Ok, now with the Oscars behind us, bring on the Summer blockbusters! It's no coincidence that the brand new Iron Man 2 trailer's released right after the Sunday telecast on Jimmy Kimmel LIVE. I was kind of meh about the first trailer that's more Mickey Rourke's Whiplash-centered, but this new one looks awesome! I especially …
Continue reading Conspicuous Trailer of the Week: Iron Man 2
Did anybody else hear about this? As I was reading a bunch of stuff on the Oscars, I came across this article titled Joaquin Phoenix Says He'll be Back to Movies, which of course piqued my interest. The Hollywood Reporter writer Roger Friedman said he met Phoenix just last week at Soho House in NYC, …
Continue reading Flix News of the Week: Joaquin Phoenix returns to acting?
By 9 o'clock last night [Part 1 Highlights], three of my predictions lined up with the Academy's: Best Supporting Actor, Best Supporting Actress and Best Adapted Screenplay. And here's what the rest of the night had in store: Classy lady in red Sigourney Weaver presents Best Art Direction award. Avatar wins. YAY! Can't imagine any …
Happy Monday folks! Did you happen to catch the Oscars last night? Since this is the first year I watch the festivities as a movie blogger, I thought it'd be fun to blog the highlights and see how my picks stack up. I'm going to break this into two parts. So here goes part 1: …
Hello folks, just a day away until the biggest movie event of the year! Normally I don't even bother to ponder much about this event until 6pm Sunday night when I actually sit down on my couch and watch the festivities. But as this is the first year I observe award season as a movie …
Continue reading Counting down to Oscar 2010: FlixChatter’s Predictions
Three more days until Oscar time! I was going to publish my Oscar chatter post on my winner picks vs. predictions on the major categories, but allow me to digress. I had an email conversation earlier today with a colleague/friend of mine and she confessed how The Hurt Locker is not something she'd enjoy watching …
Continue reading Which Oscar’s Best Picture winner(s) are great for repeat viewings?
Seems like there have been quite a lot of music icons biopics in the works lately. There's the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy that premiered at Sundance last January, Joan Jett's The Runaways with Twilight's Kristen Stewart out this month, and just a few weeks ago, I read some news about the Kurt Cobain biopic …
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