Thanks to my friend Julian who told me about the trailer via Twitter, I had forgotten that I was going to do a spotlight post on this film when I first picked up the novel. I still have not finished the Leo Tolstoy masterpiece, still stuck at about the halfway mark. I wasn't sure if …
Continue reading Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Joe Wright’s Anna Karenina
Welcome to May, everybody. For having endured a pretty cold and snowy Winter, I'm certainly glad Spring has arrived and Summer is upon us! I was fortunate enough to watch not one but two excellent sci-fi movies this weekend, a genre I like especially if it's the thought-provoking kind. And both Never Let Me Go …
I'm too lazy to write my mini reviews of the stuff I watched this past week, but I kind of have been busy sifting through a bunch of movie updates lately. Thanks to Twitter it surely is a lot easier to keep up with 'em. Well, since today's the 3rd, here are three things I'm …
Continue reading Chat-worthy Flix Updates: Tintin, HP7, London Boulevard
Andrew at EncoreEntertainment is conducting yet another movie meme blog-a-thon and the topic is an irresistible one: Great rain scenes! I love rain scenes... not only are they usually beguiling and beautiful, rain undeniably adds drama/romance/terror/suspense to any given scene, depending on how the director frames the scene. One thing for sure, as Andrew said, …
Continue reading Wet Blogathon: Jane Austen’s Beautiful Rain Scenes
A week ago, I posted the five noteworthy young actors (under 30) list, and a loyal reader Julian asked if there is a female counterpart to this post. Why of course! Took me a while to get the write-up for each, but picking them was easy. Emily Blunt (27) Everyone who've seen The Devil Wears …
Continue reading The Flix List: Five noteworthy young actresses (under 30)
Upon seeing this lovely poster, I just might make a weekly Poster Feature post from now on. There is always a new being released every day and it's fun to look at them. But every once in a while, a poster catches your breath away, not so much for how it looks—though it's indeed gorgeous–but …
Two indie flicks and a giant blockbuster, that's the three movies I watched this weekend. It may seem absurd to you but I just finally signed up with Netflix again after 2+ yrs of terminating its membership. Vanessa wondered how I filled my time before that, and the answer is, well, the old-fashioned way. I'm …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: The Edge of Love, The Young Victoria and Avatar
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