Anticipated Flix Updates: The Expendables’ new poster & Coriolanus’ Concept Art

The Expendables Normally this isn't my go-to genre, but hey I did grow up with 80s and 90s action flicks starring most of actors that make up the cast. I first heard about it earlier this year that I just had to blog about it, and now a new poster's been released that is as …

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Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: The Switch

I first heard about this flick when I blogged about Jason Bateman last September when it was still called The Baster. Yeah, no doubt they went with a 'safer' title though it sounds so generic now (there are eight other movies with that exact title on IMDb!). .... The plot: An unmarried 40-year-old woman (Kassie) …

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St. Patrick’s Day Flix Spotlight: Circle of Friends

Hello readers, are you wearing green today? I'm not the least bit Irish but hey, everyone's Irish on March 17, right? At least that's what this Guinness Storehouse sign in Dublin says 🙂 Well, I was going to post a clip of a movie with the word 'green' on the title, as there are quite …

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DVD Picks: Easy Virtue and A Good Year

Easy Virtue I've wanted to see this when I saw the trailer early last year, but wasn't fast enough to make it to the theater. Adapted from Noel Coward's 1924 play, it's a comedy that pokes fun at the stifling British upper class. Jessica Biel stars as a feisty American divorcee Larita who re-marries a …

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Everyone’s a Critic: Two Twin-Cities natives review ‘A Serious Man’

Happy Monday, everybody! In this special edition of Everyone's a Critic, I thought it'd be fun to have a couple of my Minnesota friends to offer their (slightly different) views on a movie that happens to be filmed in our neck of the woods. This is the first movie set in Minnesota from the Coen …

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Friday Flix Q: If you were a casting director, what would your dream ensemble cast look like?

Happy Friday, folks! I wasn't going to post anything today, but this news I heard yesterday just sparked my inner casting-agent yearning aspiration to new heights. The new Hollywood powerhouse Relativity Media (according to Vanity Fair's feature on its founder Ryan Kavanaugh, the studio grossed $2 billion last year) announced yesterday that they're producing a …

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Chat-Worthy Upcoming Flix: ‘Coriolanus’, Nolan’s Superman/Batman & ‘Jane Eyre’ remake

CORIOLANUS If you read my blog regularly, you'll know that I've sort of aspire to be a casting agent. One of my casting wish is to have my fave actor Gerard Butler to co-star with fellow Scottish actor Brian Cox. The multi-award winning actor is known for his villainous roles in Troy, Bourne Supremacy and …

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