Thursday Movie Picks – Oscar Winners Edition: Best Actor and Best Actress

Happy almost Friday! It's TMP time! The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. 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 you're up to it one …

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Thursday Movie Picks: Romance Tropes Edition – Friends to Lovers

Happy almost Friday! It's TMP time! The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. 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 you're up to it one …

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Eclectic Weekend Roundup: Great Expectations (1998), About A Boy (2002), Under the Cherry Moon (1986)

Well there goes the weekend… it seems to fly by so fast as it always does. I'm super excited for my upcoming trip to Montréal next week, we'll be there for four nights and then three nights in Québec City. The Airbnb flats we'll be staying at are gorgeous and they're both right downtown too! I'll be …

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Rental Pick: Albert Nobbs (2011)

I actually stumbled upon Albert Nobbs as I was trying to find an interview with Janet McTeer about The White Queen on YouTube. I didn’t recall seeing any promotion for this film, but I listened to Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) and Janet McTeer (Hubert Page) talk about transforming themselves into men for their roles. A …

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10 Reasons Iron Man 3 Exceeds My Expectations

Truth be told, this is one superhero film this year I wasn't really  looking forward to. I mean I LOVE the first film, and I didn't even hate the second one even with its set of flaws. But I guess I'm just a bit worn out with the character of Tony Stark himself, his snarky …

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Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Iron Man 2

Ok, now with the Oscars behind us, bring on the Summer blockbusters! It's no coincidence that the brand new Iron Man 2 trailer's released right after the Sunday telecast on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE. I was kind of meh about the first trailer that's more Mickey Rourke's Whiplash-centered, but this new one looks awesome! I especially …

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