The Alien franchise is an interesting one. The first two films were huge box office hits but the later sequels in the 90s were flops. In the 2000s, they tried to reboot the franchise by combining the Alien with another monster, The Predator. The two films didn't exactly set the box office on fire. Then, …
Author: ruth
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: BLINK TWICE (2024) – Zoë Kravitz’s directorial debut is a lean, taut, & stylish psychological thriller
Directed by Zoë Kravitz Starring: Naomi Ackie, Channing Tatum, Christian Slater, Simon Rex, Adria Arjona, Kyle MacLachlan, Haley Joel Osment, Geena Davis, Alia Shawkat Frida (Naomi Ackie) is an aspiring influencer, who, along with her friend Jess (Alia Shawkat), an aspiring actress, makes ends meet as a cocktail waitress for celebrity galas. In this case, the gala …
SLOW HORSES S4 trailer is here! Why you should be watching AppleTV’s fantastic spy series fronted by Gary Oldman
This post is so long overdue! I've been wanting to highlight this underrated spy series since I saw the first two seasons (which were of course, fantastic). Well, last night AppleTV released the trailer for season 4. Well, let's just say, the show about a group of hapless spies just gets better and better! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo27sE2fdvs …
FlixChatter Review: GIRL YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE – the fascinating Milli Vanilli biopic charts the drastic rise & fall of the pop duo sensation
As a kid of the 80s, I love 80s music and 80s pop culture is close to my heart. I still remember distinctly when Milli Vanilli became famous, and I can even recall some of the lyrics of their hit songs Girl You Know It's True and Blame It On The Rain. Of course, it …
FlixChatter Review: DIDI (弟弟, 2024)–An authentic and funny portrait of a Taiwanese-American boyhood
I've been catching wind of Didi ever since it snagged the Special Jury Prize and Audience Award at Sundance. I'm usually skeptical about films that get all the praise from critics at big festivals, but I'm happy to say that Didi totally deserves all the buzz! Written and directed by Sean Wang, I read after …
52 Films By Women 2024 Challenge – 10 Best Female-Directed Movies I saw in the first half of the year
Championing fellow women and female filmmakers has always been the goal of FlixChatter. So every year I participate in the #52FilmsByWomen challenge. Introduced a few years ago by the Women In Film (WIF) organization, the basic rules are simple: watch 52 films directed by women within one year. I also share the films I watch on …
FlixChatter Review: The Instigators (2024) – Matt Damon + Casey Affleck star in an amusing but forgettable heist action comedy
Heist action comedy is one of my favorite sub-genres, and it is pretty much in Doug Liman’s wheelhouse. He’s directed The Bourne Identity, Mr & Mrs. Smith, and one of my fave action sci-fi The Edge of Tomorrow, so naturally I was intrigued by this one. There’s a bit of a buddy-comedy theme here with …
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