As some of you may know, the biggest event on my movie-going calender is attending The Toronto International Film Festival. I’ve gone for eight years running and had a lot of fun each time. This year though, things will be a little different. By and large – I’m not going There’s a bit of twist…
We Are All Made of Stars
As I was putting the finishing touches on my review for UP, I found myself struggling with my actual rating of the movie. Ratings can sometimes be the bane of my existence, since my own rule is that I can only rate something after the first time I see it. I don’t allow myself to…
The Collection Song
Ivy over at Do You Have a Flag? started an somewhat odd, and deeply geeky meme/trend of sorts. The other day, she did a post giving everyone in the blogosphere a gander at her DVD shelves. Then others joined her. A trend became a following…a following became a movement… Never one to be left behind…
You and The Candles
It’s my birthday today. I have a little tradition, first suggested by a friend of a friend, and that is to make a list of things I’d like to do in the next year. Once the list is done, I seal it inside an envelope and refrain from looking at it until the next year.…
Until the Day Is Done (Please Weigh In)
The day job has been tough lately, for reasons that I won’t get into here. One small side effect is that I find my thirst for media and concentration for blogging has taken a downward turn…but in both cases I’ve tried to keep upbeat and enjoy fleeting attempts at both to help shake off the…
In The Movies
I’m pretty sure there is constantly a movie playing in my head, for no other reason than my habit of dropping movie quotes into everyday conversation far too often (further, the movie quotes I drop are often obscure and usually amuse only me). How bad has it become? This past weekend I took advantage of…
Tell Me Baby
In the last year, I’ve met a lot of other movie enthusiasts due to this blog. One such entusiast is T who writes 10 Movies to See Before You Die. One fun little side effect of our friendship is anytime she mentions not enjoying a movie I believe to be a classic, or essential viewing.…