Five for the Fifth: February 2014 Edition

Welcome to FlixChatter's one and only blog series! 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. 1. Whether you like it or not folks, …

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The week that was… [slowly] back blogging again

Hello everyone! Remember me? 😉 I've been back since very late Friday but after 30+ hour trip, I was still pretty exhausted that I didn't have any energy to blog right away. Hope everyone's doing well whilst I was off the blogosphere, well I was practically off-line entirely as I barely got time to even …

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Movie Jail Relay Race – 12th Round

You've probably seen this Relay Race been going around in the past few months. I love this brilliant idea, courtesy of my pals Nostra and Terrence which started back in late November. Here's the gist: It’s time to put some movie people in jail. The object is to give a prosecutor’s argument as to why …

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2nd Blog-a-versary Special: FAMILY MAN’s ‘Anniversary’ Clip

... Happy 2nd Anniversary, FlixChatter! In honor of this special event, I want to share one of my favorite scenes, from one of my favorite movies ever. It is from the warm-hearted, laugh-out-loud film The Family Man (2000), starring Nicolas Cage. IMDb sums it up in one sentence: A fast-lane investment broker, offered the opportunity …

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31-Days Movie Meme: Final Three

Day 27 - Best villain Now, this is a tricky one, what constitutes 'best' villain? Are we grading 'em based on entertainment factor, as they're naughty but oh so much fun to watch? Now those I've covered in this post of charming bad boys. Or the most evil? In which case they get under our …

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31 Days Movie Meme: Day 5 » A Movie I Loathe

For housekeeping and usability purposes, I've started a 31-Days Movie Meme category on my right sidebar so you have easy access to view the others. Today's meme is an easy one but I'm going to keep it short as I don't feel like wasting too much time thinking about it. There are countless of bad …

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Charming bad boys on film

After watching Public Enemies this weekend, it's clear the film portray the dangerous criminal as a charming hero. Obviously his real life story offers a stark contrast to how the film made him out to be. Hollywood does this all the time it seems, making a hero out of otherwise shabby characters. I thought of …

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