Ready, Freddie?
Yes, yes, we are ready! November 2nd can’t come soon enough. That is the day when Bohemian Rhapsody, starring Rami Malek as Freddie Mercury, comes out in theaters. The movie trailer is simply… Continue reading
Category Archive: Movie Night
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My Mom’s Favorite Classic Hollywood Actors
I’ve been trying to record as much of my mom’s stories and memories as I can lately. Since she’s the person who introduced me to classic movies, I decided to ask her who… Continue reading
Holy Week Movies
We spent a quiet Holy Week at home, so we decided to have a movie marathon – one religious movie every day from Holy Monday to Good Friday. The whole country practically grinds… Continue reading
I just watched “It’s A Wonderful Life”…
… last night. In the middle of March. Yes, I know it’s weird. But I was feeling inexplicably sad and needed a boost that my usual feelgood movies could not provide. I… Continue reading
Black Panther and What It Means To Me
Somewhere around Ant-Man, I became a fan of the entire MCU. I wasn’t just picking and choosing which movies I wanted to watch – I understood and fell in love with this cinematic… Continue reading
The Greatest Showman (2017) – All for the love of Hugh Jackman
Hugh Jackman really is The Greatest Showman. We’ve all known he’s the classic triple threat, but somehow it’s his performance as P.T. Barnum that shows us what that really means. His voice is soaring… Continue reading
Three Little Words (1950) – “You’re A Dope!”
There are some movies that are just fun to watch, from start to finish. ‘Three Little Words’ is one of them. It’s based on the story of Bert Kalmar and Harry Ruby, and… Continue reading
Superman: Doomsday (2007) – “For surely as night follows day, there comes a time when even gods must die.”
Before even starting anything, I think I should say that I have never picked up a Superman comic in my life. And those who know me know that I’m not really a Superman… Continue reading
Edward Scissorhands (1990) – So delightfully weird
I’ve been watching a bunch of movies I’ve never seen before so I thought it would be nice to re-watch an old favorite. I think I have seen this at least 6 or… Continue reading
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949) – The newest addition to our Halloween tradition!
I thought my Disney education was complete, but I was so wrong! I’d never even heard of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow until this week. I can’t believe I’ve been missing out for… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 6- 1408 (2007) – “Even if you leave this room, you can never leave this room.”
A writer who is used to staying in “haunted” places stays in the truly horrifying room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel. At first he doesn’t believe in the evil of the room. But… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 5: Session 9 (2001)- “Here we are with the keys to the loony bin, boys! “
October 5. Thursday. Spooky spoilers! When an asbestos cleaning team start working in an abandoned hospital for mental health patients, they get more than they bargained for as the horrific past comes to… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 4: The Taking Of Deborah Logan (2014)- I’ve learned to be nicer to my grandma, because she may be possessed and out to get me.
When an old woman, who’s been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and her daughter agree to let students film her for their thesis, they notice that there is more wrong with her. And as… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 3: Martyrs (2008)- I wasn’t scared. I wasn’t interested. I was bored.
October 3. Tuesday. The movie is pretty easy to explain. Anna (Morjana Aloui) is kidnapped and tortured at a young age. She escapes and ends up in an orphanage where she befriends… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 2: Last Shift (2014) – She’s being played with by ghosts!
October 2. Monday. The story is about the unluckiest woman alive. A rookie cop, she spends her first shift with the ghosts of a mass-murdering family. They start off slow, little movements here, a door… Continue reading
Halloween Project Day 1: Hush (2016) – Not as scary as I thought!
October 1. Sunday. I decided that I would challenge myself this month and actually commit to something. October is one of my favorite months because it’s just so chill and happy. But I… Continue reading
A Time To Kill (1996) – It leaves you with a lingering feeling of wanting to change the world.
It starts off with the violent rape of a ten year old black girl named Tonya (RaéVen Kelly) by two white men. Her father Carl Lee Hailey (Samuel L. Jackson) then murders the… Continue reading
Ocean’s 11 (1960) – “The odds are always with the house, with the house!”
The best part about Ocean’s 11 is the ending. Which is not to say that the movie is bad, but there is a long, slow build-up before anything starts happening. That closing scene of Sinatra… Continue reading
