Henry Cavill on the red carpet for Man of Steel video

Can't I just have him for my own??? 

A Tribute to Paul Walker

From the Fast and Furious official youtube channel - A Tribute to Paul Walker. Paul Walker's family appreciates the outpouring of love and goodwill from his many fans and friends. They have asked, in lieu of flowers or other gifts, that donations please be made to Paul's charity Reach Out Worldwide (ROWW). Donations can easily be made through their website at http://www.ROWW.org/ 

Great interview with Henry Cavill from his Man of Steel press junket with The Age from Australia, & he mentions his upcoming new movie with Armie Hammer directed by Guy Ritchie, The Man From U.N.C.L.E. Check it out:

Sexiest Male Super Villains—Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy and Heath Ledger [PHOTOS] - Entertainment & Stars

Sexiest Male Super Villains—Tom Hiddleston, Tom Hardy and Heath Ledger [PHOTOS] - Entertainment & Stars

Armie Hammer, my review of the man AKA the latest Lone Ranger, read on...

Where to start with a decent review of the man that brought my 2^nd favorite childhood hero back to life? Armie impressed the hell out of me as the Winklevoss twins in The Social Network  a few years ago, & I vowed to put him on my watch list & am so glad I did. He was phenomenal as J. Edgar’s secret love interest in the movie of the same name opposite Leo DiCaprio a couple of years ago, & was precious & funny as all get out in Mirror, Mirror last year as the Prince with Julia Roberts. He was nominated for many various awards for The Social Network & J. Edgar & won a couple & I predict there will be more to come in his future, without a doubt. He has that bigger than life presence on the big screen, & I’m sure partly due to his 6’5” stature, but he’s also got a charm about him that carries through in all his roles he’s played whether they are dramatic & serious or campy & funny. & he can do major action stunts as we saw in The Lone Ranger. I adore actors that don’t let the stunt guys do all their stunts for them, so he has gained my admiration for that alone.  He has that star quality that will most assuredly work for him in garnering bigger & better roles in his future. Next up for him is The Man from U.N.C.L.E., the next Guy Ritchie movie that is based on the popular 60’s TV series opposite Henry Cavill & then on to 2:22, a mystery suspense thriller about an air traffic controller that experiences some strange events. It was supposed to start filming 2 years ago, so it’s possible it may never get off the ground, I’ll be watching for news of it, as it sounds like it’s right up my alley. He also owns Bird Bakery in San Antonio, TX with his wife, model & TV personality, Elizabeth Chambers, & the website looks so scrumptious, I would give anything to live in San Antonio right now! Bird Bakery 

Check out some of his previous works if you haven’t seen them, you may very well be pleasantly surprised.  

Partial list of his Filmography in pics & videos below:

The Social Network

Trailer

Clip of Armie as the Winklevoss twins

J. Edgar

Trailer

Clip of Armie & Leo

Mirror Mirror

Trailer

Clip of Armie & Lily Collins

The Lone Ranger

My favorite scene, “Hiyo, Silver, Away!”

Trailer #3

Trailer #4

Ben Whishaw AKA Q these days, my review

I became a huge fan of Ben's after I saw his brilliant portrayal of Jean-Baptiste Grenouille in Perfume several years ago. I had previously seen him with Daniel Craig in Layer Cake before & also in the British indie, Brideshead Revisited, but I was more in tune to the star, Matthew Goode at that point, however after Perfume opened my eyes up to his super talents, I was sold. Then when I saw him portray the famous poet, John Keats in Jane Campion's Bright Star opposite Abbie Cornish, I fell in love with the most soulful British actor I had seen in many years. I was enthralled, & have been following his rising star since. He was profound in Cloud Atlas, & then played the really cool genius, Q, in Skyfall & will be reprising his role for the next Bond movie which I was extremely happy to hear. He got critical acclaim for his role as Richard II in the BBC's The Hollow Crown which will premiere on BBCA this fall, as well as for his short lived role as Freddie Lyons in the BBC's The Hour. He will be seen next in The Zero Theorem, (by Terry Gilliam), & the drama, Lilting & will start filming soon for Ron Howard's "In the Heart of the Sea". If you haven't seen any of his films besides Skyfall, check them out, he's got that special something & will undoubtedly be much better known by this time next year.

