WOW, has it been a year already?? I felt like I was just doing this Oscar prediction thing not that long ago! Well, the stars might not have even recovered from the Golden Globes, for better or for worse. Methinks there'd be a mix of old veterans and newcomers all vying for taking the golden …
Continue reading 2014 Oscar Nominations: The Good, the Bad and the WTF
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 …
It's truly one of the c-cc-coldest weekend ever. It's way too early to have an arctic weather conditions here and it lingers way too long! We're talking about several degrees below zero (Fahrenheit that is, so it's a few dozen degrees below zero in Celcius!), with Wind Chill Advisory issued by National Weather Service when …
Continue reading [Arctic] Weekend Roundup & Quick Thoughts on The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Hi everyone! We've got another review from FlixChatter's newest contributor Ashley Steiner. Check out her bio if you haven't already. To make a long story short, I loved it! Wired.com is calling The Hunger Games: Catching Fire the The Dark Knight of young adult films. Let me liken it in a different way. Catching Fire …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Since it's the week of the Oscars, I've been preparing my predictions and also an Oscar-edition of Everybody's Chattin' series. That's on schedule for Friday but today I just want to pick your brain a bit today, so hope you'd indulge me. I just found out about this post from Flavorwire site (thanks to @WordandFilm …
Continue reading Question of the Week: Who’d you pick for Best (or Worst) Casting in 2012?
There has been quite a lot of buzz around this movie, so I'm thrilled that it's showing at TCFF about a month before its wide release! As I've mentioned on this post, this movie has won the coveted People's Choice Award at TIFF and there's been some Oscar buzz on Jennifer Lawrence's performance, deservedly so. …
Continue reading TCFF Day 7: Review of ‘Silver Linings Playbook’
TCFF is just four days away and I've finalized the movies I'll be watching during the 9-day film fest. I'm just thrilled that there's quite an eclectic lineup we've got this year, practically there's something from every genre. I've blogged about some of them on this post, but below is my full schedule of what …
Continue reading Counting Down to TCFF! The Films I Can’t Wait to See
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