Watching the Red Carpet for The Oscars, enjoying all of Hollywood’s excellence glamming it up under umbrellas and tents as the rain trickles down, so what a better time to review all the Academy Awards nominees in the main categories. I’ll add my two cents of who I believe will likely be the winners, along with who I WISH would be winners. (Yes, sometimes I … Continue reading The Oscar Picks
The 87th annual Academy Awards, or The Oscars as it has been coined since 2013, broadcasts just hours from now. Many say this year’s line-up of nominees have all but secured the winners for the main categories. For Best Picture, initially buzz suggested BOYHOOD will be the clear winner. Based on ticket sales some main streamers are vying for AMERICAN SNIPER. But most recently BIRDMAN … Continue reading Breaking Codes and Keeping Secrets in THE IMITATION GAME (2014)
Here we are in the midst of Turner Classic Movies channel’s ever popular 31 DAYS OF OSCAR, their annual homage to the film industry’s best. For a full month every February, TCM showcases Oscar nominated and winning films and we celebrate right along with them with the annual 31 DAYS OF OSCAR BLOGATHON. Now into our third week, we bring you CRAFTS. The Crafts week … Continue reading Week 3 of the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR Blogathon: CRAFTS
Times may change, but some things stay the same. The Oscars has remained essentially a grand celebration to honor the best of the best in the film industry. TCM marks this tradition every February via the popular ’31 Days of Oscar’ and your humble co-hosts Aurora, Paula and I once again bring you the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR BLOGATHON. As we kick-off our second day … Continue reading Day 2: ACTORS Week of the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR BLOGATHON
The time has finally arrived! The smell of fresh red carpet unrolled is in the air. It’s awards season. But to us classic film affecianados and Turner Classic Movie network devotees, February also brings the pinnacle in honoring the best of the best, it’s the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR Blogathon! Our first week of this month-long mega blogging event focuses on the ACTORS. For our … Continue reading Day One: ACTORS Week of the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR Blogathon
If you’re an American citizen, the events that occured during the Civil Rights movement and the leader of the non-violent stride towards freedom, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., should be very familiar. By 1965, the right to vote was a legal right. But for countless African-Americans, in predominantly deeply southern states, it was the local law that ensured that right was never protected. Director Ava … Continue reading The Lessons of SELMA (2014)
We all know of him, one way or another. Thin, folded into a wheelchair, ‘speaks’ via an automated robotic voice, and is considered one of the most brilliant men of our lifetime. Stephen Hawkings became a household name partly due to his genuis level intelligence, certainly due to his groundbreaking ways to look at our universe and beyond, but also out of novel curiousity of … Continue reading The Theory of Everything (2014)
Here’s a sneak peek at the first week of the 31 DAYS OF OSCAR BLOGATHON (original announcement post below)… February 2-3 THE ACTORS! hosted by Kellee Flickin’ Out – William Holden: The Perfect Anti-Hero Wolffian Classic Movie Digest – Fredric March: History of an Oscar-winning Actor Smitten Kitten Vintage – Bette Davis Citizen Screenings – F. Murray Abraham in AMADEUS Classic Movie Hub – Olivia de Havilland in THE HEIRESS … Continue reading Sign Up! 31 DAYS OF OSCAR Blogathon 2015
Those disproportionately large and creepy eyed children with those vacant expressions staring out from the canvas. We all know the art even if you’re not familiar with the artist’s name. Never considered high art, but it was quite popular at the time and certainly unique enough to influence a ‘look’ that became a commercial success. Tim Burton’s BIG EYES (2014) takes a look at the … Continue reading A Little Peek at BIG EYES (2014)
When I was little, my first introduction to Edward Everett Horton was not exactly how I think of him now. I didn’t even know what he looked like back then. He was only a faceless voice to me. That unmistakable voice. It was graveley yet in a soft and soothing way. Perhaps because he was the voice of Fractured Fables on the Rocky and Bullwinkle … Continue reading Edward Everett Horton, Unmistakable Character
Outspoken & Freckled 