Critics be darned once again! Clash of the Titans defied the dismal review (31% Tomatometer) to soar past $60 million to capture the number 1 box office spot (it's already earned over 100 mil worldwide). WOW, it surely is kraken-ka-ching for honchos at Warner Bros, as it'll make up its $125 million production cost quicker …
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DVD Picks: Easy Virtue and A Good Year
Easy Virtue I've wanted to see this when I saw the trailer early last year, but wasn't fast enough to make it to the theater. Adapted from Noel Coward's 1924 play, it's a comedy that pokes fun at the stifling British upper class. Jessica Biel stars as a feisty American divorcee Larita who re-marries a …
Everyone’s a Critic: Two Twin-Cities natives review ‘A Serious Man’
Happy Monday, everybody! In this special edition of Everyone's a Critic, I thought it'd be fun to have a couple of my Minnesota friends to offer their (slightly different) views on a movie that happens to be filmed in our neck of the woods. This is the first movie set in Minnesota from the Coen …
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Everyone’s a Critic: Reviews from FlixChatter Readers
Welcome to another edition of Everyone's a Critic series. Today we've got an Oscar nominated flick and two sports movies from a golf and soccer enthusiast. Special thanks to Becky, Scot and Alan for taking the time to contribute to FlixChatter! Crazy Heart (2009) by Becky Kurk My sister from California was visiting a few …
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Weekend Roundup: Amélie & 28 Days Later
Happy Monday, readers, and welcome to March! Hope you had a nice weekend, wherever you are. It was a nice, mellow weekend for me, can't complain really when the sun shone for the entire weekend with temp 'soaring' to the mid 30s (yes, that's a 'warm' front for us Minnesotans after a long, cold Winter!). …
FlixChatter Review: Inglourious Basterds
Ok, 2 down, 10 more to go. As I mentioned in my Oscar nom musings, I've got twelve movies to catch up on by Oscar time (both nominated for Best Picture and those that feature Oscar-nominated performances). In the past 2 weeks, I finally caught this one and The Hurt Locker, here's what I generally think …
DVD Picks: The Cove, The Boys Are Back, Bright Star
The Cove – Documentary Synopsis: Using state-of-the-art equipment, a group of activists, led by renown dolphin trainer Ric O’Barry, infiltrate a cove near Taiji, Japan to expose both a shocking instance of animal abuse and a serious threat to human health. This doc was highly-recommended by a group of friends as we're having dinner. I …
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