OK, admittedly, this trailer doesn’t do a great job of selling the film. But I’ve read reviews of the script and final product, and most everyone agrees that The Social Network is a must-see. I’m not thrilled that Michael Cera scored the lead (I cannot stand his whiny voice), but I’m going to watch it [...]
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I love it when I watch a movie or TV show and hear a mention of a place that I’m familiar with. Of course, I’m not talking about major cities like New York, L.A., or Chicago, since they get mentioned often enough. I’m talking about lesser-known places like Slippery’s Tavern in Wabasha, MN, which hosted [...]
The Oscar nominees for Best Picture have been released. They are: The Departed The Queen Little Miss Sunshine Babel Letters from Iwo Jima So, how many of those have you seen? I’ve only seen one, The Departed, and thought it was very good. It’s not unusual for me not to be familiar with Oscar nominees [...]
Well, I wasn’t old enough to watch the 1977 Oscars, but I’ve often heard of the event referred to as “proof” that the Oscar voters often get things wrong. In case you don’t remember, ’77 was the year that Rocky beat out the likes of Taxi Driver and Network for the coveted Best Picture prize. [...]
Okay, I was tagged by Ms. Kat to participate in a movie meme, even though I said it was impossible for me to choose five favorites! I watch so many movies that I’m sure I’m forgetting some excellent ones here, but these are five that I can think of right now (and they’re not in [...]
My husband and I went to see a movie together at a theater today for the first time in ages! Seriously, it’s been at least six months since we’ve been able to coordinate our schedules, find a babysitter, and just enjoy a couple hours watching a movie. We caught a matinee showing of the latest [...]
The Indiana Jones series is one of my favorite movie franchises ever, so I was pretty excited to see this little blurb about how director George Lucas is set to start filming the fourth film in 2007. Unfortunately, the movie isn’t scheduled to be released until 2008, which is still a long way off. I’m [...]