Music(al) Break: Moulin Rouge’s Come What May

I was dusting off my CD collection the other day and found my Moulin Rouge! soundtrack I used to listen every day for like two months after seeing the movie. So I've been listening to the CD in my car now. I LOVE, LOVE this movie, it's so original, artsy and passionate. In any case, …

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FlixChatter Review: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’

The one thing I found appealing right away is of course, the cast: Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton... and the femme fatale, a real mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano. Steven Soderbergh confessed to the Hall H panel at Comic-con that he 'discovered' Carano fighting in a cage whilst watching …

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Double Screening Reviews: Jeff Who Lives At Home & Salmon Fishing in The Yemen

Happy Thursday all! Today I bring you two mini reviews that my friend Haley and I saw at an advanced screening this week. Jeff, Who Lives At Home Directors: Jay Duplass, Mark Duplass Stars: Jason Segel, Ed Helms and Judy Greer Let me preface by saying I'm no writer, in fact a sheer sense of …

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Happy 40th Birthday Ewan McGregor!

One of my favorite Scottish actors Ewan McGregor turns 40 today! Boy, he still looks so youthful. He certainly ages well and is still busier than ever! I've only seen about a dozen of his work, which sounds like a lot but it's only a quarter of the number of films he's churned out. Ewan …

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Actors who are (surprisingly) good singers

As is often the case when I'm on YouTube, when I was browsing around to find Keira Knightley's clip for yesterday's post, I got sidetracked watching other similar clips. She's just one of a handful of actors who surprisingly has a pretty decent singing voice. So I decided to list 10 of them that I …

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