Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Soul Kitchen

I caught a glimpse of Gordon Ramsay's cooking reality show Master Chef and it inspired me to pick this movie for my weekly trailer post. Soul Kitchen is a German independent ensemble comedy from German-Turkish director Faith Akin. Here's a brief description from TIFFreviews.com: From the director of Head-on comes the story of a young …

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Happy Birthday Sandra Bullock!

Yesterday Sandra Bullock turned 46, so happy belated birthday, Sandy! This has been quite a year for the affable actress, winning an Oscar and losing a marriage in the same year, which is tough enough in and of itself even without a heinous scandal associated with it. Yet, the gorgeous actress continues to carry herself …

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Weekend Roundup: Flugtag, Ridley Scott’s Filmmaking Contest, Pillars of the Earth Debut

Happy Monday, everyone! Hope y'all had a smashing weekend. Mine ended up being quite hectic that I didn't get to see The Prestige that I rented again. As I said in my Top Five Nolan flicks post, I'm curious to see if I understand it better the second time around. I had the pleasure of …

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Upcoming Flix Spotlight » TRON: Legacy

I wish I could be in San Diego this week, ComicCon sounds like a lot of fun, and it's increasingly becoming as much for movie lovers as comic book fans. One of the most buzzed about upcoming movie this year is Disney's Tron: Legacy. I've become increasingly intrigued by this movie, and the new trailer …

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Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: The Debt

Seems like every trailer I've posted has Helen Mirren in it, the dame is one versatile actress! But this movie's actually been on my radar for a while, but then the whole Disney vs. Miramax debacle threatened to send this straight to dvd. So I was tickled pink when I saw the trailer and the …

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Random assortment of movie musings and news – July Edition

Ok, about 72+ hours after I wrote my Inception review and my mind's finally able to think about something else! A bunch of us obviously went and saw it this weekend as the blogs are all abuzz with Inception-related posts, and it's been a trending topic on Twitter for at least four straight days! Christopher …

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From Vision to Film: Superman Returns

Welcome to the second edition of FlixChatter's From-Vision-t0-Film series. Have you ever seen a film and then wonder what would happen if they were done differently? Well, in Hollywood, about 70% of films that they produced had different visions initially. This post is courtesy of special guest blogger Ted Saydalavong, a movie trivia aficionado who …

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