Ang Lee's beautifully-made Life of Pi's released on Blu-ray/DVD this week, and since I had just been talking about Asian directors, might as well feature his film on today's music break. Canadian Composer Mychael Danna has won a Golden Globe and Oscar for his astounding soundtrack work for this film. This is Danna's third collaboration …
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Musings on Asian directors… why so few of them thrive in Hollywood?
I had just seen STOKER on Tuesday night, which inspires me to write about this post. Now, a lot of you know I was born in South East Asia but I moved to the US to go to college and has been staying here since. I feel like I need to preface this article by …
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A trio of casting news I’m excited about: Karl Urban, Rebecca Hall & Alessandro Nivola
Happy Midweek all! I've got another director-related post nearly ready to go, but I thought I'd share a trio of casting news I heard this week that I'm excited about, all involving three talented underrated actors I'd love to see getting more work. So here goes. Karl Urban's cast in JJ Abrams' futuristic drama pilot …
Musings on Quentin Tarantino’s 12 Favorite Films
Earlier this month, Sight and Sound magazine asked many of the well-known filmmakers today to list their favorite films, you can see the list here. For this article, I would like to just focus on Quentin Tarantino's favorite films. If you read most of my articles on this site (i.e. ranking favorite Tarantino's films) then …
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Weekend Roundup: Wreck-It-Ralph & catching up on Downton Abbey
Happy Monday all! Well, it's not quite Spring yet at least not weather wise, even though we've sprung forward one hour. That also means we lost one hour this weekend 😦 Downright addicted to Downton Abbey I've only managed to see one movie this weekend, as I've been catching up on Downton Abbey. I've even …
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Traveling Through Cinema: London
It should not be a surprise that I'm an Anglophile, seeing how many British-related stuff I put on this blog 😀 Well, since my good friend Becky (aka Prairegirl) is visiting London in a few weeks, I thought I'd feature one of my all time favorite cities for my Traveling Through Cinema series. Yes, I …
Five for the Fifth: March 2013 Edition
Hello folks, welcome to the third Five for the Fifth of the year! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, 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 here. 1. Ok, I …
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