Greetings and welcome to all and sundry. It's my great pleasure to offer a Guest Review of a film I grew up with and have seen many, many times on television. With and without commercials. Though only a few times on the big screen. One of the great World War II films. Winner of two …
Continue reading Classic Flix Review: Twelve O’Clock High (1949)
Hope y'all had a fine weekend. I skipped the Golden Globes telecast this Sunday, I only tuned in every once in a while when the winner I was rooting for did get the trophy. So I updated this Golden Globes nominees list with the winners. Incidentally I only got two of my predictions right: Best …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Golden Globes 2012, Henry’s Crime, Water for Elephants
Exactly a year ago today, I was excited that the long-overdue Martin Luther King Jr's biopic was supposedly getting made. But now, on the eve of the MLK holiday a year later, there is still NO definite plan on that particular project, or any other movie based on this inspiring American hero. We've got ALL …
Continue reading Whatever happened to the planned Martin Luther King Jr biopics?
Happy Friday the 13th everybody! No, there's not gonna be any horror-related post on here... actually I'm in need of a blogging break today, been so tired at work lately. Since the weather suddenly turns frigid (40 degrees swing within 48 hrs!), I thought a little uplifting music would perk up anyone's day right? Well, …
One of my new year resolutions this year is to read more. Currently I'm still trying to finish up Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, which is quite challenging, but I'm determined to get through the whole thing. The next one I'll be tackling on is The Great Gatsby. I don't know why but ever since I …
With the recent opening of David Fincher's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, a film Sony hopes will be a big hit, so they could then make two more movies based on Stieg Larsson's novels. I started to think of films that failed to kick start a franchise for the studios. Of course this is …
Continue reading The Flix List: Five franchise hopefuls that fail to catch on
As last weekend we got to see quite a lot of films (yes, I'm a bit behind on my reviews folks), this year we skipped the cinema and opted to catch up on films I've missed last year. One I've been wanting to see is Warrior, and when I read this enthusiastic review on Thursday, …
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