Based on the ABSCAM scandal of the late 1970s, con-artists Irving Rosenfeld and Sydney Prosser are forced to work for a wild FBI agent, Richie DiMaso. When I first heard David O. Russell was making this film, I was immediately drawn to it mainly because of the cast. It's combining the best of The Fighter …
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Happy Thanksgiving! 28 Movies I’m thankful for in 2013
Happy Thanksgiving, everybody! It's the first time I'm spending Thanksgiving apart from my dearest hubby, as he's in Jakarta, Indonesia and I'm here in sunny San Diego, but I'm thankful nonetheless. It's been such a blessing to spend time with my BFF whom I've been friends with since Junior High! I should make a list …
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Breaking Emotions Blogathon: Smiles & Thrills
Last week I took part in Mettel Ray's BREAKING EMOTIONS blogathon on Tears and Surprise. Check out my entry if you haven't already. It was a lot of fun to do so naturally I'm game to do another one. Now the emotions for this week are ... SMILES and THRILLS Continuing with the theme of …
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Follow-up Question of the Week: Favorite FICTIONAL biopics?
Hello everyone! As I'm still working on my review of Lee Daniels' The Butler that'll be up tomorrow, biopics are still on my mind this week. Thanks to Chris from Terry Malloy Pigeon Coop and Nick from Cinematic Katzenjammer for bringing up this topic on the comments of yesterday's post on favorite biopics. When I …
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Memorable Movie Birthday Scenes to celebrate my big day
Hello friends! Today happens to be my birthday so I'm taking today off from work as part of my birthday present to myself 😀 A few years back I chose a birthday-related movie to mark the occasion, which was David Fincher's excellent-but-underrated thriller The Game. I highly recommend that if you haven't seen it already. …
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Scenes Spotlight: The Dark Knight (2008) The Joker Interrogation and Harvey Dent Dinner scene
It's only been four years since The Dark Knight opens, but it feels like ages. I'm watching it as I'm typing this, though this post has been in my draft folder since I read this Hero Complex article a few months ago. Well, since I'm hugely anticipating the final installment of Christopher Nolan's supremely lucrative …
Rental Pick: The Flowers of War (2011)
... Ruth's note: Thanks to FC's contributor Cecilia Rusli for this review. This film is now available on DVD/Blu-ray. View more information on the production of this movie as well as the trailer. ... It's been a long time since I've last seen a Chinese movie at the cinema as I am getting less interested …
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