Happy Friday!! It's State Fair Day for me today and I'm going early to avoid the blistering heat! I know that Summer is fleeting in Minnesota but given how hot it's been, I'm actually looking forward to Fall, ahah. That includes Fall movies, and these two are arriving in mid-September and October respectively. The Saint …
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.
Streaming Picks: LOU (2022) and CARMEN (2021) – These two female-led films directed by women are well worth your time
It's the hottest week in Minnesota (the heat index is over 100 which I'm not used to) so I spend time hibernating and catching up on movies I've been wanting to check out for ages. Of course, I prioritize those #directedbywomen for my 52 Films By Women challenge (6 movies so far this month, woot!!). …
Documentary Review: The Restless Hungarian (2023) – a filmmaker’s heartfelt journey to uncover the truth about his father’s secret
Documentaries are often a great way to get insights into worlds that are foreign to us, that’s why I was intrigued by the offer to view this documentary by Tom Wiedlinger. It’s both a historical as well as personal film about his enigmatic father, the acclaimed structural engineer Paul Wiedlinger who fled Europe just ahead …
FlixChatter Review: The Pod Generation (2023) – Emilia Clarke + Chiwetel Ejiofor have an AI-powered baby in this kooky sci-fi satire
The term AI was introduced over six decades ago in the 50s but it has heavily dominated the zeitgeist like never before. The Pod Generation is set in the near future where technology and artificial intelligence has taken over daily life while nature quickly vanishes into oblivion. Written and directed by Sophie Barthes, the movie …
The first trailer of Bradley Cooper’s MAESTRO centers on Leonard Bernstein’s decades-spanning love story
I have been highly anticipating this since news circulated that Bradley Cooper was going to direct Leonard Bernstein's biopic AND portray him in the film. Steven Spielberg was originally attached to direct with Cooper in the lead, but as Cooper told Stephen Colbert on his show back in January 2022, Spielberg told him to direct …
FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s HEART OF STONE (2023) – As a franchise starter, this Gal Gadot action vehicle fails to ignite
While Gal Gadot’s lucrative role as Wonder Woman is nothing but certain, there are definitely efforts to build another film franchise around her. From the same studio that released Mission Impossible 7, Skydance has plans that Heart of Stone could be another Netflix action franchise like Extraction. Right from the start, there are definitely echoes …
FlixChatter Review – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)
There have been several films about the war in the Middle East since the war started over two decades ago. Some were good, some were terrible and some were just okay. Guy Ritchie’s latest war film sits right in the middle of that. It isn’t great but not that terrible. The story is not a …
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