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As tonight I'll be seeing Now You See Me tonight, a crime thriller about a team of illusionists pulling off bank heists during their performances, I thought this week's music break would have a similar theme of magic. The Illusionist is essentially a love story based on Steven Millhauser's short story, "Eisenheim the Illusionist." The …
Continue reading Music Break: Philip Glass’ The Illusionist score
Happy Friday and the last day of November, everybody! Are you going to the cinema this weekend? Well, unless you're already set on seeing the new Brad Pitt retro crime thriller Killing Them Softly, perhaps you're considering what else is worth a watch? Well then these reviews might help you make up your mind. Thanks …
Continue reading A Trio of New Releases Reviews: Wreck it Ralph, Life of Pi and Hitchcock
All right, two sports-related Gerard Butler trailers released within a month! I wonder if it's because of the Olympics?? First we've got a surfer movie, now soccer, not that I'm complaining 🙂 Now, this one was supposed to be released last March as I included it in my most anticipated movies for the first quarter …
Here we go again. The question of 'is this remake necessary?' is ubiquitous once again. For some, Paul Verhoeven's Total Recall starring Arnold Schwarzenegger is regarded a classic. So naturally, people are crying foul when director Len Wiseman announced he's doing a remake 22 years after the original's release in 1990. So today, Ted and …
All right, after the stupid trailer-for-a-trailer thing that Sony released last week, this time we finally have the real full-length trailer! I've actually been looking forward to it since I saw the Hall H panel at Comic-con last year. Sheesh, it took 'em almost a whole year to finally release the trailer?? Just like the 1990 …
Continue reading THIS JUST IN: Total Recall (2012) Full Trailer
Easy Virtue I've wanted to see this when I saw the trailer early last year, but wasn't fast enough to make it to the theater. Adapted from Noel Coward's 1924 play, it's a comedy that pokes fun at the stifling British upper class. Jessica Biel stars as a feisty American divorcee Larita who re-marries a …
