Musings on Natalie Wood: What Remains Behind documentary

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 …

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Quick thoughts on Oscars 2017… and that crazy Best Picture mixup!

Well this is the first year where the Oscars almost escaped me… It's funny, there's a line that my lead character said in my Hearts Want script, 'I don't give a f*** about the Oscars…' Well, it seems his um, lack of enthusiasm seems to have rubbed off on me a bit. Suffice to say, …

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Everybody’s Chattin + Trailers Spotlight: Jeff Nichols’ LOVING + Warren Beatty’s ‘Rules Don’t Apply’

Happy almost Friday everyone! It's been quite a busy week for me, in and out of work, so I'm glad the weekend is just around the corner!! I'm going to see Captain Fantastic tonight so very excited for that. Ok, about those links... Keith posted his Blindspot review on A Man Escaped Dell posted his thoughts on …

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The Flix List: Great Saps in Cinema

Greetings, all and sundry! I have decided to stick with the idea of Lists that Ruth suggested a few weeks ago. Which has presented me with a plethora of ideas. And the desire to tidy up loose ends and and possibly expound on a certain category of character in film. First suggested by iluvcinema in …

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Guest Post – Forgotten Box Office Misfires Part II

Ok, here's the last part of the forgotten big-budgeted misfires. Just to reiterate, these were the films that had a huge budget for its time and their failure went so far as to bankrupt the studio that marketed them, and some even ruined the filmmakers' career: 5. Cutthroat Island (1995): I think more people know …

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