With the casting of Henry Cavill as the new Superman, I often wondered how the previous big-screen Kryptonian hero Brandon Routh feel about this. Is he upset? Disappointed? Relieved? I know that various news reported that he was vying to be invited back to reprise his role of man of steel, but he just seems …
Continue reading Brandon Routh’s major starring role post Superman is another comic-book hero
Around mid 1990s, Mel Gibson pitched a remake of Fahrenheit 451 to Warner Bros. and they agreed to let him shoot it. Gibson had directed two films so far, The Man without a Face and Braveheart, he won an Oscar for the latter. So while in his directing mode he wanted to remake Fahrenheit 451 …
Continue reading Guest Post – A remake that’s actually worth seeing: Fahrenheit 451
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
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