Musings on 8 movies directed by actors that screened at TIFF 2023

It's been nearly 20 years since I visited TIFF in 2005. This was back when I was still obsessed with Gerard Butler, so my primary purpose was to see Beowulf & Grendel and I did get to shake Gerry's hand after the screening which still made me chuckle when I think about it. I was …

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Indie Film Spotlight – Cameron Cloutier’s Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film (Part 2)

Last year, I covered Queen of Hearts: A Twin Peaks Fan Film, an impressive undertaking and a clear labor of love from filmmaker Cameron Cloutier. The multi-part series focused on FBI Agent Dale Cooper (Nico Abiera)'s history with his partner Windom Earle (Paul Griffith) and Earle's wife Caroline (Charlotte Roi) as well as Annie Blackburn …

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Finally caught up with Denzel Washington’s only film franchise The Equalizer 1 & 2 – now I’m excited to see The Equalizer 3

This has been a rather hectic weekend for me with lots of activities. I didn't make it to the cinema, but one of the highlights in terms of movie-watching is that my hubby and I finally caught up with Denzel Washington's The Equalizer. As the third movie is coming out this Friday, we thought we …

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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 …

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Guardians of the Galaxy’s Rocket Raccoon (voiced by Bradley Cooper) Appreciation Post

I just saw Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 last week, which is going to be the last of the franchise by James Gunn featuring the same group of actors. It wouldn't be a spoiler to say that Gunn made it a Rocket Raccoon-centric story and I'm glad he did as he's easily my favorite …

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Happy International Women’s Day! Musings on female representation in Hollywood + celebrating female filmmakers

Happy International Women's Day everyone! As a female movie fan and film critic, as well as someone who's dabbled in filmmaking, I'd like to take the opportunity to talk about where we are in terms of female representation. I have lamented in my Oscars nomination musings that Hollywood once again ignored female filmmakers with the …

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10 favorite Michelle Yeoh performances – in honor of her historic 2023 SAG Best Actress win

What a historic night!!! This award season has pulled a ton of 'firsts' for performers of Asian descent, and as an Indonesian-born critic, that is something to celebrate! I don't usually blog about SAG Awards but I'll make this post a first because of Michelle Yeoh's historic win. Thankfully the event was streamed LIVE this …

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