Happy Friday everyone! I can't believe I missed this post in September! I definitely will try to make up for that. Well I'm taking a bit of a review-writing break but I've been seeing a ton of screenings lately as well as gearing up for TCFF that's coming next Thursday! Can't believe it's been another …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin’ … and counting down to TCFF
Runner Runner is a poker term referring to when a player needs the cards on the turn and river to win the pot. I'm pretty sure any poker player knows the term quite well and for non-poker folks, I'm sorry I couldn't explain much better than that. I consider myself to be a pretty decent …
Happy Monday all! Hope you had a nice weekend. I see that a lot of you saw GRAVITY, glad to see that Alfonso Cuarón's film proves to be a critical AND box office hit with over $55 mil this weekend. If you've read my review, clearly that'll be the film I'll be rooting for come …
Continue reading Weekend Viewing Roundup and PARKLAND review
Hello folks, welcome to the 10th Five for the Fifth of the year! 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 posts …
One of the power of great movies is that it gives us 'escapism,' a relief from whatever problems we have in our daily life for an hour or two. But a truly great film gives us something more... more to take in, to marvel at, and to reflect on. Gravity, to me, is one of …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Alfonso Cuarón’s GRAVITY
Tom Clancy, the Baltimore-born author died Tuesday October 2nd in his hometown at the age of 66, two months' shy of the publish date of his new Jack Ryan novel, Command Authority. It's fascinating to see how the former insurance agent couldn't find a publisher for his first book, The Hunt for Red October, until …
Continue reading R.I.P. Tom Clancy – Thank you for your Jack Ryan thrillers!
Greetings, all and sundry! Given the breather for the last fainting gasps of summer. Adapting to a wrist brace due to a late furniture move. And given time top ponder, roam, root around, unearth and play with one of the great concepts, mysteries and axioms of cinema. Its mystique and long time purveyors. Every film …
Continue reading ‘You Gotta Start Somewhere’ Films: TAPS (1981) Review
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