Category Archives: Opinions

I know that I’m a little late with this message for personal reasons but a word should be said to honor the horror legend, Wes Craven. The innovative writer, producer, and director died on August 30 at the age of 76 from brain cancer. I grew up on the latter half of Craven’s career, beingContinue reading “Remembering Wes Craven”

It seems like the upcoming showdown between two of comics most iconic heroes won’t be the only time we’ll see Ben Affleck don the cape and cowl. The Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice star is planning to direct in star in a standalone Batman film. Confirmed by Entertainment Weekly and first reported by Deadline,Continue reading “Ben Affleck to direct and star in a standalone Batman movie”

     Well, the Oscars have come and gone. I would have written a review of the Oscars yesterday but you know how life can be.      But anyway, onto films’ biggest night….      This is one of the year’s where I thought that most of my early predictions (one of my missing posts from thisContinue reading “Oscars 2015 : ‘Birdman’ wins Best Picture, Patricia Arquette wins, and a ratings dive.”

     I’m trying to refrain from writing about this topic but I’m sure everyone has not had much success in avoiding the tidal wave that is Fifty Shades of Grey (believe me, I cringe every time I see a TV spot). I can’t disagree that the movie is coming in with a large wave ofContinue reading “Opening Pandora’s Velvet Box: What Fifty Shades of Grey could mean for Hollywood’s immediate future”

     Hollywood has had a big day as breaking news was reported today when my phone was pinged with news from Entertainment Weekly. So without further ado… The Galaxy far, far, away feels a little closer now…            Do you feel that? That disturbance in the Force? It’s the announcement that Star Wars:Continue reading “Established franchises announce their return.”

         I’m sure by now that everyone knows about the untimely death of Philip Seymour Hoffman (1967-2014). During Super Bowl Sunday, Hollywood was stunned to find out about his passing. This actor won a Best Actor Academy Award in 2005 for his portrayal of Truman Capote.      Hoffman had spoken openlyContinue reading “Philip Seymour Hoffman – Tragedy of one of Hollywood’s brightest stars”

     I think that I should start a movie news section for this blog but I’ll get to that later. So, what better way to kick it off than with the announced return to a galaxy far, far away.       Disney and Lucasfilm announced the official release date for the next episode inContinue reading “Star Wars: Episode VII news”

     I know that I was supposed to do a post on the movies that were previewed, at least talked about (Batman vs Superman!), during Comic-Con but I thought of something else. Everyone knows that we are reaching the end of the summer. Everyone is getting in their last rays of sunshine on aContinue reading “The Fall Season is Upon Us…”

Hello everyone! Yes, yes. I know that it’s been a while that I have posted on my blog but you know how the job search and submitting resumes can be but today, I found some time and while I was going to put up a review for my next post (that will come later), theContinue reading “The Oscars – Awkward jokes, musicals, and falls.”