Well, it's another Wintry weekend here in MN with snow and plummeting temps. But I'm looking forward to 30 degrees above zero this week, ahah. Well, it's relatively unproductive as I only saw two movies this weekend as I spent some time working on my ARGO write-up for The Lamb Devour The Oscars series. This …
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Ted’s Picks of Worst Films of the Year so far
Just yesterday I saw this info-graphic that Hollywood's creativity is waning. I mean, zero original movie in 2011?? WOW! I wonder how 2012 fares, but there sure are a bazillion remakes, sequels, prequels, what have you, and that trend isn't likely to end anytime soon. Well, Rodney at Fernby Films are currently doing Worst Film …
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Mini Weekend Roundup Reviews: Rob Roy & Bourne Legacy
It's a bit later than usual but I still want to let you know about my weekend movie-watching roundup. Usually I worked on the post on Monday night, but last Monday night I was invited to dinner with friends my hubby and I haven't seen in over five years. It was wonderful and we had …
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The Bourne Legacy – Ted’s Review
After they couldn't convince both Paul Greengrass and Matt Damon to come back and do another Bourne film, Universal Pictures decided to go ahead and make another one without them. Was this a good move or an ill-advised one? Read on. The film opens with a similar scene to the beginning of the first film …
FlixChatter Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol
It's been a while since the last time I was excited to see a Tom Cruise movie. I was intrigued when the first trailer came out, but it's this featurette that got me hooked! Yes, The Dark Knight Rises prologue was a major factor of course (more on that on tomorrow's Weekend Roundup), so those …
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Random Thoughts: What critical darlings you can’t sing praises of?
Happy Tuesday, readers! Critics everywhere seem to fall all over themselves in declaring The Hurt Locker a landmark movie-making achievement, giving director Kathryn Bigelow one major award after another, which in and of itself is a record as she's the first female director who've won some of these awards. I finally saw it this past …
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