500 Free Movies of Various Genres to Watch Online

Thanks to my hubby who sent this to me the other day. It's too awesome not to share. Open Culture just released this list of 500 movies you can watch FREE online. Yep, you got it, five hundred of them broken down by genres: from Film Noir, Westerns, Silent Films, even Animation. Most of them …

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Guest Review: Prometheus – from a die-hard ALIENS fan

In August last year, I posted this Random Question: What movie you've seen most often on the big screen as I was inspired by my colleague who saw Aliens twelve times on the big screen. Well, now he's here to tell us whether Prometheus lives up to his lofty expectations. Review by Phil Thompson Full …

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Weekend Roundup – Back from blogging break

Hello everyone! Hope you had a nice weekend, yeah I know it's Tuesday already so you've probably forgotten all about it, ahah. Well, I saw the Prometheus chatter all over Twitter though I did hear that it got beaten by Madagascar 3 at the box office by about $10 mil! (per BoxOfficeMojo) Man, those animated …

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Guest Post: Still Learning Lessons From Ferris Bueller

Happy Monday all! As you're reading this, I'm likely hanging out in downtown Chicago with my best friend, enjoying the hot and sticky Summer day in the Windy City. So what's more appropriate than a post from a movie set in that exact spot? Special thanks to Nick from Cinema Romantico for his awesome contribution! I …

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Music Break: The Dark Knight’s End Credit Score

Happy almost weekend, folks! I'm flying to Chicago Friday night for a few days to attend my best friend's graduation, so for this week's music break, I choose one of my favorite movies filmed in that city. That Nolan film is extra special as my hubby and I were actually in town when they were …

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Musings on Django Unchained First Trailer

So the trailer of one of my most anticipated movies of year has arrived, Django Unchained. In case you didn't know what it's about, here's the basic plot: With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner. ...  http://youtu.be/WGPWDn8zBDs ... So what do …

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Five for the Fifth: JUNE edition

Hello folks, welcome to the June 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 …

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