Happy Friday everybody! I feel like ending the week with a less wordy post but nonetheless a very expressive one. Thanks to Nick over at Anomalous Material for the inspiration when he posted his 13 most iconic movie images, followed by Claire's top ten days later. What makes a movie still iconic is not only …
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TCFF Spotlight: 5 Buzz-worthy Documentaries
Less than a week away until Twin Cities Film Fest starts on Tuesday, September 20th. So today I'm going to highlight five documentaries worth seeing that are premiering next week at TCFF. I don't watch as many docs as I should, in fact, out of the five I highlighted from last year, I've only managed …
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Guest Review: Lantana (2001)
Lantana begins with ambient music and a tracking shot of vegetation which eventually come to rest on a woman's corpse, face down so that we can't tell who she was. Then we meet the characters whose lives are entangled like the branches of a lantana shrub, a perennial flowering plant that has a tendency to …
Music Break: Top Five Favorite Hans Zimmer Scores
Happy Tuesday, folks. I don't have much time to blog today but I thought I'd highlight one of my favorite composers, Hans Zimmer, who turned 54 yesterday. Ever so prolific with over 140 works under his belt, including movies, TV and even video games, the German native is known for using tribal/ethnic sounding elements in …
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FlixChatter Review: The Debt
It's nice to see a film you've been anticipating actually meets your expectation. I've been waiting to see The Debt for quite a while, and when Miramax studio was shut down by Disney last January 2010, I feared that this movie would've gone straight to DVD. Fortunately that wasn't the case, so as soon as …
9/11: Out of the Blue – Simon Armitage’s Poem in remembrance of September 11, read by Rufus Sewell
Today marks the 10th anniversary of the September 11th attacks, a day I still remember vividly as I was on my way to work that morning. I was listening to my local radio on my commute when they interrupted programming when the first plane hit. I immediately thought it was some pilot error, and that …
Groovers & Mobsters Present: Time Travel Movies – TIMELINE
Groovers & Mobsters event is upon as again and this time it's all about Time Travel Movies! This blog-a-thon was started by Heather from Movie Mobsters and Andy from Fandango Groovers where various bloggers join them in exploring a select genre in the only way we know how, talking about our favorite movies. This is …
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