Music Break: The American President (1995)

Welcome to another edition of the Music Break series! Apparently I skipped one in October with the TCFF festivities. Well for this week, I was raking my brain to see what soundtrack I would highlight. Well, given today is post-election Wednesday, I figure it'd be fitting to highlight this Oscar-nominated score as Barrack Obama has …

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Weekend Roundup: Iron Sky, Good Will Hunting, Top Gear Vietnam Special

Happy Election Tuesday folks! For my fellow Americans who are going to the polls today, good for you for exercising your rights to vote! I'm not a US citizen yet or I would definitely be doing the same thing today! But whichever way you voted, I'm just glad that tomorrow there'll be NO MORE political …

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Five for the Fifth: November 2012 Edition

Hello folks, welcome to another 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth! 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. So let's get started, …

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Rental Picks: A Separation and The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Happy Friday! What will you be watching today, folks? Are you going to the cinema to see the latest of the Disney animated feature Wreck-It Ralph (check out my pal Terrence's review), the Kung-fu movie The Man with the Iron Fists or Denzel Washington's Flight? Well, if you decide to rent something, here are a …

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007 Chatter: Musings on Bond Villains and Top 7 Picks

It's the last day of the Bond month, the 50 year anniversary of the first Bond film, Dr. No, which opened in the UK on on October 5, 1962. These 007 posts are also part of the Skyfall countdown which will open on November 9 here in the US! As I don't cover the horror …

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Weekend Roundup – Indiana Jones, BBC’s Sherlock + Chasing Mavericks Review

Today I truly appreciate the simple things in life. Well not that I wouldn't any other day but especially so the past couple of days after reading all the news and weather updates on the Frankenstorm that is Hurricane Sandy. The fact that I can drive peacefully on the road without being pounded by crazy …

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Weekend Viewings + Everybody’s Chattin’

Happy Friday everyone! Well, Winter has definitely arrived here in Minnesota. We've got a sprinkle of the dreaded 's' word yesterday... yep, snow! But fortunately it was just a snow mix so it didn't stick much at all, in fact, on my way home there's barely a trace of it. Different story if you live …

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