A couple of days ago, I saw Jennifer Connelly in the red carpet of The Tourist premiere with her husband Paul Bettany. As you can see in the poster, Connelly and Timothy Dalton co-starred in The Rocketeer back in 1991, and now her husband is co-starring with Dalton in The Tourist. It turns out this …
Continue reading Flix Character Spotlight: Neville Sinclair – The Rocketeer
In honor of South African director Neill Blomkamp reuniting with his District 9 Sharlto Copley for another sci-fi flick Elysium, it made me think of other director/actor duo I'd like to see working together again. As I've just finally got around to watching some highly-acclaimed and beloved movies, I wonder if the director & actor …
Continue reading Random Question: Which director/actor reunion would you like to see?
Happy Wednesday, folks. Well, the post article says it all, so let's just get to them, shall we? First, the good news: Cate Blanchett will reprise her role as Galadriel in The Hobbit ... I have not read the book but I do know the royal Elf doesn't appear in it, but I trust that …
Continue reading The good, the bad and the crazy… of this week’s movie news
Underrated, under-appreciated, criminally-overlooked, call it what you will but the fact of the matter is, these actors deserve better! They are constantly relegated to supporting roles, and worse, playing second fiddle to actors whose talent aren't even on par. Yet time and time again they almost always overshadow the lead with their charisma and on-screen …
Continue reading Seven talented actors who deserve more leading roles
Happy Monday, all! Hope you had a fantabulous weekend... or at least an enjoyable one. Well it's chilly over here, but that's hardly news obviously... it's Minnesota folks, if it's warm in December then we have some serious climate issues on our hands 🙂 Well, did you get to the movies this weekend? Perhaps you …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup: Le Samouraï and 1982 TRON
Special thanks to my buddy Vince Caro for his excellent contribution! With the anticipated release of Darren Aronofsky’s Black Swan, the somewhat unmarketable genre (at least in recent years) of the ‘ballet movie’ has been reinvigorated with high expectations. The last such movie I’d seen was The Turning Point (1977), an uneven melodrama which stayed …
Now, for most people, the main draw of this movie would be the two super famous celebrities featured in every piece of marketing for this movie. The studios are obviously relying on the actors' bankable quality and star power to put butts on seats, that having only their gorgeous mugs on the movie posters would …
Continue reading Five reasons why I’d see The Tourist on opening night!
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