Music Break – Favorite fairy tale music inspired by ABC’s ‘Once Upon A Time’

I just started catching up on the ABC show Once Upon A Time this past weekend, so that inspired me to pick the music for today's Music Break. I've only watched two episodes from the first season but I quite like it so far, though some of the acting is a bit over the top. …

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(Indie) Weekend Roundup: Today’s Special and The Heir Apparent Reviews

The Twi-hards rejoice once again with the release of the last movie of the behemoth Twilight franchise (wahoo!! free at last!) Their purchasing power truly cannot be denied! $141 mil this weekend alone domestically, topping the first part of Breaking Dawn's $138 mil. I did see the first part as my Twi-hard colleague lent me …

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Indie Film Project Spotlight: The Fitzroy

Happy Friday everyone! TGIF is the word and not only because it's the end of the workweek, but because today FlixChatter is shining the spotlight on a UK indie feature film called The Fitzroy! I first heard about this film earlier this month when I 'met' producer James J. Heath via Twitter. At the time …

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007 Chatter: (Ian) Fleming’s Bond – The James Bond of the original novels compared to the 007 movies Part 2

Welcome to another edition of 007Chatter! Just because Skyfall has been released in the US now, doesn't mean we can't continue talking about Bond. So this is the second part of Marcus' post where he compared the Ian Fleming's Novels to the Bond Films. In this post, Marcus takes a closer look at what is …

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Happy 43rd Birthday Gerard Butler!

I can't believe I almost forgot that today's Gerry Butler's birthday! I actually remembered it last month as I knew the date falls on the 13th. Alas, my fourth tribute to my long-time crush comes a little late. Ger, if you're reading this, I hope you don't mind! (yeah, dream on girl) Well, this marks …

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Weekend Roundup and The Whistleblower Review

Happy Tuesday, folks! Well, Minnesota weather is all but predictable and this weekend alone we seem to have gone through two seasons within a matter of 48 hours! On Saturday it was a balmy 69 degrees — people out driving their convertibles and walking in shorts 'n sandals. There's even a tornado touch down in …

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A Rant and a Question: Where do you get your movies?

This is what the Random Thoughts category is for. I haven't actually posted anything under that in a while but what happened today prompted me to this rant I rarely do on my blog. Before I get to my rant and question, let me give you a quick background. Well, yesterday I found out that …

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