I was out and about today when I read the sad news of actor Tom Wilkinson's passing at the age of 75. BBC News reported that the English actor, born in Leeds, Yorkshire, died suddenly at home with his wife and family. He was a brilliant and prolific actor, with over 130 TV and film …
Continue reading RIP Tom Wilkinson (1948 – 2023) – 7 favorite scenes from the fine English thespian
Happy Valentine's Day everyone! Hope it's been a lovely day for you, wherever you are and whatever your love life is like. I actually don't make a big fuss about V-day generally, especially the older I get. I actually told my hubby not to get me flowers this year, I mean, I still have a huge …
Continue reading Valentine Special – Who’s your favorite romantic on-screen couples?
It's been quite a nice and mellow three-day weekend for me... the calm before the *storm* as it were, as the later part of September is going to be a pretty busy one for me. Twin Cities Film Fest is just a month away, but we'll get a preview of the film festivities this coming Friday …
Continue reading Labor Day Weekend Roundup: a goofy comedy, a road trip doc + a fantasy romance
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 …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ + February Viewing Recap
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! My blog buddy Cindy Bruchman and I have been thinking about collaborating on a post and since V-day is around the corner, we decided on a topic about cinematic love stories that are dear to our hearts. We're talking about films that has a love story that we often revisit again and again because it touches …
Continue reading Valentine Special – A Dozen Cinematic Romances We LOVE
Well, well, well, it's that time of the year again where us film bloggers agonize in making these Top 10 list. Yes, agonize is not a hyperbole as it's REALLY quite an arduous task not only selecting which 10 films would make the list, but also ranking them. But once I decided on my top …
Continue reading 2014 Recap: Top 10 Best + 5 Worst Movies of the Year
It's been about three weeks since we passed the halfway mark of 2014, so I figure I should get this list up before the end of July. As I did the previous years, I'm including some films that might've opened internationally prior to 2014, but I'm including them here as I'm using the USA release dates (either …
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