Directed by Justin Simien Starring: LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto Disclaimer: I have not seen the 2003 film starring Eddie Murphy and Terence Stamp of which this is a reboot. As history states, Guillermo del Toro was slated to helm …
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: The Miracle Club (2023) – Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates & Laura Linney hope for a miracle in a pilgrimage to Lourdes
Lourdes, France is an essential Catholic pilgrimage site and I actually visited the Massabielle Grotto cave with my late mother when I was 13. Many believe that in 1858, a young girl named Bernadette saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary where the chapel now stands. Ever since then, the grotto became famous for visitors …
FlixChatter Review: BARBIE (2023) – Robbie perfectly embodies Barbie, but Gosling steals the spotlight with his hilarious Kenergy
Few movies are as hugely-hyped as Barbie it practically colors the world pink with anticipation. I’m tickled pink by the Barbie craze despite not having grown up with Barbie dolls at all. I was more into stuffed animals than human-shaped dolls. Yet with such a marketing juggernaut as this one where, one can’t help but get …
FlixChatter Review: OPPENHEIMER (2023) – a majestic, haunting, thought-provoking piece of cinema that further cements Nolan’s auteur status
Christopher Nolan is back with his sixth feature, 25 years after his feature debut Following. He’s reached a point where his films are regarded as motion picture events, as is the case with this one. Nolan has been rather obsessed with this subject matter for a long time, even his previous film Tenet deals with …
FlixChatter Review – Netflix’s EXTRACTION 2 (2023)
The John Wick film series has changed the action genre. Gone are the awful shaky cam, up close shots, and fast editing style of action scenes. Most action films these days tend to copy their style, heck many studios have tried to find their John Wick franchise. When Netflix released Extraction during the early days of …
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Trailer Spotlight: THE CREATOR (2023) – humans battle AI robots in Gareth Edwards’ post-apocalyptic thriller
Artificial Intelligence has occupied the zeitgeist for some time now but its dominance seems to have skyrocketed of late. One can’t turn on the news, the media, or even open one’s company’s intranet without being bombarded by AI-related content. Of course, movies about humans vs machines are nothing new. AI and aliens are common villains …
Documentary Review: Lakota Nation vs. United States (2023)
I missed this documentary during MSPIFF so when I got a chance to view a screener, I did not pass it up. I have to preface this by saying that I did not grow up in the United States, I came here for college so I realize I have a huge blindspot about Native American …
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