2016 Blind Spot Series: My Selections
I gave myself one freaking task as a blogger for 2015 and I failed it. My goal was a simple one. I wanted to participate fully in The Blind Spot Challenge set forth by Ryan of The Matinee. To do so, I...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Snowy Winter Movies
Here we are, folks. It's the last Thursday of 2015. It's the last day of the year, period. Fittingly, or least it was when she picked it, the topic for this week's Thursday Movie Picks, hosted by...
View ArticleOn My Mind: Blog Plans for 2016
Let's start with Happy New Year!!!!I hope you were safe and happy during whatever you did to ring in the New Year. Thank you for taking a few minutes out of your day to see what's going on here, today...
View ArticleMad Max: Fury Road
Directed by George Miller.2015. Rated R, 120 minutes.Cast:Tom HardyCharlize TheronNicholas HoultHugh Keays-ByrneRose Huntington-WhiteleyRiley KeoughZoe KravitzAbbey LeeCourtney EatonJosh HelmanWe catch...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Downstairs People
Welcome to the first Thursday Movie Picks of 2016!!! If you're unfamiliar it's a weekly meme hosted by Wanderer @ Wandering Through the Shelves where she provides us a topic and us bloggers suggest a...
View ArticleThe Quick and Dirties: Boys Will Be Boys
I work in a school. That means that if you're reading this on the day I'm posting it, I'm finishing up my first week back at work after two weeks of sitting at home. Guess what I did a lot of while...
View ArticleAnnouncement: The Acting Black Blogathon
Here in the U.S., February has been designated Black History Month. In years past, I have done a few posts here and there dedicated to the matter. I will do the same this year. However, I wanted to...
View ArticleFantastic Four
Directed by Josh Trank.2015. Rated PG-13, 100 minutes.Cast:Miles TellerKate MaraMichael B. JordanJamie BellToby KebbellReg E. CatheyTim Blake NelsonOwen JudgeEvan HannemannSigh. A Fantastic Four...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Post-Apocalyptic World
At some point, all the lights will go out. We'll be left powerless in more ways than one, forced to fend for ourselves in once flourishing lands that no longer give life, only take it. Or, some...
View ArticleCreed
Directed by Ryan Coogler.2015. Rated PG-13, 133 minutes.Cast:Michael B. JordanSylvester StalloneTessa ThompsonPhylicia RashadRichie CosterAnthony BellewGraham McTavishWood HarrisAndre WardFans of the...
View ArticleThe Quick and Dirties: Kid Stuff
Yup, it's time for another edition of The Quick and Dirties. This is the feature where I do really short reviews on multiple movies. I like to make a theme of these. This time around, we're taking a...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Airplane Movies
Ladies and gentlemen, this is your pilot speaking. Please direct your attention to the attendants at the front of the site.Please note there is only exit. It is located in the top right hand corner and...
View Article2016 Blind Spot Series: Wild Style
We've finally arrived at my first entry in the 2016 Blind Spot Series...Why did I pick it? One of the criteria for participating in Ryan’s Blind Spot Challenge is that we choose films “of some...
View ArticleAnt-Man
Directed by Peyton Reed.2015. Rated PG-13, 117 minutes.Cast:Paul RuddEvangeline LillyMichael DouglasCorey StollMichael PenaTip "T.I." HarrisBobby CannavaleJudy GreerWood HarrisAnthony MackieWay back in...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Movies Adapted from Movies of Another Language
As we all know, every movie that hits theaters is not the result of an entirely original idea. In fact, the vast majority of movies are adapted from something, whether it's a novel, a comic book, a...
View ArticlePrepping for February
Not that this is news to anyone, but February starts tomorrow. At the beginning of January I did a post outlining some plans for Dell on Movies. One of those things was to make more of an effort that...
View ArticleOn My Mind: White Oscars, Black Blogger, & Links!
I am just like you.From time to time I find myself in situations where I feel like I should say something, even if it isn’t required of me. What’s more is you think I should say something. Case in...
View ArticleEverly
Directed by Joe Lynch.2014. Rated R, 92 minutes.Cast:Salma HayekAkie KotabeLaura CepedaJennifer BlancHiroyuki WatanabeTogo IgawaGabriella WrightCaroline ChikezieJelena GavrilovicMasashi FujimotoThe...
View ArticleThursday Movie Picks: Star-Crossed Lovers
A few weeks ago, Wanderer at Wandering Through the Shelves, sent me scurrying to Google when the topic for Thursday Movie Picks was "downstairs people." She's done it again for this week's topic.To be...
View ArticleBlack History Month: Oscar Micheaux
If I told you that a movie came out with a predominantly African-American cast, you wouldn’t bat an eye. If I told you it involves a black man being falsely accused of killing a white man, you probably...
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