CBS' newsman Mike Wallace passed away last Saturday at the age of 93. He's the star of the network's TV news magazine 60 Minutes from the time it's launched in 1968. As someone who almost majored in journalism in college, I certainly admired someone with such panache and brilliance. Surely Mr. Wallace was a pioneer and icon of …
Continue reading Scenes Spotlight: Michael Mann’s ‘The Insider’
Thanks to a tweet from my friend Ted, I learned that my long-time crush Gerry Butler is in negotiation to star in a submarine thriller Hunter Killer. Per LatinoReview, the movie is based on the novel, Firing Point from authors George Wallace and Don Keith, here's the plot: An untested submarine captain must work with …
Anna from Defiant Success blog first came up with this movie meme back in May, I've been wanting to participate but haven't got around to it. Other bloggers have since participated in this, here are a couple that I like: I Luv Cinema and My Film Views. Well, I figure it's fitting to reveal more about my …
Continue reading 2nd Blog-a-versary Special: 15 Questions Movie Meme
Happy Friday all! Those who are a bit of a Twitter addict (like me) or have a Twitter account you visit from time to time, y'know all it's #FF time (it's follow friday in case you didn't know, which is an effective way to promote friends & followers by recommending them to your own followers). …
Continue reading Random question of the week: Which celeb do you wish to be retweeted by on Twitter?
Welcome to a new edition of From Vision to Film, courtesy of my pal Ted S., the movie connoisseur and walking movie encyclopedia 😀 We always try to be timely with this post series, so we're posting it today to coincide with Russell Crowe's new movie The Next Three Days (read my full review) and …
Continue reading Guest Post – From Vision to Film: American Gangster
I got a free screening tickets to see this Tuesday night. Though I wasn't totally sold on the trailer, I figure 'hey, it's free and it's got Russell Crowe in it, how bad can it be?' Well, turns out it's not bad at all, in fact, it's a pretty solid movie that's intelligent and well-crafted. …
In my weekend roundup post, I've alluded to the fact that this version of Robin Hood is a bit Gladiator-ized, and it’s as though Scott aimed the theme to be ‘The Outlaw that defied a Kingdom.’ It's been rumored that this movie allowed Russell and Ridley to work on a pseudo sequel to the award …
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