NOVEMBER 2020 Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month

Wow!! It's actually December!! Well folks, only a month left in 2020… the year that'll definitely go down in history as one of the weirdest, most challenging year ever for many of us. I don't know about you, but I never thought I'd experience a pandemic in my lifetime, but hey surely it isn't the …

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FlixChatter Review: UNCLE FRANK (2020)

I had the privilege of seeing this film at Twin Cities Film Fest last October, one of the three films I saw on the big screen. I had come into it blindly, not having seen a trailer or even read in details what it's about at all or even seen the trailer. I find that …

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FlixChatter Review: THE NEST (2020)

I saw The Nest on a screener thanks to IFC Films and the premise intrigued me immediately. Jude Law and Carrie Coon Life play husband and wife whose already-fragile marriage take a twisted turn after moving into an English country manor. The film opens when the family still resides in the US. Rory O'Hara (Law) is …

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TV Review: THE QUEEN’S GAMBIT (2020)

The Queen’s Gambit (2020 – Netflix) Directed by Scott Frank Starring: Anya Taylor-Joy, Marielle Heller, Moses Ingram, Bill Camp, Harry Melling, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Christiane Seidel, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd Nearly a month removed from debuting on Netflix, there’s no shortage of publicity and buzz surrounding this 7 part mini-series. During these pandemic times with nearly everyone (hopefully) …

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FlixChatter Review: MR. JONES (2019)

I've always been a fan of journalism film and this film shed a light on a horrifying event that I wasn't familiar about – the Holodomor, the man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine in early 1930s that killed many Ukranians. The story is told through the eyes of Gareth Jones (James Norton), hence the title, a Welsh …

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FlixChatter Review: SYNCHRONIC (2020)

Directed by: Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead Written by: Justin Benson Starring: Anthony Mackie, Jamie Dornan, Ally Ioannides Coming off the critical success of The Endless (2017), Synchronic is the fifth collaboration between the directing duo of Benson and Moorhead. While not in the same universe as that of their previous 2 films (with 2012’s …

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Bingeing on ‘The Expanse’ – the best sci-fi series I’ve seen so far

I don't know about you but I LOVE when I discover a new show that I love, especially those that have been around for a while with tons of episodes to catch up on. THE EXPANSE has been around since 2015 and I've often seen the banner pop up on Amazon Prime, but somehow I …

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