Directed By: Paul Verhoeven Written By: David Birke Runtime: 2 hrs 10 minutes The women’s film genre covers the spectrum of feminine empowerment to absolute degradation and several can be read both ways. Elle (2016) is an ambivalent film that can be read as a tale of self-assertion or, equally valid, about victimhood, transgressive sexuality and gender …
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FlixChatter Review: Hidden Figures (2016)
Directed by: Theodore Melfi Written by: Allison Schroeder and Theodore Melfi Runtime: 2 hrs 7 minutes Hollywood loves BOAT, that is, films Based On a True Story, and few are as overdue yet timely as Hidden Figures. Based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Margot Lee Shetterly, it tells the story of a team of African-American …
FlixChatter Review: SING (2016)
Directed by Garth Jennings, Christophe L0urdelet | Written by Garth Jennings Featuring the voices of: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Seth McFarlane, John C. Reilly, Taron Edgerton The end of the year holiday season is always prime for finding movies kids can go to. After all, school’s out, and they need things to do to hold their …
FlixChatter Review: La La Land (2016)
Written/Directed by: Damien Chazelle Runtime: 128 minutes Rarely did I respond so strongly to a film's tagline. In fact, I mostly barely notice them. Here's to the fools who dream… well, La La Land's tagline speaks to me in a profound way, as essentially, I am one of those fools. Unabashedly. Emma Stone plays Mia, an aspiring actress …
FlixChatter Review: The Eagle Huntress (2016)
Director: Otto Bell Runtime: 101 min This was one of my most-anticipated documentary of the year, so when it played at TCFF in October I was beyond thrilled. I had never seen eagle hunter doing their thing on screen, let alone an eagle huntress. It's a world rarely explored on films, and for that reason alone I was …
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FlixChatter Review: Passengers (2016)
Directed By: Morten Tyldum Written By: Jon Spaihts Runtime: 116 minutes I heard about the premise of this one a few years ago when the project was still stuck in development hell and for some time it was meant to be a vehicle for Keanu Reeves. Well, now we've got two of the biggest young …
Guest Review: Collateral Beauty (2016)
Directed By: David Frankel Written By: Allan Loeb Runtime: 94 minutes After reviewing a couple unimpressive comedies last week (Office Christmas Party and Why Him?), I was ready for seeing something a little weightier, so I was excited to get the opportunity to see Collateral Beauty. I was a little nervous it would be overly-sentimental, …
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