Everybody’s Chattin: It’s Friday link love time!

Happy Friday all! It's the first Friday of Spring this year, though here in the Land of 10,000 lakes, temps are still hovering in the low 30s F, about 15 degrees cooler than average! 😦 But why be gloomy right? After all, it's link love time! Check out these links for your reading enjoyment: Zack …

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Chat-Worthy Thespian: Gary Oldman

This is my LAMB Acting School debut post. It's kind of perfect timing as the British thespian just turned 53 this past Monday! If I were to come up with top ten great actors who haven't won an Oscar, Oldman would've certainly made the list. If you think that idea is atrocious, get this, he …

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Guest Post: Musings on Darren Aronofsky’s departure from The Wolverine… and who should replace him

So late last week, Fox announced that Darren Aronofsky won't be directing the new Wolverine film. As a fan of Wolverine and the X-Men franchise, this was a huge blow to me. Even though I've never read any of the comic books, I was a huge fan of the cartoon show that aired in the 90s. I also …

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Conspicuous Trailers of the Week: The Desert of Forbidden Art and The Princess of Montpensier

I didn't have my trailer post for last week, but today I'd like to highlight a couple of indie films that caught my attention. The Desert of Forbidden Art When I saw the trailer of this 80-minute documentary by Tchavdar Georgiev, I was blown away. As a designer, I feel an immediate curiosity to the …

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The Flix List: Past and present directors who could/should still make great films

By Ted Saydalavong I’ve written two articles for this site about Hollywood directors, both the hacks and the great ones. So this post completes my directors trilogy posts 🙂 This time I’d like to focus on the past directors who have passed away and some who are still with us but hasn’t done anything significant in …

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Desert Island CD Blogathon: 12 songs I wish to have if I were stranded on a desert island

It's been a while since I participated in a blog-a-thon, so when my pal Castor from Anomalous Material initiated this one, inspired by last year's Desert Island DVD. This time, as the title obviously says, we're asked to list 12 tracks we wish we'd have with us if we're stranded on a desert island for …

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Coco Before Chanel and the exquisite Chanel’s celebrity perfume ads

Happy Friday all! Tonight is time for our monthly girls movie night and the movie we'll be watching is Coco Before Chanel (Coco avant Chanel) starring the lovely Audrey Tautou as the famed clothing designer. I've been wanting to see this movie for a while. As a woman who loves fashion, I'm naturally intrigued by …

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