It’s been nearly a decade since the original Zootopia was released in 2016. I’m surprised that it took this long for the sequel to come out, given that the original was a critical and commercial success. It earned over $1 billion internationally (with a budget of $150 million) and won an Oscar for Best Animated …
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FlixChatter’s NOVEMBER Viewing Recap, Mini Review of LOVE+WAR documentary, and Movie of the Month
Happy December, everyone! We're down to the last month of 2025, can you believe it?? To my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice to get four days off, though they went by too fast 😆 We finally got snow ❄️ this past Saturday, enough to be plowable and …
FlixChatter Review: HAMNET (2025) – A heart-wrenching, indelible work of art by Chloe Zhao, featuring an Oscar-caliber turn by Jessie Buckley
Hamlet is considered the most famous play in the world due to its enduring influence and the vast number of performances it has inspired. I have seen at least two film adaptations of Hamlet and seen the stage version at the local Guthrie Theatre a few years ago. Therefore, when I discovered a film that …
FlixChatter Review: ETERNITY (2025) – This rom-com set in the afterlife focuses more on fun world-building than crafting a profound love story
What picture pops into your head when you think about eternity or eternal life? Regardless of your beliefs, it probably doesn’t look like what writer/director David Freyne imagines in this fantasy rom-com. It certainly does not align with my own views on the afterlife, and I find it funny that some folks think we mere …
FlixChatter Guest Review – SISU 2: Road to Revenge (2025) – Less complex than SISU 1 but doubles down on the choreographed violence and deadly action
Directed by Jalmari HelanderStarring: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake Every film has its place. In the classic sense, movies were created to escape, entertain, and create a visceral reaction from their audience – whether that be laughter, shock, horror and hopefully a certain sense of satisfaction. The Sisu franchise follows this path. Straight from …
FlixChatter Review – WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025) – Despite strong performances from Erivo & Grande, the whole story would have been much better off as just one movie
The first part of Wicked was a pleasant surprise for me as someone who hasn’t seen the Broadway version and is generally not all that familiar (nor enthused) about the Wizard of Oz story. Jon M. Chu did an outstanding job in creating a wholly enjoyable movie, but still, I didn’t think the tale of …
FlixChatter Review: RENTAL FAMILY (2025) – Brendan Fraser is marvelous in a touching & funny fish-out-of-water tale in modern Japan
One of my top three picks from this year’s TCFF is easily Rental Family. My husband and I are hoping to finally make a trip to Japan next year, God willing, so Japan has been on my mind a lot lately. That’s why I was really looking forward to this film, directed by Hikari (whose …
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