There's nothing interesting at the cinema this weekend, but it's always nice to catch up on older movies I've been meaning to see. This past Friday was our first Girls Movie Nite since its summer hiatus and my girlfriends and I had initially settled on Water for Elephants. The trailer looks pretty good and the …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup: Starter for Ten & A Scanner Darkly
Woo hoo, TGIF! I usually don't post trailers on a Friday but tonight is our monthly Girls Movie Nite with my girlfriends, which had been on hiatus all Summer, and we'll be watching a British indie called Starter For Ten. It's a coming-of-age comedy starring James McAvoy, Rebecca Hall and Benedict Cumberbatch. I love the cast …
Continue reading Indie Trailers Spotlight: Main Street, Oranges & Sunshine, and Toast
The Beaver A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating.I've been curious about this one mostly to see Mel Gibson's performance and because the script apparently topped 2008's The Black List (as in list of Best Un-produced Screenplays). I also wanted to see it because Anton Yelchin, whom …
Every year Hollywood churned out big films one after another. But they also have one or two films each year that they hope it will either rake in a lot of money, earn tons of Oscar nominations or both. Through the years, studios would invest in certain talents and throw quite a bit of money …
Continue reading Guest Post: Five big budget movies that fail to meet studio’s high expectations
Exactly a month from now, on 11-11-11, Immortals is released. You probably already know that I've been anticipating this for some time. I was initially excited because Tarsem is directing (as I really like The Fall), but when Henry Cavill was cast, I am even more psyched!! Yes the British actor is VERRRY easy on …
Continue reading Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Immortals – ‘The Story Behind Theseus’ Featurette
Happy Monday, everybody! It's actually a Columbus Day holiday here, but no, I didn't get a day off 😦 Hope you had a wonderful weekend, wherever you are. Well, mine was quite lovely. I took a much-needed blogging/computer break on Saturday to spend the entire day outdoors starting with a jog around the beautiful Lake …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: ‘Midnight in Paris’ review
About a week ago, Kid from Kid In The Front Row asked everyone to join in on his Character Dialogue Blogathon. The idea? Have an imaginary conversation with the film character of your choice. I took a blogging & computer break yesterday but since I promised him I'd take part, I figure it's better late …
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