There are a handful of what I’d consider ‘perfect’ movies that I think should not ever be remade. Out of the rom-com genre, that includes anything by Nora Ephron as well as Notting Hill by Roger Michell. Well, Marry Me isn’t a remake, but one could say it’s Notting Hill on steroids, though I was …
Month: February 2022
FlixChatter Review: Death on the Nile (2022)
Kenneth Branagh's first Agatha Christie adaptation, Murder in the Orient Express, was a modest success (worldwide gross total of over $350mil million against a production budget of $55mil), so it's no surprise that the sequel got green-lit soon after. Well, this movie was supposed to come out in 2019, but then filming issues, then Covid …
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Musings on 2022 Oscars Nominations – Snubs + Surprises
Happy #OscarsNominations Day! I didn't watch the live announcement as I was still in bed, LOL... hey, one has to work for a living and I had to be at work by 8:30. I work from home so my office is just a few steps away from my bedroom, but still. In any case, the …
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Mini Reviews of #SpiritAwards Nominees – Queen of Glory | The Novice | Together Together | Holler
I'm glad I'm a member of Film Independent! It's a MUST for film lovers, there are plenty of exclusive screenings, conversations, classes, etc. as well as FYC screeners during award season. Thanks to those screeners, I got to see quite a few of films written & directed by women so early in the year, and …
FlixChatter Guest Review: MOONFALL (2022)
Roland Emmerich should be called Hollywood’s Disaster King. In the 1990s, he gave us Independence Day. In the 2000s, he laid down The Day After Tomorrow and 2012. In the 2010s, he gifted us with Independence Day: Resurgence. Now that it’s a new decade, Emmerich officially stamps the 2020s with his latest disaster epic Moonfall, …
TV Trailers Spotlight: Apple TV+ New Series Suspicion + Severance and Netflix’s 2022 Movies Preview
I've just wrapped The Expanse series finale a couple of weeks ago which ended with a bang. I feel like there's still SO much exciting stories to tell in that universe, and am still trying to process that there won't be season 7 😦 Well, I'm on the lookout for new series to get on …
January 2022 Viewing Recap + Movie(s) Of The Month
Wow, the first month of 2022 has come and gone! Well, January was pretty busy with work after a rather slow couple of months during the holidays. It's been a cold month with more days with subzero temps, ugh, but at least I count myself lucky we didn't get dumped with crazy Winter storm like …
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