Hello folks, welcome to the second to last Five for the Fifth of 2013! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item, observation, trailer, actor/director spotlight, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth …
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Musings on Django Unchained First Trailer
So the trailer of one of my most anticipated movies of year has arrived, Django Unchained. In case you didn't know what it's about, here's the basic plot: With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ... http://youtu.be/WGPWDn8zBDs ... So what do …
Musings on ‘The Great Gatsby’ trailer
The Great Gatsby. Even the title intrigues me. I was hoping to jump into that Scott F. Fitzgerald novel as soon as I finish Anna Karenina. But since I've pretty much stalled on that one, I'm tempted to abandon the Russian aristocrat doomed love story and move on to um, well another doomed love story, …
Upcoming Flix Spotlight: The Great Gatsby
One of my new year resolutions this year is to read more. Currently I'm still trying to finish up Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, which is quite challenging, but I'm determined to get through the whole thing. The next one I'll be tackling on is The Great Gatsby. I don't know why but ever since I …
FlixChatter Review: Inception (2020)
It's been more than twelve hours since the movie ended, yet I'm still mulling it over, spewing quotes from the movie, and can't stop thinking about it. Nolan's films infiltrate the minds, kind of like when you just wake up from a vivid dream and still feel trapped between the dream world and reality. Dreams …
Chat-worthy actor: Leonardo DiCaprio
Inception Countdown Post #3 Perhaps Leonardo DiCaprio is destined to be a movie star. The 35-year-old actor was born in Hollywood after all, and had started acting from as young as five years old in TV shows and commercials. I first noticed Leo in the sitcom Growing Pains when I was in Jr. High, as …
Pondering the ultra-prolific Ridley Scott’s possible next projects
Man, is this guy trying to work himself to death? Seems like Mr. Ridley Scott never met a project he doesn't like, even just looking the list of stuff he's got In Development is exhausting! Don't get me wrong, I have a ton of respect for the man, I mean after all he made one …
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