As promised in my Friday post, I finally saw the cult-favorite Blade Runner last Friday. I see what all the fuss is about now, and to those who vouched for its important place amongst the best sci-fi movies ever made, glad to say it didn't disappoint. It's impressive given this was made 20 years ago …
Continue reading Musings on Blade Runner: What does it mean to be human?
Happy Friday all! It's kind of a meh weekend for me as far as movie releases is concerned. There's none opening tomorrow that I'm even remotely interested in: the animated superhero-deconstruction Megamind with Will Ferrell & Brad Pitt? Maybe a rental, just maybe. Due Date? Cool poster, but I just don't find the trailer all …
Continue reading Flix Watching Plans – looks like it’ll be a Blu[-ray] weekend
It shouldn't come as a surprise to everyone that MGM finally filed Chapter 11 yesterday after all the money troubles the studio has been in. Back in July, I lamented about the next 007 film being canceled as a result of MGM's financial woes. According to The Wrap, last week MGM's creditors approved a plan …
Continue reading MGM filed bankruptcy: What are your five favorite MGM movies?
I'm too lazy to write my mini reviews of the stuff I watched this past week, but I kind of have been busy sifting through a bunch of movie updates lately. Thanks to Twitter it surely is a lot easier to keep up with 'em. Well, since today's the 3rd, here are three things I'm …
Continue reading Chat-worthy Flix Updates: Tintin, HP7, London Boulevard
From acclaimed Australian director Peter Weir comes a fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian prison camp in 1940. The story was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's acclaimed novel, The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, as well as other real life accounts and tells the adventure story chronicling …
Continue reading Flix Poster of the Week: Peter Weir’s The Way Back
The night I've been waiting for is finally here! I've started watching CHUCK again this season when I heard Timothy Dalton was going to guest star on the spy comedy and boy, the episode didn't disappoint!! Thank you Josh Schwartz for inviting Mr. Dalton to the show! It was just absolutely brilliant to have him …
Continue reading TV Watching Monday: Timothy Dalton shows his comic side on CHUCK!
It's Monday again! Did you all have a nice weekend? Well, it's a nice one weather-wise here in the Twin Cities, in fact, it could very well be one of the best Halloween weather ever. We usually get snow or unusually chilly temps, but yesterday there wasn't a cloud in the gorgeous blue sky and …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Musings on A Room with a View
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