A biographical film, or biopic (/ˈbaɪɵpɪk/; abbreviation for biographical motion picture), is a film that dramatizes the life of an actual person or people. This week I saw two press screenings (The Butler and Jobs) that are both based on real-life characters. So I thought I'd blog about one of Hollywood's favorite genre [or is …
Continue reading Question of the Week: What’s your favorite biopic(s)?
Happy Monday everyone! Did you catch anything this weekend? Two R-rated films ended up winning the box office this weekend. ELYSIUM beat We're The Millers by a slim margin with a little over $30. With a budget of $100 mil (3 times the amount of District 9 which ended up grossing $115 mil), we'll see …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup … Dragon Knight review + Musings on Matt Damon
When I first saw this trailer, I've got to admit that I found the premise to be quite hilarious. Former SNL cast member Jason Sudekis plays a small-time pot dealer David, who has to assemble a fake family for a mission to transport a 'smidgen' of pot from Mexico. He's convinced that under the disguise …
Before I review this film, I think it's important to give a bit of background on how I came to know about this film. I first heard of it from an Indonesian friend of mine when I went back to Jakarta last December. At the time I hadn't even heard of the film, but she …
Continue reading The Act of Killing review and Interview with director Joshua Oppenheimer
Hello folks, welcome to the 8th 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 …
Happy August everybody! I missed June's recap because it was such a whirlwind month for me, but it's back now! Whoah, it's the last month of the year before we get to the '–ber' month (or brrrrrr month if you're in Minnesota!)... and that also means the end of Blockbuster Movies is near. I think …
Continue reading JULY Movie Watching Recap and Movie of the Month
Happy Monday everybody! Hope everyone's had a great weekend. Well, it's a fairly mellow one for me up until Sunday morning as I went to what's called the the Mall-tour kick-off of the Mortal Instruments: City of Bones movie that's coming out on August 21. It's the latest movie adaptation of a popular, supernatural-themed young …
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