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 …
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The Act of Killing review and Interview with director Joshua Oppenheimer
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 …
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Five for the Fifth: AUGUST 2013 Edition
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 …
JULY Movie Watching Recap and Movie of the Month
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 …
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Weekend Roundup: The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones cast appearance & X-Men rewatch
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 …
FlixChatter Review: The Wolverine
I've been a huge fan of the X-Men universe ever since Bryan Singer's X-Men movie back in 2000. That was the first time I ever saw Hugh Jackman and he's certainly the most intriguing character of the mutant ensemble. When the spin-off movie came along, it certainly wasn't off to a good start, though I …
The Sun is shining… a WordPress Family Award
It's been a while since I participate in a blog award thing-y, but my good friend Michael from It Rains... You Get Wet kindly bestowed me this beautiful award recently. Hey, who doesn't like awards? Plus, it gave me a chance to nominate my fellow bloggers, so why not spread the love 😀 One of …
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