It’s been more than a year since Amazon Studios chose Denis Villeneuve to direct the next Bond film, but we still don’t have an official word on who will take over from Daniel Craig as Bond. It feels like every week brings a new rumor about the next James Bond. As a die-hard Bond fan, …
Continue reading Musings on who’ll be the next James Bond—and FlixChatter’s top 3 picks
Directed by Michael ShowalterStarring: Anne Hathaway, Dakota Johnson, Josh Hartnett Colleen Hoover has been on a roll of late with five big-screen adaptations of her literary work since the 2010s. The biggest so far has been the film It Ends with Us (2024), infamous for its behind-the-scenes troubles playing out in the tabloids as well …
Happy October, everyone! 🍂🍁🍊🥧🎃 The September recap is one day late this month. I simply ran out of time to do a recap yesterday because I was packing for a trip to visit my family in the Northeast. Hence, I'll be taking a few days' blogging break until mid next week, though I might still …
Continue reading FlixChatter’s SEPTEMBER 2026 Viewing Recap and Movie of the Month
It's almost impossible to watch a movie blindly these days. Even when you try hard to avoid spoilers, you get hit with news stories everywhere, especially when a huge star like Tom Cruise is involved. I was lucky enough to go in without spoilers, since the main story from the press tour was how the …
Part 4 of 4 | Laura's countdown post to Crypticon Minneapolis One of the most fun and unexpected parts of this series is that my mom, who has never especially liked horror, has ended up watching the last couple of movies with my dad and me, and Dad has even convinced her to join us …
Welcome to another edition of FlixChatter double reviews. Today we're looking at two female-led indie films made by female filmmakers I hadn't heard of before. Shadows of Beirut Shadows of Beirut is a deeply personal story of a fraught family reunion. Written and acted by Tala Calil, who drew inspiration from her own life, the …
Fanfiction is a massive phenomenon that I didn't really grasp until recently. The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood actually started as a Reylo fanfic—that's the Star Wars characters Rey and Kylo Ren (Ben Solo)—which was originally shared online in 2018 on Archive of Our Own (AO3), a nonprofit site that features over 18 million fanworks …
Back in the early 2000s, Dateline NBC was a ratings powerhouse that could pull in anywhere from 9 to 14+ million viewers on any given evening, largely because people didn't have many viewing options. Investigative reality TV To Catch a Predator attracted 7 to 10 million live viewers per episode, which turned host Chris Hansen …