Thanks to Andy for inviting me to My Movie Year blog-a-thon. This is the second time I've participated in Fandango Groovers' blog event since the massively popular Desert Island DVDs. Below is the simple rule for the post: All you have to do is pick your favourite year for movies and back I up with …
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Movies that made going to the movies suck #26: GLADIATOR
Hi everyone! Another blog event is upon us movie bloggers. Mike at You Talking To Me? Blog is compiling a list of influential movies that in its wake bring about other movies trying to capitalize on its success. So the list is basically about the great movies that were trailed by a bunch of pretty …
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Desert Island DVDs: 8 flix I’d take with me if I were stranded on a desert island
Oh the dilemma! Thanks to Andy from Fandango Groovers, in the past month, a whole bunch of us movie bloggers have been inflicted with an amusing predicament. Apparently, Andy was inspired by a UK radio program called Desert Island Discs where guests are invited to imagine themselves cast away on a desert island with only …
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Happy Belated Birthday, Russell Crowe!
Russell Ira Crowe turned 46 this past Wednesday. I guess I have a penchant for rugged men with a gravelly voice. Before Gerard Butler captured my attention, the New Zealand-born Aussie thespian blew me away as general Maximus Decimus Meridius in Gladiator (2000). There's not a lot of actors who consistently turn one impressive performance after …
Flix News of the Week: Joaquin Phoenix returns to acting?
Did anybody else hear about this? As I was reading a bunch of stuff on the Oscars, I came across this article titled Joaquin Phoenix Says He'll be Back to Movies, which of course piqued my interest. The Hollywood Reporter writer Roger Friedman said he met Phoenix just last week at Soho House in NYC, …
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300 & Gladiator sequel talks? Oh, please don’t!
All the rumors swirling about a sequel/prequel of 300 just got a new boost now that director Zack Snyder told IGN at the Comic Con this weekend that he's basically just waiting for Frank Miller's draft of the comic. Snyder said that there's a lot of Spartan history to draw inspiration from. He also hinted …
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Russell Crowe in Ridley Scott’s Robin Hood Flix
Russell Crowe, arguably the most talented actor working today is hoping reclaim the magic that was last seen in Gladiator. This time he'll be playing Robin Hood in his fifth collaboration with Ridley Scott. Originally titled Nottingham, Crowe was going to play dual roles as both the Sheriff of Nottingham and Robin Hood, in which …
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