Below are some of his works in pics & videos: 

Perfume

Brideshead Revisited

Bright Star

The Tempest

BBC's The Hour

BBC's The Hollow Crown

Cloud Atlas

Skyfall

One last honorable mention is his work as Keith Richards in the 2005 flick about Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones 

Stoned

In memoriam, Bart Brown, my best friend - Sept 16, 1964 - August 9, 2004

For Bart, with Love

  
This is sort of a re-post from 3 years ago. My best guy friend ever, Bart Brown, passed away 9 years ago tonight & even though I am not commemorating his death day, I am remembering him with love & I still miss him terribly.  I thought I would post a few pics of him here & just remember the great times we had together.

He used to play his guitar for me all the time, & one of my favorites was Alone Again by Dokken & it seems so appropriate, it always makes me cry.

I will always love you, Bart, may you rest in peace.

ALL OF ME Henry Cavill 0003

Hah, I found this recently & even though I'm not a fan of making Henry Cavill into Christian Grey for the 50 Shades of Grey movie franchise, this was cleverly edited somewhat with some scenes of Jared Leto from one of his music videos. I liked the video, who wouldn't? But I'm hoping the rabid fans don't get their way about Cavill, he's Superman, goddamn it! He's too damn busy making the excellent Man of Steel sequel & first, the new Guy Ritchie movie, The Man from U.N.C.L.E. next month in September. Let him be the hero for now. Yeah, he's sexy as all get out, & any woman in their right mind would fantasize about him that way, but he's too gifted to get stuck as just eye candy in a soft porn movie franchise. Just my opinion. 

Man of Steel Review

I LOVED this movie, & is my favorite Superman movie now, & my favorite movie of 2013. Henry Cavill became Superman in my eyes & I'm an old Christopher Reeve fan from way back when it was originally released. I believe he would absolutely give his blessing to Cavill's performance as well as the movie. It is very different from his movies, as it is much darker, is similarly done like Chris Nolan's Dark Knight series, it could have been titled, "Superman Begins" actually. Michael Shannon put in a stellar performance as General Zod, & I highly anticipate award noms for him. Not that Henry doesn't deserve any, but knowing how the Academy is regarding superheroes, I doubt that will happen. Amy Adams was excellent as Lois Lane, & I have to admit I couldn't see her as Lois when I first heard she was cast. She portrays her in such a strong, yet vulnerable way, & was perfect. Russell Crowe was superb as Jor-El & the 1st 20 minutes of the movie was on Krypton, so he had a much larger presence than I originally thought he would. I was very pleased that he was cast as well. The best surprise of the movie, was the fantastic Antje Traue who plays Zod's 2nd in command, Faora-Ul. She was very impressive on screen, & I'm looking forward to her next movie now. I really liked Laurence Fishburne as Perry White & hope to see him in the sequel. Kevin Costner put in a strong believable performance as Clark's adopted father, Jonathan Kent, & Diane Lane did very well as Clark's mother, Martha. & last but not least, I thought Dylan Sprayberry did a great job as the 13 year old Clark in several scenes. 

I have to add that Superman has been my #1 hero my whole life. I started watching the old George Reeves reruns in the late 50's, early 60's when I was a little girl, & read all the comic books I could get my hands on. Then you could've knocked me over with a feather when Chris Reeve's 1st movie came out in '78, I thought I had died & gone to heaven! I loved Superman 2, as well, & even liked the 3rd one. When Superman Returns was released in 2006, I fell in love with that movie, & truly felt like Brandon Routh portrayed the man of steel very, very well, & did justice to the role. However, this movie put me through the roof, & was an emotional roller coaster for me, it was not comical like the Chris Reeve movies, but it has just enough comic relief, in my opinion, & I actually prefer the darkness, seriousness, logic, & scientific way that Zack Snyder & David Goyer made this reboot. Plus the action sequences and special effects are so phenomenal, it was incredible to watch. & finally I have to give major kudos to Henry for his brilliant performance, he made me believe a man can really fly! 

The genius that is Hans Zimmer composed the profoundly awesome score that drives home the emotions throughout the film and is in perfect sync with the scenes, but can also work as a standalone score to listen to. You can check out the clips from it here - Man of Steel Score

If you didn't see this fantastic movie on the big screen, & still have a chance to see it that way, DO IT! It just won't be the same on a TV, unless of course you have a 150" screen.

I'm so thankful it made enough money that there will be a franchise. I'm already frothing at the mouth waiting for tidbits of info on the sequel!

Check out the trailers below:

Check out the official website here - Man of Steel It's a really cool site with beautiful wallpapers, gallery, games, & videos. & the coolest thing of all, a Glyph Generator where you can answer a few questions about yourself & get your own Glyph made with your name & add your picture to post online there. Mine is Vanessa-Ko or Vanessa of the house of Ko. Pretty cool!

