Music Break: 5 Memorable Piano Moments on Film

As a big fan of classical music, I have always been a fan of piano music. In fact, I grew up listening to Richard Clayderman in the car nearly every single day as the French pianist is my late mother's favorite. This month's music break is inspired by a scene I saw on Monday night. …

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MSPIFF14 Reviews: JOE & Brave Miss World documentary

JOE Review by Josh P. Often grim, Joe is well made and gripping, though, perhaps, not for the faint-hearted. In the film’s first scene, writers Larry Brown & Gary Hawkins and director David Gordon Green define Joe as a harsh drama. In it, fifteen-year-old Gary (Tye Sheridan) accosts his father, Wade (Gary Poulter), for being …

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FlixChatter Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

It's always nice when a movie lives up to one's expectations, even better when it exceeds it. As a big fan of the first film, I'm already invested in the character of Steve Rogers, aka Captain America. I think director Joe Johnston did an outstanding job in introducing a superhero who's not inherently cool like most of his …

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Monthly Roundup & Favorite Film of March 2014

Welcome to April everybody! I finally got my flip-flops out yesterday for the first time in ... well I can't even remember! Temperature actually reached 60˚F on Sunday! I saw a bunch of people in shorts either jogging or on their bikes. It's just a tease though as we'll be back in the 30s again tomorrow, complete …

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FlixChatter Review: SABOTAGE

Just like his pal Sly Stallone, Arnold Schwarzegger is trying to reclaim his glory days as the box office king of the 80s and 90s by starring in action films again in the 21st century. So far though, both them have had more duds than hits and I'm afraid this trend will continue with Arnold's …

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Everybody’s Chattin’ + Previews of Into The Storm & SHOWTIME’s Penny Dreadful

Hello everyone! As promised, here's the second Everybody's Chattin' post to make up for the one I missed last month. So here are 10 of my favorite post from fellow bloggers from the past week: Now this is a post every movie blogger should read and undoubtedly can relate to ... Dan wrote about this thought-provoking article …

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Captain America Blogathon Part II – Ted’s and Ruth’s List

Andy over at Fandango Groovers' Blog was inspired by the latest Captain America: The Winter Soldier trailer in which we see Steve Rogers make a note in a pocket note book. It's a list of things he missed out on in the time he was frozen that people have recommended he should catch up on. …

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