RIP Dame Maggie Smith – 10 favorite roles of the venerable Grande Dame of Films + TV

This weekend started with a somber note with the passing of Dame Maggie Smith last Friday, who died at the age of 89. It's disheartening that I'm doing another tribute post after we lost the great  James Earl Jones earlier this month, but I simply had to do a tribute to one of my favorite …

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The Lucky 13 Film Club: 1930s British Female Protagonists

My pal Cindy B. invited me to take part in the February edition of her Lucky 13 Film Club series! This month’s topic is 1930s British Female Protagonists and we’re discussing Gosford Park, Miss Pettigrew Lives For A Day and Being Julia. Check out the post on Cindy’s blog and take part in the discussion!

Weekend Viewing Roundup & Updates on my pledge to #52FilmsByWomen

Hello everyone, hope you had a pretty nice and relaxing weekend. Those in the Northeast, hope you're doing ok and not buried under the snowmageddon! It's crazy that we Minnesotans have been enjoying relatively uneventful Winter lately, I mean we got the subzero temps last week but as far as snow, there's really not much …

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Five Notable Ensemble-Cast Movies in the Last Decade

Well, whaddayaknow, Takers, the movie that was never on my radar is the box office winner this weekend. The first time I learned this movie existed was when seemingly the entire movie blogosphere cried foul over how bad their poster were. There's bad, and then there's BAD Photoshop job, and this one was beyond dreadful. Ok, …

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