Sometimes a brilliant idea looks good on paper but doesn’t translate well to the screen. The script of The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent was on the Black List and writer/director Tom Gormican somehow managed to convince Nicolas Cage to play a fictionalized version of himself. The result is a wildly entertaining & hilarious action-comedy …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
Even in a saturated comic-book movie market, I find it impossible NOT to be excited for The Batman. I love what Matt Reeves did with the Planet of the Apes trilogy, somehow he could make an oft-told subject matter feels fresh and new again. It’s already well-known even for casual Batman fans that Gotham City …
Ok so I haven't actually got a chance to check out the two series on Apple TV that I posted about last month, ahah. I'm still keen on checking out SEVERANCE at some point, but now Apple just unveiled a new trailer that's definitely right up my alley! Here's the details per its press release: …
Continue reading Trailer Spotlight: Apple TV’s Espionage Drama SLOW HORSES starring Gary Oldman
I've just wrapped The Expanse series finale a couple of weeks ago which ended with a bang. I feel like there's still SO much exciting stories to tell in that universe, and am still trying to process that there won't be season 7 😦 Well, I'm on the lookout for new series to get on …
It's already mid January and I haven't done a trailer spotlight yet. Well, I just saw this on Flipboard this morning and I just had to blog about it. It's from Jean-Pierre Jeunet who made Amélie (2001), and I haven't seen anything he's done since then. I never saw A Very Long Engagement and he's …
Continue reading Trailer Spotlight: Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s BIG BUG (2022)
This is the third film by George Clooney I’ve seen so far, and also his second collaboration with Ben Affleck after they both produced the Oscar-winning ARGO. Both are actors who have become terrific directors in their own right… they have also played Batman on screen, surely an amusing anecdote for superhero fans. Growing up …
In the climate we live in today, with global warming, political unrest AND pandemic wreaking havoc practically everywhere, do we need an apocalyptic movie about an extinction level event? I actually have been avoiding depressing apocalyptic movies these days, though sometimes I’m curious to see something because of the cast. Well, Adam McKay’s Don’t Look …
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