Posts tagged Hollywood

The 2013 Cine Gear Expo took place at Paramount Studios in Los Angeles this year, and it was simply spectacular. For filmmakers, going from one …

When writing this I wanted to not only look at why the soundtrack mattered to us as the viewer but why the Directors/Producers/Actors whatever wanted …

Quite a surprising mashup parody of science fiction and American horror movies, The Cabin In The Woods grows on you as it turns out to …

As a fan of all things “saga,” of course, I read The Hunger Games trilogy by Suzanne Collins. Founded on the premise of a dystopian society set …

Comedies always get the short end of the stick. They are held to far more exacting standards than the insufferable, weepy, heroic Hollywood fare that …

As always, such an anticlimax. But, the consensus in my tiny Oscar watchfest was “they were not that terrible”. Given that these are the Oscars, …

Baños de pureza is a phrase in Spanish that means “baths of purity” and is used to denote someone who likes to slather themselves in holiness. …

My friends, the Academy Awards nominees have been announced. The eagle has landed. Money time is upon us. My favorite time of year is right …

Good, dirty fun. George Clooney is a much better director than Clint Eastwood, but he gets no respect. I don’t get it. He makes small, …

There is a scene towards the beginning of this misconceived borefest that encapsulates the monster of acting that is Meryl Streep. There is no other …