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I'm in the romantic period drama mood this week as I've been listening to the beautiful scores for Pride & Prejudice, Belle (one of my top 10 scores of 2014)... and this one. Though I wasn't as enamored as I would have with Far From The Madding Crowd (due to the Tom Sturridge miscasting as Troy), I actually want to …
Continue reading Music Break: Far From The Madding Crowd (2015)
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 …
Continue reading Thursday Movie Picks #53: Science Fiction Movies (No Space/Aliens)
I have to admit the first time I heard about this novel was a few years ago when Richard Armitage's character in the Christmas edition of Vicars of Dibley mentioned this Thomas Hardy's novel as his favorite. Well, I remember reaching about what that novel was about and was immediately hooked. So a headstrong woman in …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Far from the Madding Crowd (2015)
Happy Thursday everyone! What a week it's been. I went to the Christopher Nolan lecture at the Walker Art Museum on Tuesday and last night was the Far for the Madding Crowd screening. My post on both of those would have to wait until I'm back from vacation. But I have to share my first reaction …
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. First things first... well, Twitter erupted with geekgasm yesterday when …
As part of a continuation to the Top 10 Actors I'd See in Anything post, I figure I'd do the same list for the fairer sex. If anything, my love for actresses seem to be more constant than for actors, not sure why but aside from some new discoveries, I've been a fan of most …
Continue reading 10 Actresses I would watch in just about anything
I first published this list back in November 2009, and I've been wanting to do an update in a while, thanks to the suggestion from Iba @ ILuvCinema. As I said back then, this kind of list is a matter of opinion/preference, and it's impossible to please everyone. This one in particular is not meant …
Continue reading TEN Notable Foreign Actors to Watch – Where Are They Now?