Henry Cavill - Man of the Future

If you never heard of Henry before this year, chances are you have now after he has blown up the box office as the newest Kal-El/Clark Kent/Superman in Man of Steel. He hasn't built up a large body of work yet, but it's a respectable amount & has several good films under his belt, most notably, his performance as Albert Mondego in The Count of Monte Cristo when he was just 18 & more recently his portrayal of Charles Brandon in Showtime's The Tudors from 2007 to 2010. After that he starred in the sword & sandals flick, Immortals, as the tormented Theseus in 2011 where he truly made you feel his pain in his Greek mythological world. Regardless of the fact that he is an extremely beautiful man, he absolutely has the ability to pull you in with his most expressive eyes to feel his emotions. He has honed his acting over the years, so he is a pure joy to watch while he makes us all believe a man can really fly.

He's worked with the great Woody Allen in Whatever Works from 2009 that starred Larry David, starred in the hardly seen horror thriller, Blood Creek with Michael Fassbender, & also starred  in 2012's The Cold Light of Day with Bruce Willis & Sigourney Weaver. I've seen all his movies, & highly recommend them, as he puts in a strong performance in all of them. I was even impressed with his first starring role when he was not quite 18, (his character, Tom just graduated college & is in his early 20's), Hotel Laguna (AKA Vendetta), alongside Joe Mantegna that unfortunately was never released in the US. It is available on DVD from Amazon France, & is in English.  

Besides having an amazing talent for acting, and his God like physique, he is kind, generous, sweet, & has a killer smile that will win any heart, & best of all, he loves his fans. 

He was born & raised in Jersey that is part of the Channel Islands which is located South of England, & just North of France in the English Channel, & has stated in numerous interviews about his father & 4 brothers, (he's the 4th of the 5 sons), all having been in the military, so if his acting career had not taken off, he would have most likely joined up. I am sure I'm not alone in being extremely overjoyed that he has finally made it & will surely continue to entertain the masses for many years to come.

If you haven't seen him in Man of Steel yet, check it out before it's gone from the theaters, it's a must see on a giant theater screen. Check out the official trailers below:

Show You Stand with Women :: NARAL Pro-Choice America

Show You Stand with Women :: NARAL Pro-Choice America

10 Reasons Why Jensen Ackles is an Awful Actor! (NOT!)

I love this video of some of the coolest, funniest, & some sad clips of Jensen in Supernatural showing how awesome of an actor he really is. 

Happy 50th Birthday Johnny Depp: Watch His Little-Seen Directorial Debut 'The Brave' | The Playlist

Happy 50th Birthday Johnny Depp: Watch His Little-Seen Directorial Debut 'The Brave' | The Playlist

Gerard Butler on Singing, Fame, and the Secret Service | Parade.com

Gerard Butler on Singing, Fame, and the Secret Service | Parade.com

The Cast of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES on Jake’s Takes

Jake Hamilton sits down to talk with the stars of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES -- Alden Ehrenreich, Alice Englert, Emmy Rossum, Jeremy Irons nd Viola Davis -- only on Jake's Takes!

Source: The Cast of BEAUTIFUL CREATURES on Jake's Takes | BackstageOL.com

Beautiful Creatures!

Beautiful Creatures Review

This is an exciting & amazing movie with superb special effects. For those not familiar with the story, it's about a young man, Ethan, looking to escape the small Southern town he's always lived in when he meets the new girl in town, Lena, who is immediately the victim of the self righteous Christian fundamentalists in school as well as the rest of the town. She is mysterious, but he isn't the type that goes along with their ideology, & is very intrigued & attracted to her. He finds himself caught up in the strangest household he's ever witnessed & so begins the wildest journey he never expected to be taken on. Ethan is played by Alden Ehrenreich, & I totally see why he was cast, he was perfect as the funny, charming, & adventurous protagonist that can't keep away from the beguiling, yet curiously sad, Lena, who is portrayed by Alice Englert, & was outstanding. I was very impressed with these 2 newcomers, & am hoping to see them continue in the rest of the series.

The movie was complimented with the remarkable talents of the seasoned award winning Emma Thompson, Jeremy Irons, Viola Davis, & Emmy Rossum. I have to admit if it wasn't for those 4 being cast in this movie, I might have passed it up, I am SO very glad I did not. I will be seeing it again upon it's release & it will be one I'll have to own as well on Blu-Ray. I now want to read the novels because I need to know more about what had to be edited for the movie. I say see it, 2 thumbs way up!

Check out the 2 trailers below:

& here's a featurette about the adaptation from book to screen: