Category: Blog-a-thon

Blog-a-thon: Acting Black – Morgan Freeman

Rodney Twelftree

This article forms part of the Acting Black Blogathon, hosted by Dell On Movies: you can find this article and many more linked here. Go on, click that link! If there’s a more authoritative voice working in cinema today, I’m hard pressed to think of it. hugely popular thespian of stage and screen, Morgan Freeman has dominated Hollywood’s go-to Cool Guy brigade since he told Jessica Tandy to basically go f@ck herself in Driving Miss Daisy. With his calm, authoritative voice and quiet, relaxed on-screen persona, and featuring iconic roles…

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Our Liebster Award Nomination!!

Rodney Twelftree

Okay, so I’m not huge for blogathons and things like this, but after Grog over at Grog’s Movie Blogs nominated me here, I guess this means I’m destined to actually go ahead and respond to the current thing-doing-the-rounds-of-the-web, the Liebster Awards. Although I’ve yet to hear how one actually wins a Liebster, once you’re nominated (I think I’ve also been nominated by Ruth at Flixchatter, as well as Dell over at Dell On Movies, previously, so hats off to you guys too!), you have a bunch o’ rules to follow…

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Blog-A-Thon: Tears Of A Clown – Adam Sandler in Punch Drunk Love

Rodney Twelftree

Wendell over at Dell on Movies has come up with a fascinating Blog-a-thon, Tears of A Clown. The premise involves uncovering great dramatic performances by those who make their living making us laugh. The rules are simple: Create a post about a comedic actor in a non-comedic role. Tell us what are your favorite comedic roles of this performer. More importantly, tell us why you like the dramatic role in question. Be as thorough as you feel you need to be. Convince us it’s a great performance. Wendell requires a…

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Blogathon – White Swan/Black Swan

Rodney Twelftree

As part of my daily read across the blogosphere, I came across Sati’s latest Blogathon effort, White Swan/Black Swan, in which a character with opposing personality traits is examined. Based on the duality of the film Black Swan, by Darren Aaronofsky, Sati’s Blogathon highlights many great characters who are different in one part of their lives than they are in another. It’s a great idea for a Blogathon, so I figured, hell, why not participate. Therefore, here is my entry.

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Blogathon – LCR’s Re-castathon 2013

Rodney Twelftree

Thanks to Jack over at Lights, Camera, Reaction for coming up with this fun Blogathon – pick your favorite (or least favorite) films of 2013 and recast an actor or actress you didn’t think as quite right for the part. To take part, or to read other blogger’s ideas, head to Jacks dedicated page for all the info! Anyway, here are our suggestions for recasting popular films!

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Blogathon – Life, Love & The Movies

Rodney Twelftree

Our good bud Nostra, over at My Filmviews, asked me to take part in his Blogathon this month. It’s in conjunction with Karemel Kinema, so head along and check out both those sites and leave friendly comments! The idea behind the Life, Love & The Movies Blogathon is simple – answer 8 obvious questions in the hope of enlightening readers about me. So, without further ado, here’s the questions, and my answers!

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Movie Review – La Dolce Vita

Rodney Twelftree

It takes a while to get going, but eventually Fellini’s film gets to you. The juxtaposition of a new, modern sensuality (in post-war Italy) against the landscape of historical Rome, eventually sizzles, with Anita Ekberg’s vibrant sexuality almost Marilyn Monroe-esque in luminosity. La Dolce Vita isn’t the classic I’d expected, but as one of the most important works of Fellini’s career, it’s certainly enthusiastic, charming, and intelligent – if not always enlightening.

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Movie Review – Smoke (1995) (Mini Review)

Rodney Twelftree

Nice intentioned, yet ultimately decidedly dull ensemble flick that sparkles whenever Stockard Channing or Forest Whitaker arrive on scene; Smoke spends more time away from the landmark cigarette store that headlines the film than they do in it. While the characters are generally interesting, and the movie is well filmed in and around New York City, there’s a lethargy and clunkiness to the script and the performances that prevent it from being a great film.

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