La Cocina (aka The Kitchen) immerses viewers into the world of a bustling kitchen, The Grill, in NYC’s Times Square. It’s also an American immigrant story as it opens with a young woman Estela (Anna Diaz) on a ferry to Manhattan she sneaks in through the side door and slyly manages to land a job …
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FlixChatter Review – VENOM: The Last Dance (2024) – Tom Hardy bids farewell to his chatty, bombastic symbiote in a whirlwind of crazy fun
I came into the Venom franchise quite late as I just didn’t care for it initially, despite being a big fan of Tom Hardy. Then I saw the mid-credit scene of Spider-man: No Way Home featuring Hardy’s character Eddie Brock with his alien parasite in a Mexican bar talking to a bartender played by Ted …
FlixChatter’s OCTOBER viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie(s) Of the Month
Happy November! We're down to the last two months of the year already?? Wow, where has the time gone? Well, after an unseasonally warm October, we finally got our first snow on Halloween. Fortunately, the ground was still so warm that it didn't stick, so nothing like the Halloween blizzard of 1991 that dropped a …
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TCFF 2024 Review: UNSTOPPABLE (2024) – this sports biopic doesn’t break new ground, but Anthony Robles’ incredible story is truly inspiring
Unstoppable might be an overly generic title for a film, but the story of wrestler Anthony Robles, an American wrestler who was born without a right leg is anything but. The story is lifted straight out of his autobiography, Unstoppable: From Underdog to Undefeated Champion, and this is very much an underdog sports story just …
TCFF 2024 Review: MAGPIE – Daisy Ridley continues to show off her range in this enigmatic, slow-burn thriller
Magpie is a Neo-noir thriller that marks the first feature collaboration between Daisy Ridley and her husband Tom Bateman. I read that the idea came from Ridley herself, which was inspired by her role in The Marsh King's Daughter where she played a mother of a young girl. Written by Bateman and directed by Sam …
TCFF 2024 music-themed documentary reviews – LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH and CAMP RICSTAR
LUTHER: NEVER TOO MUCH Luther Vandross is a singer I don't know much about, and that is the appeal of this documentary for me. Luther: Never Too Much covers the journey of this legendary artist, starting from his childhood talent all the way to his global success. It dives into his collaborations, influences, personality, his …
TCFF 2024 Reviews: dramedy ‘A Little Family Drama’ + horror thriller ‘The Activated Man’
A LITTLE FAMILY DRAMA Movies frequently highlight dysfunctional families to explore the intricacies of human relationships, and the chaos within families can make for some great comedy. That is the premise of A Little Family Drama by writer/director Nadia Zoe, which centers on the multi-generational Mexican American family, the Sepulvedas. The story revolves around a …
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