10 New Year Resolutions We Want From Hollywood

Happy Sunday, folks! How's your first week of 2012 going so far? Any luck on any one of your New Year's Resolutions? Yep, I thought so... well, there's still 358 days to get started on that right? 😀 Well, I don't really have a list of cinematic resolutions to try to live by, but I …

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Spotlight on three new favorite actors: Jessica Chastain, Tom Hiddleston & Benedict Cumberbatch

It's been a while since I highlight a particular actor here, and since we're on the first week of the new year, why not highlight some new-ish actors who've made the mark the past year. Ok, the term 'new' is relative of course, as all of these actors have had stage, TV and even film …

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Five for the Fifth: New Year Edition

Hello folks, welcome to the first Five of the Fifth edition of 2012! 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, shall we? …

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Classic Flix Review: Brute Force (1947)

Welcome all and sundry to another guest review of a film I caught quite by accident. Courtesy of Turner Classic Movies late into a dark and stormy summer night. The film Brute Force is exceptionally intriguing in more ways than one. With a screenplay by Richard Brooks, who had assisted on Burt Lancaster's earlier, The Killers, excellent direction by Jules Dassin and B&W camera …

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Most Anticipated 2012 Movies – Part I

Well, we've said so long to 2011 and it's time to say hello to 2012. It's been quite a year at the movies but if all the trailers released around the holiday tell you at all, 2012 is going to be quite a fantastic year, especially to superhero movie fans like yours truly. But instead …

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2011 Movies Year in Review

HAPPY NEW YEAR everybody!! What a year it's been at the movies... sequels definitely ruled Hollywood in 2011 and no doubt this trend is likely to continue. According to this site, the movie industry churned out 28 sequels, the most ever released in a single year! And this Box Office Mojo list shows that 7 out of …

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Counting down to 2012: Musings on Noteworthy Performances of 2011

The final days of 2011 is upon us, and it's time to reflect on memorable performances I saw this past year. I resist on making a top 10 list because I haven't seen everything released this year, yet I still want to share with you some of the performances I've enjoyed. Now I know some …

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