The Flix List: Top 10 Movies from the first half of 2013

This list is rather late as we've already passed the halfway mark of the year a few weeks ago. As you know, because of personal circumstances, I had to take a blogging/movie-viewing hiatus for a while, so I missed a few screenings of what could've made my list: Mud, The Bling Ring, World War Z, …

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Weekend Viewing Roundup … and Question of the Week

Hello everyone! To those who celebrated Father's Day on Sunday, I hope you had an excellent time with your family. Well, sounds like many of you have seen Man of Steel by now, judging from the stellar box office take $125 mil so far in four days (including the $12 Thursday night tally). It's apparently …

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Musings on Man of Steel: What works and what doesn’t in the latest Superman reboot

Oh boy, where do I begin... Some films are tough to review and I find this one to be particularly so because I feel like I've invested myself in this movie even long before I saw it. It's strange I know, and perhaps I shouldn't have been sooo incredibly pumped but if you've read my …

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Final Man of Steel Countdown: Top 10 Favorite Superman movie scenes

All right! The wait is almost over for me... After anticipating this for exactly two and a half years, precisely since January 2011 when Henry Cavill was first announced as our Kryptonian hero, the agonizing wait soon comes to an end. Years have turned to months, months to weeks, weeks to days... and now it's …

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[Fan] Poster Spotlight: Man of Steel + Q&A w/ designer Patrick Connan

It's been a while since I've done a Poster Spotlight, so I thought it's time to do one as part of the Man of Steel Countdown! I first noticed this poster last week when I came across a tweet from the movie's official Twitter account. Here's the beautiful poster titled... Dark Side of the Man …

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Superman: A History and a New Hope

Yet another SUPER post on my favorite superhero!

Special thanks to Terrence for taking part on the Man Of Steel Countdown festivities. I love this post and especially his closing statement…

Is Man of Steel the beginning of a new era for Superman? I think so. It brings in a new era and with it a new hope. That is, afterall, what the “S” symbol stands for!

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A long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, a mother and father on a doomed planet called Krypton sent their one and only son, Kal-el, on a crash course to Earth in an attempt to save him from the impending doom of their homeworld. With the similar appearance of the inhabitants of Earth, young Kal-el differed in a very remarkable way from those who took him in as one of their own: powered by the rays of the sun, Kal-el (now living under the pseudonym “Clark Kent”) began to exhibit and harness powers of a super nature. Under the direction and guidance of his adopted parents, Clark learned that with great power comes great responsibility and as he grew he quickly learned just what that lesson would mean for him in his futuremanofsteelquote

Not only would Clark (soon to be known to the world as Superman) have a…

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May Movie Watching Recap & Movie of the Month

Can't believe it's June already! Summer is finally here, yay! Well, the temp isn't exactly Summer-y yet here, but I have to think positive that Summer weather IS indeed on its way [sigh] Well, it's been kind of an uneventful month for movie watching, but I think y'all know June is a BIG month for …

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