So the weekend just flew by... poof, that was fast! It's actually been pretty hectic, back to the usual after a super mellow one last weekend as we recovered from our holiday. We saw Rango Friday night and yesterday, after a hot and humid day visiting a local art fair, we cooled off in a …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup & My Top Fave Summer Movies
Happy Friday the Fifth, everyone! I haven't been consistent with this supposedly monthly posting, as the last one was back in May, but I'm going to try to do this once a month (yeah I know, I said that last time, too :D) Well, the gist of the post is that I give five random …
Continue reading Five for the Fifth: 5 Random Questions for the 5th of August
In an industry seemingly obsessed with youth, the world of cinema is actually quite forgiving to those suffering from the inevitable phenomenon called aging. I mean, compared to another lucrative career such as sports, where athletes are forced to retire well before they reach 'middle aged' period, there are plenty of opportunities for actors not …
Continue reading The Flix List: Top Ten Favorite Seasoned Actors
Well, the 8+ months wait was finally over. Yep, that's how far apart the two Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows are and it was a bit frustrating after I saw Part I that I had to wait that long to see the conclusion. I did my write-up about Part I in lieu of a …
Ok, here's the last part of the forgotten big-budgeted misfires. Just to reiterate, these were the films that had a huge budget for its time and their failure went so far as to bankrupt the studio that marketed them, and some even ruined the filmmakers' career: 5. Cutthroat Island (1995): I think more people know …
Continue reading Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part II
[rtm's note: Who knew that the little blue people can actually take on Cowboys & Aliens? The Smurfs and the hybrid Western tied at the box office with $36.2 mil. It's perhaps too soon to call it a flop, but given the $163 production budget for the Harrison Ford/Daniel Craig starrer, it definitely underperformed.] ... …
Continue reading Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part I
Hello everyone! Welcome to another collaborative post with my lovely friend Paula G! This time we each came up with five movies we wish we could see on the big screen (either a repeat viewing or for the first time). Seems like almost every other week nowadays we hear news of previously-released films being shown …
Continue reading Random Question: What movies you wish would get a theatrical re-release?
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