One of the world's best composers John Barry died Sunday at the age of 77. The five-time Oscar winner have created some of the most celebrated iconic film scores of all time, with the most famous one being the James Bond theme. Some of his other memorable Bond scores are Goldfinger, From Russia With Love, …
Continue reading Music Break: Somewhere in Time – my tribute to John Barry
It's only January, but all these superhero buzz has been traveling faster than a speeding bullet. But this weekend's breaking news is BIG, powerful in fact, more powerful than a loco... [ok, enough with the catchphrases]. Anyway, if you're up on movie news or happened to be on Twitter yesterday, then you've probably heard it... …
Continue reading Meet the new Man of Steel: 28-year-old Brit Henry Cavill
Christian Charles Philip Bale turns 37 today! I've always been a fan of his work for the last two decades. Out of about 34 feature films he has done so far, I've seen 20 of them, even the ones that I normally would never see (American Psycho). I can't exactly remember what was the first …
It's been fun reading all the Bond posts spearheaded by ParagraphFilmReviews' James Bond January event. A few of my blog friends Marc, Ross and Darren are participating... props to all of 'em for saying nice things about my favorite Bond 😀 But it's this particular post that inspire me to write this post... "Sean Bean …
Continue reading Question of the Week: Which actor(s) would you like to see as Bond villain?
I saw a tweet about Ayrton Senna's documentary trailer being released this week and I immediately remembered how my car-enthusiast brother used to talk about him. Senna was and still is considered the greatest motor racing driver of all time... practically a Saint in his native Brazil. His sudden tragic death came on Sunday, May …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: SENNA documentary
The stars are probably still either basking or sulking as a result of yesterday's Academy Award nominations. If you're connected with me on Twitter, then you know I've been tweeting about it on Tuesday morning. The noms were released at 7:30 am CT yesterday and you can see the full list here. I actually had …
Continue reading Musings on Oscar 2011 nominations… in pictorial
Just a day before Oscar nominations are announced tomorrow morning, the Golden Raspberry Award, best known as the Razzies released their own list of *honorees* 😀 The third Twilight installment The Twilight Saga: Eclipse and M. Night Shyamalan's fantasy flick The Last Airbender tied for the most nominations with 9 each. I think both of …
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