The benefit of being in super long flights (I'm talking about 20+ hours of flight time) is to catch up on movies. I watched two out these three movies on the plane, while I saw Faraway on Netflix the weekend I came back from Bali while still recuperating from a massive jet lag. I thought …
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I'm just an ordinary girl who loves flicks across all genres (except horror). From Jane Austen costume-dramas, lush fantasy epics to sfx-laden, full-throttle action, my taste in movies can be quite perplexing. My dad was in the film biz in the 70s in my home country Indonesia, so I guess I inherit his love for writing and movies. But it's my mother who first introduced Hollywood classics early in my upbringing. When I was about 11 or 12, she brought "Gone with the Wind," "The Sound of Music," and "My Fair Lady" VHS tapes from her European vacation. To this day, I still think Clark Gable is one hot & manly man (even for someone who despise mustache!); and who didn't have a crush on that stringent-but-hunky-in-uniform Captain Von Trapp? As for "My Fair Lady," the inimitably classy Audrey Hepburn was (and still is) the fairest maiden in Tinseltown.
Top 10 Favorite movies: Batman Begins, Ben-Hur, Casino Royale, Dear Frankie, Gladiator, Moulin Rouge, Return to Me, Roman Holiday, Sense & Sensibility, The Gods Must Be Crazy.
FlixChatter Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) – dazzling visuals + extra emotional impact makes this one a satisfying sequel
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren, Oscar Isaac, Daniel Kaluuya When I was 7 years old, my mother gifted me my first set of comic books, all Marvel titles: X-Men, Avengers, Incredible Hulk, and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man. I remember …
What I Watched in MAY 2023 + Mini Reviews + My Pick of Movie Of the Month
Happy June!! I came back from my Bali vacation on Memorial weekend but have just been dealing with a massive jet lag so it's taking me longer to post this monthly recap. Well in case you're wondering, our 2-week trip to the tropical paradise was absolutely wonderful, Bali is truly magical… definitely should be on …
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FlixChatter Review: Fast X (2023) – Jason Momoa makes for a fun villain but the latest F&F movie is overlong + forgettable
The production of the latest Fast and Furious film didn’t start out quite well. Series regular director, Justin Lin, decided to step down from the director’s chair just a few weeks into production. Reportedly, Lin was tired of dealing with Vin Diesel’s behavior. According to several reports, Diesel would show up several hours late every …
Trailer + Scenes Spotlight: Tarsem Singh’s THE FALL (2006) – to commemorate my trip to Bali, Indonesia
Hello FlixChatter friends!! Today's post is going to be a short one as I'll be on my way to the airport in a couple of hours en route to Bali, Indonesia. Most of you already know I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, but I've been living in Minnesota since college. It's been over …
FlixChatter Review: CHEVALIER (2022) – Kelvin Harrison Jr. is exquisite as an 18th-century musical virtuoso criminally erased by history
In a year where a plethora of movies about a product/company origin story are released, it’s good that we finally get a cinematic treatment of one of the most acclaimed composers more people should know about. I first heard of Joseph Bologne aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges a few years ago when I saw his romantic …
FlixChatter Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) – James Gunn gets melancholic in his farewell to Marvel but hasn’t lost his sense of fun
Can’t believe it was a decade ago that this MCU’s lesser-known IP about a ragtag group of intergalactic misfits was released. Admittedly, I was a bit blasé when it came out and was feeling superhero fatigue (yep, even then!), but the movie ended up winning me over. The novelty quickly wears off by the second …
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