People love nostalgia in movies, and that’s why plenty of legacy characters get a comeback decades later. The first Beverly Hills Cop was released 40 years ago in 1984, Eddie Murphy was just a young'un 23-year-old at the time. Dayum, the comedian still looks pretty darn good for being 63! I had only seen the …
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FlixChatter Review: The Bikeriders (2024)—the bad boys Hardy + Butler are cool but it’s Comer who’s the real scene-stealer
Though he’s only been making movies for less than two decades, Jeff Nichols has become one of my favorite contemporary filmmakers. I’ve seen four out of his six films (still need to see Shotgun Stories and Take Shelter) and loved every single one of them, including this one. The plot is inspired by Danny Lyon’s …
FlixChatter Review: A24’s JANET PLANET (2024) – Annie Baker’s kooky but tender mom-daughter drama starring the criminally underrated Julianne Nicholson
There have been some memorable parent-child films I’ve seen of late: Nowhere Special, Ezra, and Ghostlight, to name a few. Here we have a single mother named Janet who lives with her 11-year-old daughter Lacy in rural Massachusetts. What really drew me to this film is its connection to the theater world, as it's directed …
4th of July Music Break – A trio of movie scores celebrating real American heroes: Apollo 13 | Hidden Figures | First Man
Happy Fourth, my fellow Americans! 🇺🇸 I haven't done a Music Break post in ages... it's a series I hope to do more regularly, perhaps every other month. For today, I thought I'd commemorate America's Independence Day with a trio of scores from movies highlighting true American heroes that are perfect to watch to celebrate …
FlixChatter Review: The Secret Art of Human Flight (2024)—an offbeat indie drama about dealing with the loss of a loved one
Directed by: H.P. Mendoza Written by: Jesse Orenshein Telling a story about grief through comedy isn't easy. You don't want to come across as flippant, but you want to provide enough levity to make an incredibly difficult emotion more palatable. Fortunately, The Secret Art of Human Flight succeeds in this. In this film, Ben Grady …
JUNE viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month
Happy July, everyone! Right smack dab in the middle of summer, and the weather has been as erratic as ever, the wind is especially nasty lately. Minnesota even made news for all the floods all over the state thanks to all the rain we've been having. There's a 90+% chance of thunderstorms on the Fourth …
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FlixChatter Review: The Damned (2024)—an eerie psychological horror film set in 19th-century Iceland
Directed by: Thordur Palsson Written by: Jamie Hannigan While we here in Minnesota are having a relatively mild (albeit wet) summer, it might be hard to imagine being chilled to the bone this time of year. However, today's movie, with its icy setting and shiver-inducing plot, will do just that. The Damned follows Eva (Odessa …
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