FlixChatter Review: Wolfwalkers (2021)

A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night. I've been a longtime fan of Cartoon Saloon, an Irish Animation Studio based in Kilkenny, Ireland that's …

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Film News I’m excited about – Olivia Colman, Helen Mirren, Julia Roberts + George Clooney

It's been a while since I actually curated recent movie/casting news that I'm excited about. I was reading one after another involving filmmaker/actors I love so I thought I'd include them here.  Sam Mendes, Olivia Colman Team for Love Story Empire of Light Per THR, the Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes will be directing his own …

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FlixChatter Review: The Courier (2021)

I love spy movies, so I was immediately intrigued by The Courier which is set during the Cold War. It’s based on a true story of Greville Wynne, a middle-class businessman whose frequent travel to Eastern Europe got him recruited by CIA and MI6 as their spy. There’s a John Le Carré feel to the …

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March Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month

HAPPY SPRING!! We already hit 70 degrees earlier this week, 20 degrees warmer than what it's supposed to be in late March in Minnesota. Of course we went back to the 30s immediately, but a 30-40 degree swing is pretty common here, but hey I'll take even the occasional 60-70 degree early Spring day and …

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FlixChatter Review – ENHANCED (2021)

More than a year after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, most film-loving moviegoers have turned to the multitude of premium video-on-demand (PVOD) offerings of various kinds. Even the large movie studios have turned to using their steaming platform, whether it’s HBO Max, Disney+, or Amazon Video. The others, such as Vertical Entertainment, have continued …

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FlixChatter Review: CRISIS (2021)

I have to admit that though I've heard news about the opioid crisis, I'm not really that familiar with the subject. In fact, prior to watching this film I didn't even know what Fentanyl was, which is apparently a powerful synthetic pain killers that's similar to morphine but is 50 to 100 times more potent. …

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The Falcon and the Winter Soldier – Episode 1 Review

It's a great week for superhero fans. I know that today DC fans are rejoicing for the #SnyderCut of Justice League. Well, even though I have enjoyed some DC superhero movies in the past, I'm not clamoring to see the 4-hour slog elongated version of what I think I saw back in 2017 that I …

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