If you have not seen Judy Garland play Dorothy Gale in in the 1939 classic movie The Wizard of Oz than please stop reading this review now and go watch it! For everyone else, you know just how much fame and glory Judy Garland got for being the lead in the movie. But many don’t …
Happy St Patrick's Day everybody! According to this Guinness Store House sign, everyone's Irish today 😀 I hope you don't mind me resurrecting this oldie-but-goodie list I did a while back, but I've been meaning to update 'em for some time. This list is limited to performers born and bred in Ireland (at least for …
Continue reading Top 10 Favorite Irish Actors working in Hollywood today
Happy Monday all! It's been a quiet weekend for me, I barely went out on Sunday as we've got everything old man Winter has got to offer. Frigid temp is not enough apparently, so we've got dumped with snow, sleet and freezing rain all afternoon. Perfect weather for staying in however. Apart from going to …
Hello folks, welcome to the very last edition of 2012 Five for the Fifth!! To those who've never missed a single FFtF post, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart for making this my most popular blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. …
Continue reading Five for the Fifth: End of the Year Edition
Man, can't believe the third day of TCFF has come and gone already, time sure flies by fast when you're having a good time! The highlight of the day for me is definitely seeing Quartet, Dustin Hoffman's debut on the lives of retired musicians and Opera singers. Seems like people of all ages enjoyed the …
Continue reading TCFF Day 3: Reviews of QUARTET and We Are Wisconsin Documentary
Wahoo!! After months of planning, negotiating, previewing, etc. the TCFF board and staff have finally revealed the full lineup of its third film fest! As did the previous two years, TCFF have become the regional premiere of a lot of this season's most-anticipated films. Steve Snyder, TIME magazine's assistant managing editor and TCFF's scheduler, said …
Continue reading TCFF Lineup is here! Check out what’s showing Oct 12-20
CBS' newsman Mike Wallace passed away last Saturday at the age of 93. He's the star of the network's TV news magazine 60 Minutes from the time it's launched in 1968. As someone who almost majored in journalism in college, I certainly admired someone with such panache and brilliance. Surely Mr. Wallace was a pioneer and icon of …
Continue reading Scenes Spotlight: Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’
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