My reviews of movies/TV/trailers
Well, I didn't get a chance to see The Social Network this weekend, though they hardly need my patronage to take the top spot for the second weekend, dropping only 30% to take in $15.5 mil (per Box Office Mojo). Initially I wanted to see the dark comedy/drama The Joneses with David Duchovny and Demi …
Continue reading DVD Picks: Letters to Juliet & Spirited Away
I saw this on day 4 of the film festival last week. There aren't a lot of movies with strong female roles in Hollywood, so it's nice that three out of four of the studio films at TCFF feature characters based on real-life strong women in a male-dominated arena. Secretariat is more than just a …
The Twin Cities Film Fest continues! I didn't sign up to volunteer Wednesday night, so right after work, hubby and I headed downtown to see the John Lennon childhood biopic Nowhere Boy. Playing at the same time on AMC Theater 1 was Phasma Ex Machina, which was attended by its director Matt Osterman. Machina is …
Happy Wednesday, folks! Hope your weekend was a good one. Well, mine was hectic to say the least, part of the weekend I was working on my fantasy movie pitch, speaking of which, have you read it yet? Well, Clooney is box office king this weekend with The American. I didn't see it though, I …
Continue reading Labor Day Weekend Roundup: Kick-Ass, Expendables, Purple Rose of Cairo
It's a super hot Saturday afternoon and all I wanted to do was cool off in a movie theater and watch a Summer popcorn flick! I saw the trailer when I posted it on the Mark Wahlberg's spotlight post and I found it pretty funny. Well, I'm happy to report that the movie lived up …
It's been more than twelve hours since the movie ended, yet I'm still mulling it over, spewing quotes from the movie, and can't stop thinking about it. Nolan's films infiltrate the minds, kind of like when you just wake up from a vivid dream and still feel trapped between the dream world and reality. Dreams …
"Style is the new content," Kate Hudson's character Stephanie, an American fashion journalist working for Vogue told Guido Contini. Well, that's about sums up the sensibility of this movie, which is nothing short of style over substance. Based on Frederico Fellini's 8-1/2 (reviewed by guest blogger Rockerdad), it centers on the renowned Italian director Guido …
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