These two films are both in the BOATS category, that is based on a true story. Whether it's close or loosely based on the real deal is up for debates of course, especially in regards to The Fifth Estate as Julian Assange himself doesn't support the film, though given his secretive nature, it doesn't mean …
Continue reading Double Mini Reviews: RUSH and The Fifth Estate
Greetings, all and sundry! Sometimes, serendipity makes itself known in the most surprising and elegant ways. Originating with my response to one of hostess, Ruth's questions tacked onto her always entertaining monthly 'Five for the 5th' post. And the shy query of which film so far this year has been the most satisfying? Animation Done …
Continue reading Animation Done Right: WB’s BATMAN: The Dark Knight Returns Part 1 and 2
Hello folks, welcome to the second to last Five for the Fifth of 2013! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item, observation, trailer, actor/director spotlight, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth …
Hollywood seems to love making movies about bachelor party and here we have another one. Instead of having a bunch of young actors going to Vegas and behaving badly, this time we have a bunch of older actors going to Vegas and behaving like their younger selves. Four men in their late 60s who've been …
Hello November! It's also the weekend daylight savings ends here in Minnesota, so we get an extra hour to do whatever we wish, yay! Well, since I've been suffering with a cold the past week (yes that meant I was sick during my vacation plus I also twisted my ankle on my second night of the …
Continue reading October Movie Watching Recap and Movie of the Month
Happy Halloween everyone! Pardon the late post for this folks, due to my traveling schedule to attend my sister-in-law's wedding in NYC, naturally I had to put the blog on hiatus. But I'm back now, so here's the summary of the 10-day film fest that ended with awards announcement during the Festival's Closing Night Gala …
Continue reading TCFF Awards & Top Five Film Picks from TCFF Bloggers
Now that TCFF has wrapped, I'll be posting some reviews from the last few days of the film fest, as well as which films won the TCFF Awards which was announced last night. Glad to see some of my personal favorites getting nominated. You can check out the list here. Now here are some films …
Continue reading TCFF Day 7 reviews: The Liability, Casual Encounters, How I Live Now
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