I feel the need...the need for speed! Woo wee!! I needed something to get my mind off the fiasco that was Oscars 2022! This proved to be the kind of distraction I needed! Boy, can you believe it's been 36 years since the first Top Gun came out? I was still a pre-teen at the …
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Musings on #Oscars2022 – The Good, The Bad + The WTF
Happy #OscarsNight everyone!! Honestly, I wasn't all that enthused about the #Oscars this year, especially after they decided back in February that they won't present 8 categories LIVE but presented during the off-air segment... those categories are documentary short, film editing, makeup and hairstyling, original score, production design, animated short, live-action short and sound. Ugh, …
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FlixChatter Review: The Lost City (2022)
Don’t judge a book by its cover (model) is one of the themes of The Lost City. Well I guess the lesson for me is don’t judge a movie by its trailer. When I first saw it, I was convinced it’ll be an atrocious, unwatchable movie… but it turns out to be a blast! Ok …
Ranking Oscars 2022 Best Picture + Acting Nominees
Can't believe we are STILL talking about the Oscars in late March. I hope they're moving the telecast back to late February next year and going forward. Well, I've talked about the Oscar nominees but I saw people were ranking the Best Picture nominees on Twitter, such as below, and I thought I'd do the …
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Chatting about ‘Turning Red’ + Favorite Pixar Films on Downlow.d Podcast
Hello friends and readers! I've shared this on Twitter but I thought I'd share this here as well as I know many of you don't use Twitter. I was invited to be a guest on the Downlow.d Podcast, which is a deep dive audio documentary series that explores the morally complicated, occasionally inspiring and often …
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FlixChatter Review: The Outfit (2022)
The Outfit is a crime drama set in Chicago and the title is a double entendre as the Chicago organized crime syndicate is referred to as the Outfit. In case you're wondering, this film is NOT a remake of the 1973 film starring Robert Duvall. This one is is set in mid 50s Chicago where …
FlixChatter: DEEP WATER (2022)
It’s been twenty years since British director Adrian Lyne directed a film, which was Unfaithful in 2002. The last film of his I saw was Indecent Proposal (1993), and I grew up watching his films – Flashdance, 9-1/2 Weeks and Fatal Attraction. Lyne is back with a new erotic psychological thriller Deep Water, which was …