I've subscribed to HBO for a month so I could watch season 3 of Westworld. Well, I finished on Friday night and this documentary's key art on the HBO's interface and decided to watch it. The film began with the narration of Natalie Wood's own daughter, Natasha Gregson Wagner, who was only 11 years old …
Continue reading Musings on Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind documentary
I always try to keep a neutral expectation going into a film, and it's a lot easier when I didn't know much about that particular movie. I had no idea that Pete's Dragon was a remake of the 1977 movie until days before I saw it, and I didn't see the original (which is apparently …
Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …
Continue reading Thursday Movie Picks #62: Journalist/Reporters for Print/TV
Since Blindspot posts are typically published on a Tuesday, I figure I'll do the same with this recap. I'm glad I joined this series last year, which was spearheaded by Ryan McNeil at The Matinee, and continued by Dan Heaton at Public Transportation Snob. It's truly a wonderful way to catch up on classic (or …
Continue reading 2014 Recap: Ranking the 10 Blindspot Movies I saw in 2014
In 1930s Chicago, a young con man seeking revenge for his murdered partner teams up with a master of the big con to win a fortune from a criminal banker. This turns out to be second George Roy Hill movie I saw, whom I didn't know was born in Minnesota. The first film of his I saw was Butch Cassidy …
Continue reading Last Blindspot film of the year: The Sting (1973)
Wow, where has June gone? Can't believe July is just 10 days away, seems that we barely had Spring and now we have been having a very showery Summer 😦 I haven't done a Weekend Roundup in a looong time. Well, I didn't go to the cinema at all this weekend, but I did see some …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup: Two Austen adaptations, an espionage comedy + a Hitchcock classic
It's always nice when a movie lives up to one's expectations, even better when it exceeds it. As a big fan of the first film, I'm already invested in the character of Steve Rogers, aka Captain America. I think director Joe Johnston did an outstanding job in introducing a superhero who's not inherently cool like most of his …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
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