The Darjeeling Limited (2007) A year after their father's funeral, three brothers travel across India by train in an attempt to bond with each other. To say it's a quirky movie is an understatement, you've come to expect that from Wes Anderson, but I think this one felt extra kooky as it has a bit …
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Weekend Viewing Roundup & 28 Days (2000) mini review
Happy Sunday everyone! It finally felt like Spring is actually around the corner here in my neck of the woods. The good news is we can forgo the long johns and parka, but we now have to put up with dirty cars as the roads and slushy roads from melting mountains of snow. Well, no …
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FlixChatter Review – 300: Rise of an Empire
After almost a decade, Warner Bros. finally released a sequel to their sword and sandals hit 300. Before I go into the review of this new movie, I wanted to point out that I was never a fan of the first movie, I didn't hate it but I thought it's like I'm watching a video …
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Rental Pick: Albert Nobbs (2011)
I actually stumbled upon Albert Nobbs as I was trying to find an interview with Janet McTeer about The White Queen on YouTube. I didn’t recall seeing any promotion for this film, but I listened to Glenn Close (Albert Nobbs) and Janet McTeer (Hubert Page) talk about transforming themselves into men for their roles. A …
February 2014 Blind Spot: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
I didn't realize that I'm doing another Frank Capra film back to back in the BlindSpot series! Well, I had initially wanted to do a James Stewart marathon after the Gregory Peck one, but I never got around to it. Well, I finally got to see it on President's Day last weekend, what a fitting …
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FlixChatter Review: 3 Days to Kill
A dying Secret Service Agent trying to reconnect with his estranged daughter is offered an experimental drug that could save his life in exchange for one last assignment. Ok, the fact that McG directed this from Luc Besson's script doesn't exactly spell 'must see' on my list. Heck, the last film by those two I …
Weekend Roundup: The Americans (FX series) and The Bling Ring reviews
Happy Weekend everybody! WOW, everything's still very much awesome for The LEGO Movie, winning box office for the third straight weekend with $31 mil. It's now made $183 mil domestically, and with a production budget on only $60 mil, that's quite a huge hit for Warner Bros. The McG/Luc Besson's spy thriller 3 Days to …
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