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As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Awash in the Stream: A Christmas Prince: The Royal Wedding
What are your hot takes? What’s overrated? What got snubbed? Talk about it here. Click through the “read more” to see the list of nominees.
So, that article that I posted yesterday about Jewel in the Palace? Please keep that in mind while reading this. Available…online. Approximately 115 minutes. It is 2004 and Geum-Ja the Kindhearted is being let out of prison on parole. She … Continue reading WTF ASIA 33: Lady Vengeance (2005)
I’m delighted to bring you Mingle All the Way. Why? Let me let the synopsis tell you. “Mingle All the Way” is a new networking app designed to pair busy professionals together for upcoming events, without long-term romance. Molly, founder … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Mingle All the Way Recap/Review
With The Grinch being a box office juggernaut, it seems inevitable we’re gonna get a deluge of Dr. Seuss based movies in the years ahead. But feature length films based on the works of Dr. Seuss . . . they don’t … Continue reading Pitch Meeting: Dr. Seuss on Film
Happy 15th anniversary this week to Elf! Happy 30th anniversary to, uh, Ernest Saves Christmas! Continue reading Movie Discussion 12/4/2018
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Inside Out
Have at it. My takeaways: Kinda disappointed that the old lady actually is a Skrull and she’s not just punching her by accident. I like the carryover of design elements from GOTG (her helmet dematerializes just like Quill’s) and Carol’s … Continue reading Captain Marvel Trailer 2 Reaction Thread
“They say that gay men choose their own families. That’s never more evident than during the holidays.” ~ Shared Rooms The following reviews contain mild spoilers. 2009’s Make the Yuletide Gay follows a closeted college student who visits his goofy … Continue reading LGBT Movies: Christmas Cheer
This is the first in a series of articles about the 2018 year in film and the lead-up to the 91st Oscars. As with last year’s posts, I will include discussion threads for individual Oscars categories with my personal predictions … Continue reading The Road to the 91st Oscars, Part I: An Oscar is Born
According to Wikipedia, Jane Austen was an English novelist known primarily for her six major novels, which interpret, critique and comment upon the British landed gentry at the end of the 18th century. Austen’s plots often explore the dependence of … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Pride, Prejudice, and Mistletoe Recap/Review
It’s box office weekend 2.0 as the latest rankings largely mirror what we had seen the week before in terms of placement, just with a new film in the mix with The Possession of Hannah Grace. That was the only new … Continue reading Box Office: November 30 – December 2
Thanks to the Thanksgiving Hallmark Movie Bomb, I’m slowly making my way through the films. It’s a bit out of order from the release dates, but that’s because I’m selecting the ones with the dumbest titles. Allow me to present … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: Christmas at the Palace Recap/Review
It’s time for another round of Muppet Casting, where we take a famous movie and ask, if Jim Henson’s Muppets made their own version of it (in the vein of The Muppet Christmas Carol and Muppet Treasure Island), which Muppets … Continue reading Muppet Casting: Mary Poppins
The title of the thread says it all. Come up with a fake titular line for real movies. Continue reading Fake Titular Lines for Real Movies
So, what was your introduction to Star Trek? Either the first thing you saw or maybe the first thing you saw that clicked with you? Or if it has just always been a part of your life, what are your earliest memories of Trek? What has stuck with you? Did you come on board with a movie, or maybe the illustrious adventures of Picard? And if so, am I wrong about the first season being a bad place to jump on?
For that matter, if you wanted to introduce someone to Star Trek now, where in the vast universe of shows, movies, books, games, and comics would you begin? Continue reading This Week in Trek: Memories and Introductions
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Awash In The Stream: The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (Netflix, 2018)
Just be glad that I talked about Tampopo for Thanksgiving week and not this movie. Free on Amazon Prime. Approximately 115 minutes. Dev Shamser is a bigshot lawyer from Kathmandu who has made international headlines for winning some case. Not … Continue reading WTF ASIA 32: Ko Afno (2015)
I just want everyone to know that Hallmark has ruined me. They dropped SEVEN films during Thanksgiving week so I have to play catch up. I was not thankful for that. I will do my best to ensure that I … Continue reading Hallmark Christmas: A Shoe Addict’s Christmas Recap/Review
Movie happenings: Bernardo Bertolucci, director of Last Tango in Paris, died. The Triplets of Belleville was released in the US 15 years ago yesterday. Twilight was released ten years ago this week. Anna Kendrick forgot she was in it: https://twitter.com/annakendrick47/status/1067110126123794432?s=21 … Continue reading Movie Discussion 11/27/2018
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Calibre (Netflix 2018)
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