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 of each. This Thursday's theme is... …
Continue reading Thursday Movie Picks 2021: Oscar Winners Edition – Best Director
The Oscars is just a week away, folks! Well, a week ago, as I was listening to 99.5 Classical MPR they were playing my favorite score from Titanic and I knew I had to make a post of it. For this post I'm focusing more on the instrumental themes instead of the songs, hence my exclusion …
Continue reading Music Break: Ten Favorite Oscar-Winning Film Scores
This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Once Upon A Screen taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs When Ruth asked me to participate in the Steven Spielberg blogathon, I wasn't sure what to …
Continue reading The Spielberg Blogathon: Reminiscing about Raiders of the Lost Ark & Jurassic Park
Huge thanks to Dave W. for this special tribute of his personal favorite thespian Peter O'Toole – Always a Bridesmaid, Never a Bride With the passing of Peter O’Toole at age 81 this past weekend cinema has lost one of the truly great actors in the history of film. I thought it fitting to honor …
How's your weekend everyone? Was it an eventful one or busy with Christmas shopping? Well, the arctic air still hasn't left us yet, it's really getting pathetic that we got excited when temps go even 15 above zero! Today it's almost 30˚ F and boy did it feel good! Here's a recap of what I …
Continue reading The Weekend That Was… RIP Peter O’Toole & Interstellar teaser
A biographical film, or biopic (/ˈbaɪɵpɪk/; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. This week I saw two press screenings (The Butler and Jobs) that are both based on real-life characters. So I thought I'd blog about one of Hollywood's favorite genre [or is …
Continue reading Question of the Week: What’s your favorite biopic(s)?
Well, it's been fun folks! After about three + years of blogging... FlixChatter is closing up shop so this is the last monthly recap you'll see on this blog. THANK YOU for being such loyal supporters of this blog... I really appreciate your readership and all the wonderful comments. I'll be moving to Antarctica next …
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