How's your weekend everyone? It's another glorious weekend weather-wise… Summer is so fleeting here in MN so we've got to make the most of our time being outside. I didn't go to the cinema this weekend, trying to finish up Mr Robot Season 1 and we've got four more episodes to go. I'll defer my final …
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I always try to keep a neutral expectation going into a film, and it's a lot easier when I didn't know much about that particular movie. I had no idea that Pete's Dragon was a remake of the 1977 movie until days before I saw it, and I didn't see the original (which is apparently …
I first heard about this project last year when my friend and fellow Twin Cities Film Fest staff member Kirsten Gregerson mentioned it to me. She had worked as a casting director for the independent thriller, director by Irish filmmaker Billy O'Brien, with Christopher Lloyd and Max Records (from Where the Wild Things Are) in the …
Happy Wednesday everyone! Are y'all watching the Olympics? I missed the opening ceremony so I only caught up w/ some clips on Flipboard. I did watch the Men's 100m backstroke as Minnesotan David Plummer, a swim coach who's perhaps one of the oldest at 30, won Bronze. Woo hoo! Well I'm super excited to see Anthropoid tomorrow. …
Café Society is director Woody Allen’s latest film about old Hollywood – or sort of. Set during its golden age (30s, 40s), its main protagonist is Bobby Dorfman (Jesse Eisenberg), a naïve young New Yorker looking to make his way by moving to Hollywood to work under his uncle Phil (Steve Carell in a wooden …
Not every year we get not one but two highly-anticipated DC superhero films where the hype is simply overwhelming. I personally have not been anticipating either movies, and I tried with all my might to avoid watching every damn clip/trailer/featurette, etc the studio releases practically every single week. Well, you already know how I feel …
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. I've been excited about Christopher Nolan's DUNKIRK for some time …
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