The House 2017 Preview

On June 30th, “The House” premieres across the world. For newbie’s in the gambling world, ‘the house’ is a term referring to a casino, hence in this light the title is evidently self-explanatory to the movie’s plot and synopsis. Andrew Cohen in the film, “The House” portrays the shenanigans of a husband and wife trying to recover their daughter’s college fund after they had spent it on other unwarranted expenses. This comedy combines two of Hollywood’s best comedians, Will Ferrel, and Amy Poehler as Scott and Kate Johansen respectively. Andrew Cohen continues in the same mould as has been the case recently with gambling movies by adapting his movie in a comic genre just like “The Hangover” and “Think like a Man Too.” However, the major difference between this movie and past gambling movies, is the elimination of Las Vegas as the movie’s setting. The big question among movie fanatics and critics is that yes, it has managed to effectively depart from previous settings that characterise its predecessors, but would it rank amongst “the best gambling movies ever?Continue reading

A look at the career of Jennifer Tilly


Born Jennifer Ellen Chan on September 16, 1958, in Harbor City, Los Angeles, Canadian-American Jennifer Tilly commenced her acting career in the 1980s. Her breakthrough role was as a singing waitress in The Fabulous Baker Boys, which she starred in after receiving her Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from Stephens College in Columbia, Missouri. Jennifer is related to actress Meg Tilly, and both left the very rural Texada Island to pursue a life and career in the ever-appealing Hollywood. Continue reading

Successful movies turned into great games

Smash hit movies always seem to have plenty of tie-ins, sponsors, merchandise and other ways of squeezing as much money out of a release as possible. Blockbusters capture huge audiences who are always looking for new ways to enjoy their favourite scenes and characters and gaming makes this really easy, with developers providing experiences that allow players to take control and live out their movie fantasies. Here’s a brief look at some of the best games available that are inspired by big screen hits. Continue reading

The neverending comebacks of The Terminator

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There’s something a little ironic about a time-travelling movie franchise like The Terminator continuing to make surprising comebacks despite critical maulings and dwindling audience numbers.

But in a way it makes sense as the clever time-travel conceit allows the murderous cyborgs to continually travel back to the present, and with calls for a return for the TV spin-off and even online casino games dedicated to the franchise, it’s no real surprise to find that there’s a Terminator 6 movie in the works. Continue reading

The Monday Question: Advertise!

Blogging is a very enjoyable activity which still gives me a lot of joy since I started doing it. I love the interaction with others, discussing movies, giving advice or helping others out. It’s the main reason I keep doing doing it.

Over the years I regularly have had requests about placing ads on my blog and I usually declined them, because I felt they didn’t add much or were things which I didn’t feel were a match to what I write about. But recently I decided to say yes for once, just to experience that side of blogging, one I hadn’t thought about at all. It was a non obtrusive one on an older article, so the impact of it wouldn’t be too big. I must admit that I was surprised by the ease of it all and the money I earned with it was used to move my site to a self hosted server.

It did make me think about monetizing a blog. Is it a good or a bad thing? What would I do and what wouldn’t I? There are so many possibilities, from becoming an affiliate of a big site like Amazon to placing non intrusive links to a specific site or having a company create a guest post for you. So I thought I’d ask you the question:

What are your feelings on adding advertisements to your blog?