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The Happy and Glorious 2012 Olympics have come to a rocking end earlier today with a celebration of British pop-culture. Just because the Olympics is over though, doesn't mean the London appreciation has to. The UK capital is one of my favorite city I have been blessed to visit. Now for Part II, I decided …
Continue reading The London List Part II: Sixteen favorite actors born in the UK capital
The 16-day 2012 London Olympics is coming to an end today. For some of you, it's certainly been quite an exhilarating two weeks of watching and championing for the athletes you're rooting for in various sports. I haven't been following the event at all other than watching the opening & closing ceremony, but since I …
Continue reading The London List Part I: Ten favorite scenes set in London
This was originally written back in June inn anticipation for Bond 23, a.k.a. Skyfall coming on November 9th, 2012, Ted. Well, today is the day so I think it's fitting to resurrect this post as I'll be seeing SKYFALL tonight! ... I've also added a new category for this, so click on 007 Chatter on …
Continue reading 007 Chatter: Seven Things I’m Excited about Skyfall
On Monday, IMDb has an interesting poll that asked 'what is your favorite movie set on a train?' Well, part of what's so fun about my recent London trip was taking the underground tube every day, which not only provides a fast and convenient transportation but it's a fun place for people watching as well. …
TGIF and Happy last-day-of-the-month, everyone! Instead of the usual scene spotlight, I thought I'd highlight a movie-related art form that often goes unnoticed: the title sequence. For me, watching a movie title sequence is almost as fun as seeing a movie trailer. Many of them simply list the credit, but the great ones not only …
Man, is this guy trying to work himself to death? Seems like Mr. Ridley Scott never met a project he doesn't like, even just looking the list of stuff he's got In Development is exhausting! Don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for the man, I mean after all he made one …
Continue reading Pondering the ultra-prolific Ridley Scott’s possible next projects
Counting down to our London trip in less than two weeks, allow me to be a bit indulgent and in celebratory mood for a bit. From now until our departure Friday, May 7, FlixChatter will feature British-themed posts, whether it'll be a British movie review or scene spotlight, featured posts on British filmmakers/actors, or whatever …
Continue reading London, here we come! The inevitable Britastic blog series begins today
I've been having a serious case of Spring fever of late – as practically everybody in my neck of the woods – as we seem to be skipping March and goes directly to May. The Twin Cities have had NO SNOW the entire month, not even any real wind chill to speak off. I mean, …
Continue reading Scene Spotlight: Changing seasons – Notting Hill
Happy Monday, readers, and welcome to March! Hope you had a nice weekend, wherever you are. It was a nice, mellow weekend for me, can't complain really when the sun shone for the entire weekend with temp 'soaring' to the mid 30s (yes, that's a 'warm' front for us Minnesotans after a long, cold Winter!). …
