A Hard Day’s Night (1964) by guest blogger Vince Caro a.k.a rockerdad In the spirit of rtm’s trip to London this week, and guest blogger Samantha’s fine piece on Mark Strong, I thought I’d mix things up a bit with an unlikely classic review: The Beatles’ first movie – A Hard Day’s Night from 1964. …
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Chat-Worthy Actor: Mark Strong
Special thanks to guest blogger Samantha Klein of Banana Oil Movies for her outstanding contribution! ... I have a confession to make. I play "Six Degrees of Russell Crowe". Yes, I know it's supposed to be Kevin Bacon, but I don't watch Kevin Bacon stuff, and I'm a huge Crowe fan. I've seen over half …
The Art of Movie Title Sequences … and My Top Ten Favorites
Hello all, this is my last post for at least a week as I'm flying to London tomorrow night (God willing the volcanic ash doesn't wreak havoc on our travel plans!). However, look for two special guest posts next week so please check back later. I promised on my Rocknrolla post last Friday that I'll be …
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Movies that made going to the movies suck #26: GLADIATOR
Hi everyone! Another blog event is upon us movie bloggers. Mike at You Talking To Me? Blog is compiling a list of influential movies that in its wake bring about other movies trying to capitalize on its success. So the list is basically about the great movies that were trailed by a bunch of pretty …
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Upcoming Flix Spotlight: On the set of Coriolanus in Serbia
Thanks to GBGals via Twitter, we've got some cool on-set pics of the Ralph Fiennes-directed Coriolanus in Serbia. Here's an excerpt from this online forum (translated from a Serbian news outlet) on the on-set visit of Serbia's Defense Minister Dragan Sutanovac on April 28: "I am very pleased that we have helped take this movie, …
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Movie Title Sequence Spotlight: Rocknrolla
TGIF and Happy last-day-of-the-month, everyone! Instead of the usual scene spotlight, I thought I'd highlight a movie-related art form that often goes unnoticed: the title sequence. For me, watching a movie title sequence is almost as fun as seeing a movie trailer. Many of them simply list the credit, but the great ones not only …
DVD Picks: Slumdog Millionaire & August Rush
I wrote these reviews before I decided on the Britastic blog series, but they work just fine because they're both British-related. Slumdog Millionaire is directed by talented British director Danny Boyle, and Freddie Highmore who plays the title role in August Rush was born in London. They both also share a similar fairy-tale element in …
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