The morning after … Oscars 2014 – Recap and Reflections

Happy Monday everybody! Soooo... how many of you stayed up late to watch the Oscars last night? Well I live tweeted for the most part, I find that it's easier than doing a live blog. As the Oscar attendees got ready this Sunday, I went to brunch, gym, prepared dinner and went downstairs to my …

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February 2014 Blind Spot: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)

I didn't realize that I'm doing another Frank Capra film back to back in the BlindSpot series! Well, I had initially wanted to do a James Stewart marathon after the Gregory Peck one, but I never got around to it. Well, I finally got to see it on President's Day last weekend, what a fitting …

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FlixChatter Review: Robocop (2014)

The original version of RoboCop holds a special place in my heart, not only it's one of the best films of the 80s, it actually converted me to become a hard core shoot'em up action fanatic. Being that I was born in the Far East, I grew up watching martial arts films, lots and lots …

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10 Movie/TV Clichés That Need to Die A Horrible Death!

Greetings all and sundry! While taking advantage of the intermittently snowy, yet not disastrous winter weather and snow visiting the mid Atlantic east coast. I've taken to television, DVDs and the occasional film to develop a list of annoying clichés. That try as one might to avoid or ignore. Keep returning to the scenes of …

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Life, Love and the Movies BLOGATHON

It took me a while to finally get my entry done, and since today is my birthday, I figure it's as good a time as any to post it now 😀 Thank you Nostra for creating another fun blogathon we can all take part in. Also thanks to Karamel Kinema for the awesome blogathon graphic. …

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FlixChatter Review: The LEGO Movie

We've seen a plethora of movie tie-in with the LEGO company for a long time. From the Lord of the Rings to Star Wars, there's pretty much a LEGO version of pretty much any franchise. So it's really a matter of time that these colorful interlocking plastic bricks have a movie of their own, I'm …

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Monthly Viewing Roundup & Favorite Film of January 2014

Good riddance January!! Boy it's truly THE coldest month I've had in my 20+ years living in MN, though December 2013 is not any warmer at all either! On Groundhog day yesterday, Groundhog Phil saw his shadow in the small town of Punxsutawney, Pa. so I guess we have six more weeks to contend with …

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