The benefit of being in super long flights (I'm talking about 20+ hours of flight time) is to catch up on movies. I watched two out these three movies on the plane, while I saw Faraway on Netflix the weekend I came back from Bali while still recuperating from a massive jet lag. I thought …
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FlixChatter Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) – dazzling visuals + extra emotional impact makes this one a satisfying sequel
Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren, Oscar Isaac, Daniel Kaluuya When I was 7 years old, my mother gifted me my first set of comic books, all Marvel titles: X-Men, Avengers, Incredible Hulk, and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man. I remember …
What I Watched in MAY 2023 + Mini Reviews + My Pick of Movie Of the Month
Happy June!! I came back from my Bali vacation on Memorial weekend but have just been dealing with a massive jet lag so it's taking me longer to post this monthly recap. Well in case you're wondering, our 2-week trip to the tropical paradise was absolutely wonderful, Bali is truly magical… definitely should be on …
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FlixChatter Review: Fast X (2023) – Jason Momoa makes for a fun villain but the latest F&F movie is overlong + forgettable
The production of the latest Fast and Furious film didn’t start out quite well. Series regular director, Justin Lin, decided to step down from the director’s chair just a few weeks into production. Reportedly, Lin was tired of dealing with Vin Diesel’s behavior. According to several reports, Diesel would show up several hours late every …
FlixChatter Review: CHEVALIER (2022) – Kelvin Harrison Jr. is exquisite as an 18th-century musical virtuoso criminally erased by history
In a year where a plethora of movies about a product/company origin story are released, it’s good that we finally get a cinematic treatment of one of the most acclaimed composers more people should know about. I first heard of Joseph Bologne aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges a few years ago when I saw his romantic …
FlixChatter Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) – James Gunn gets melancholic in his farewell to Marvel but hasn’t lost his sense of fun
Can’t believe it was a decade ago that this MCU’s lesser-known IP about a ragtag group of intergalactic misfits was released. Admittedly, I was a bit blasé when it came out and was feeling superhero fatigue (yep, even then!), but the movie ended up winning me over. The novelty quickly wears off by the second …
Happy Star Wars Day! My tribute to ANDOR – the best live-action SW series on Disney+ so far
Happy Star Wars Day!! It's still mid afternoon where I am, so I thought I take some time to highlight the BEST live-action series streaming on Disney+... Now, even based on just the first season alone, I can confidently say that this Tony Gilroy-created series starring Diego Luna is truly one of the best series streaming …
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