Scribbles and Ramblings

32 Nations. 96 films. One epic movie showdown. Ladies and gents, presenting the 2014 Movie World Cup. In the past, finding even a si...

The 15 films from the 5 African Nations taking part in the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. Given the difficulty in finding Africa...

I started this blog back on May 10, 2004 with the following entry : As things begin, so must this blog. Here we go. History will remind...

The 39 films representing the 13 European Nations taking part in the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. The three films from each ...

When it comes to the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF), USA and Mexico are head and sh...

The 12 films from the Asian region of the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. Australia is now playing in the Asian zone and not Oc...

The recent death of Gabriel García Márquez is a huge loss to the literary world, especially Magic Realism . I owe my knowledge about this s...

Enemy (2013, Canada/Spain, Denis Villeneuve) Enemy transports José Saramago’s novel The Double to a David Cronenberg landscape...

After the success of 2013’s TV shows spotlight , it felt appropriate to do another spotlight in 2014 to catch up with more TV shows/series...

2014 marked the 30th anniversary of the Sundance Film Festival, a festival that has been the launching pad for many exciting cinematic voi...

The 18 South American films of the 2014 Movie World Cup have been selected. The three films from the six nations follow the following cri...