Well, you've probably read the full Golden Globes nominees by now (if not, head over to this post). The usual suspects of buzzed-about movies of the year once again make an appearance. In fact, all five nominees in the Best Motion Picture Drama: Black Swan, The Fighter, Inception, Social Network, and The King's Speech are …
Continue reading Musings on the 2011 Golden Globe Noms: The Good, the Bad and the WTF
Award season is in full swing with today's Golden Globe nominations, announced today at 8AM Eastern time. Just a bit of background (thanks to Wiki) on one of the industry's most important event: The Golden Globe Awards are presented annually by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association (HFPA) to recognize outstanding achievements in the entertainment industry, both domestic …
Our local paper calls it Snowmaggedon or Snowmygawd... and some tweets call it a Snownami. Anyway you call it, the blizzard condition practically crippled much of the state, forcing many TwinCitians to hibernate all day Saturday. A couple of my neighbors' got their cars stuck just yards away from their house. What were they thinking …
A few of people's tweets on Twitter yesterday read that The Tourist is 'less than the sum of its stars.' Well, that quip definitely has merit because despite the star wattage of the two leads, the movie is never luminous enough to really dazzle. Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp play characters with opposite personalities. Jolie …
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
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