Happy Wednesday everyone! Well, I've got a few things to blog about so let's just get to 'em shall we? I got a free advanced screening to see RED yesterday, thanks to my hubby's co-worker. It's either this or The Last Exorcism, hiiih no way I'd see that one even if someone paid me! I've …
Continue reading Random assortment of movie musings and news: August Edition
Well, clearly we have winner on the movie battle of the muscled men vs. Julia + her men vs. a nerd boy hero. The Expendables exploded at the box office with $35 million, with Eat, Pray, Love came out in a distant second with about 10 million less. I guess Sly's gamble paid off, it …
Continue reading Random Thoughts: The Chameleon vs. Perpetually-Typecast Actors
Olive from Movie News First kindly tagged me for this meme. I've been meme-ing a lot this month, but I'm slacking off on this one (sorry Olive). Well, the idea of this Happy 101 Award is to share the things that bring you joy. Ok, here goes: 1. Great music on Sunday mornings. My church …
Everyone's been calling it the ultimate battle of the sexes at the movies this weekend. Of course it isn't the first time an explosive action-packed movie opens against a chick flick, nothing new there, but it seems that with The Expendables vs. Eat, Pray, Love, the contrast couldn't be more... well ginormous. As massive as …
Continue reading Who will win the weekend? The Expendables vs. Eat, Pray, Love
Marc from Go-See-Talk invited a bunch of movie bloggers to take a trip down memory lane to list movies that 'define' our taste in movies. The films in question are those I saw at a young age and the ones I constantly refer back to as 'classics.' Not having grown up in America, I didn't …
A movie you thought you wouldn't like but ended up loving: Inglourious Basterds When the buzz for this movie started even months before it opened, I had no interest whatsoever in seeing it. I've never been a Tarantino fan and though I enjoyed Pulp Fiction, I'm not familiar with his work. Plus, Brad Pitt's mug …
Continue reading 31 Days Movie Meme Day #10: Movie I ended up loving
The swirly yellow font treatment set against stark black caught my attention in the Apple trailer page, but the official poster set in nifty illustration is even more artsy. I love how the monsters' hands guide draw your eyes down to the terrified-looking girl and down to that script fonts of the title. Very creative, …
Continue reading Flix Poster of the Week: Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark
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