What is it with archery-skilled heroes that I find intriguing? Legolas, Robin Hood, Katniss Everdeen, and soon Princess Merida in Pixar's BRAVE ... somehow the art of shooting with a bow and arrow just looks so darn cool on screen. Now, this Fall, the CW network is bringing the show ARROW based on the Comics …
Continue reading Tube Watch: First Trailer of CW’s ARROW looks quite promising
In anticipation for Bond 23, a.k.a. Skyfall coming on November 9th, 2012, Ted and I are starting a new monthly series called 007 CHATTER... look for it sometime in the first week of each month. ... I've also added a new category for this, so click on 007 Chatter on the category drop-down menu for …
Continue reading 007 Chatter: Seven directors wishlist for the next Bond movie
The one thing I found appealing right away is of course, the cast: Michael Douglas, Antonio Banderas, Michael Fassbender, Ewan McGregor, Bill Paxton... and the femme fatale, a real mixed martial arts fighter Gina Carano. Steven Soderbergh confessed to the Hall H panel at Comic-con that he 'discovered' Carano fighting in a cage whilst watching …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Haywire’
The third annual TCFF event is just around the corner and I look forward to covering the festival again as I've done in the past two years. This year we kicked things off early with encore screenings of: Question One Documentary Directed by: Joseph Fox and James Nubile 108 minutes Closely following Proposition 8 in …
Continue reading TCFF 2012 presents ‘Question One’ documentary
Happy Monday all! Hope you had a nice weekend. Mine was quite busy but in a good way. For our anniversary celebration, we went to see the Addams Family play on Friday night at the Ordway Theater in St. Paul. Truth be told, I'm not that familiar with the story nor have I seen the …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Addams Family Musical, Phantom of the Opera, Dark Shadows
Woo hoo! The LAMMY Awards are here! I think from the banner name above you should figure out what this is all about. Well, for us movie bloggers, particularly the 1275 [and counting] members of LAMB, this is a chance to honor our fellow bloggers and acknowledge the work they've put into blogging about movies. …
Today one of my favorite Irish actors Gabriel Byrne turns 62. He still looked so darn good for being in his 60s that I thought he's much younger than that. Hence my omission from my Top 10 Favorite Seasoned Actors list. He was however on my list of Top 10 Chat-Worthy Irish Actors, and not only because …
Continue reading Happy Birthday Gabriel Byrne! Five fave roles of the elegant Irish thespian
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