Yes, No, Maybe So: The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey

Well, well, well look what we have here…a return to Middle Earth! Its been 9 years since Lord of the Rings walked away with the Oscars and now Peter Jackson is taking us back to the shire to learn about what happened before Frodo and his mates embarked on their journey. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JTSoD4BBCJc] Yes-“from Peter

Yes, No, Maybe So: The Dark Knight Rises

Borrowing a page from my favorite film blogger, I’ve decided to take a look at some of the recent trailers. Let’s start with the final film in Christopher Nolan’s take on Batman, the Dark Knight Rises. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GokKUqLcvD8] Yes-That football game sequence of the field blowing up. Those affects look amazing-The supporting cast: Joseph Gordon

Cast This! Steel Magnolias – Black People Edition

Yesterday the Twitter world was aflutter over the news that Lifetime is going to make an all Black version of 1989 hit film Steel Magnolias, itself based on a hit Broadway play. The movie starred some of the best actress of  the time and some reliable actors as well. Nathaniel Rodgers of The Film Experience

RIP Steve Jobs

One of the most visionary men of this, or any, age. One can truly say he changed the world.

Best Picture: Beginning of Fall Edition

Fall’s here. The leaves are changing and…it’s time for Oscar season to start ramping up 🙂 1. How will the summer fare?Will the summer didn’t have many Best Picture fire starters (other than Tree of Life, The Help, and Midnight in Paris), there are plenty of summer films that could score multiple nominations. 2. Festival Chatter?Festivals are

The Good, Bad, and Ugly: Emmy Edition

Good1. Modern Family sweeps.2. Ty Burrell’s acceptance speech. Emotional without being too sacharine and hilarious.3. Amy Pohler and other best actress nominees running on stage. Even if it was revealed to have been staged4. Jane Lynch: She was a fantastic host throwing in many a subtle one liner (that Entourage line was genius).5. The opening

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