists and I was inspired by Ms …
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Merry Christmas! Reminiscing on the alternative Christmas classic: Batman Returns
It's December 25 and I thought I'd take the time to wish you all a wonderful Christmas... wherever you are. It's not quite a White Christmas here in Minnesota. The snow that's supposed to hit us today seems to have shift to Friday, which is a bummer as for once I don't mind having a snowy Christmas …
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Music Break: Top 10 Favorite Film Scores of 2014
I'm so behind on my year-end top ten lists, but hey, I think January is still a great time for those lists right? 😉 I was listening to NPR two nights ago and caught host Robert Siegel interviewing composer Thomas Newman (The Shawshank Redemption, The Road To Perdition, Wall•E, etc.) and naturally I started thinking …
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