80s iconic director John Hughes died Thursday of a heart attack whilst taking a walk in New York City. He was only 59. I can't help feeling nostalgic as growing up in the 80s, I watched a lot of his films: The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles, Pretty in Pink. He was a visionary who has …
Continue reading Some Kind of Wonderful – my fave John Hughes movie
F. Gary Gray, Law Abiding Citizen's director recently tweeted, "My mtg with the composer Brian Tyler went really well. He just gets it. Music is so important, it can ruin your movie if it's not right." I couldn't agree more. Music can make or break a movie. Not only does it create the mood …
With all the Gen Y and teenybopper flicks out there, how about a couple of poignant love stories for grown-ups? Both of these films deal with middle-aged people finding love, even though story-wise they can't be more different. Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day (2008) I've been wanting to see this for quite some time, …
Ok, here's hope that Gerry Butler gets to redeem himself for the atrocious role in The Ugly Truth. His new thriller Law Abiding Citizen with Jamie Foxx is surprisingly moved ahead of its release schedule from March 2010 to October of this year. Both Coming Soon.net and IMDB both list the release as October 16. …
Continue reading Law Abiding Citizen – new poster & release date
British and US press alike have been saying this over and over. Real men are but bygones in today's Hollywood movies, as more and more boys dominate the box office. The biggest money makers of late are mostly under the age of 25! Shia La Beouf, Zac Efron, Robert Pattinson and Daniel Radcliffe have all …
Continue reading Tired of boys ruling Hollywood? Get these real men to the rescue.
I realize the irony given what I said in my previous post, but if there's ever a follow-up to a film I'm rather excited about, it'd be The Untouchables: Capone Rising. I thought the 1987's The Untouchables was one of the best crime dramas with a classic David vs. Goliath story set in the prohibition era. …
Continue reading The Untouchables Prequel – In need of a young Capone
I was checking my email and there it was on the Yahoo main page that Russell Crowe is in talks to do a remake with Paul Haggis. I couldn't help thinking, yet another remake? Which is a strange coincidence the fact that my hubby just quipped last night how Hollywood is filled with oodles …
Continue reading Are fresh ideas a thing of the past in Hollywood?
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