Feeds:
Posts
Comments

Posts Tagged ‘reviews’

FlixChatter Review: Mission Impossible – Ghost Protocol

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 18, 2011 | 26 Comments »

It’s been a while since the last time I was excited to see a Tom Cruise movie. I was intrigued when the first trailer came out, but it’s this featurette that got me hooked! Yes, The Dark Knight Rises prologue was a major factor of course (more on that on tomorrow’s Weekend Roundup), so those [...]

Read Full Post »

FlixChatter Review: HUGO (2011)

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 9, 2011 | 39 Comments »

Set in 1930s Paris, an orphan who lives in the walls of a train station is wrapped up in a mystery involving his late father and an automaton. Based on a historical fiction by Brian Selznick, The Invention of Hugo Cabret This project wasn’t really on my radar at all until I saw the trailer [...]

Read Full Post »

Musings on Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 21, 2011 | 57 Comments »

Well, I feel like I’m the last person who saw this film. I had been so intrigued by this from the first time I heard about it. When it won Palme d’Or at Cannes, I said I couldn’t wait to see it, alas I finally got around to seeing it. I’m not a Terrence Malick [...]

Read Full Post »

FlixChatter Review: Immortals

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 17, 2011 | 50 Comments »

Every once in a while, there’s a movie that comes along that’s critics-proof. This is one of those movies. I love swords and sandals genre and I went in with the expectation for Tarsem’s visuals and Henry Cavill’s performance to wow me and it delivered on both counts. Apparently I’m not the only one who didn’t [...]

Read Full Post »

Guest Review: The Hustler (1961)

Posted in Classic Flix, Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , , on November 15, 2011 | 33 Comments »

Special thanks to my pal and regular commenter Kevin a.k.a Jack Deth for this in-depth review! First, I’d like to thank Ruth for the opportunity to offer a guest review on her wonderfully enjoyable, informative site. It’s not often that one is given the chance to rave about, offer insights or generally trash a film [...]

Read Full Post »

Everybody’s Chattin’ – Reviews Edition

Posted in Everybody's Chattin', tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 11, 2011 | 37 Comments »

Happy Friday, friends! Here in the USA, we celebrate Veterans Day. Just a quick history on what Veteran’s day is about: 1919 – President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed November 11th as Armistice Day to remind Americans of the tragedies of war. 1938 – The day becomes a federal holiday. 1954 – Congress changes the name of [...]

Read Full Post »

Rental Pick: The Beaver

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 13, 2011 | 33 Comments »

The Beaver A troubled husband and executive adopts a beaver hand-puppet as his sole means of communicating. I’ve been curious about this one mostly to see Mel Gibson’s performance and because the script apparently topped 2008′s The Black List (as in list of Best Un-produced Screenplays). I also wanted to see it because Anton Yelchin, [...]

Read Full Post »

Weekend Roundup: ‘Midnight in Paris’ review

Posted in Flix Reviews, Weekend Roundup, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 10, 2011 | 39 Comments »

Happy Monday, everybody! It’s actually a Columbus Day holiday here, but no, I didn’t get a day off Hope you had a wonderful weekend, wherever you are. Well, mine was quite lovely. I took a much-needed blogging/computer break on Saturday to spend the entire day outdoors starting with a jog around the beautiful Lake Calhoun [...]

Read Full Post »

FlixChatter Review: Dear Frankie

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , , on October 7, 2011 | 39 Comments »

I originally wrote a short review of this a couple of years ago, but after watching it again last night, I’ve decided to give it a full review as this gem of an indie deserves it! Confession: I never would’ve known about this movie had it not been for Gerry Butler’s involvement. Right after I [...]

Read Full Post »

FlixChatter Review: Machine Gun Preacher

Posted in Flix Reviews, tagged , , , , , , , , on October 4, 2011 | 36 Comments »

The story of Sam Childers reads like a work of fiction, even Gerard Butler who played him in the film thought so when he first read the concept of the film. But no, it only sounds too good to be true. Childers was a former gang biker who led a reckless and dangerous life full [...]

Read Full Post »

« Newer Posts - Older Posts »

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 1,433 other followers