There have been some memorable directorial debuts this year and surely this is one that I won’t easily forget. What sold me initially was Jeffrey Wright’s casting, the kind of actor who never fails to deliver a solid performance. He plays novelist Thelonious ‘Monk’ Ellison, easily the winner of ‘best character name’ ever, who’s recently …
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Finally caught up with Miracle on 34th Street (1947) – a charming timeless classic that captures the Christmas spirit
It’s a few days before Christmas and I wanted to check out at least one classic Christmas movies I haven’t seen before, and as it turns out, there are a bunch of them! I’ve actually just seen most people’s annual holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life 13 years ago in 2009. I also tried to …
FlixChatter Review: THE LESSON (2023) – Daryl McCormack holds his own against veterans Richard E. Grant + Julie Delpy in this slo-burn thriller
‘Good writers borrow, great writers steal’ says the film’s main character J.M. Sinclair, but that line is familiar to us because it was originally coined by one of the most celebrated American poets of the 20th Century, T.S. Elliot. The Lesson is Alice Troughton’s feature film debut from a script by Alex MacKeith. It centers …
Guest Post: 10 Holiday Favorites from the last 10 Years
Guest post by Dan Stephens of Top 10 Films When it comes to festive favorites, I’m inclined to think of Bill Murray doing his bah humbug routine in Richard Donner’s Scrooged. It was the film playing on TV during Christmas while I was growing up, so there’s definitely nostalgia involved. Perhaps that’s why others that …
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FlixChatter Review – Netflix’s Leave The World Behind (2023)
The psychological/end-of-the-world genre never really clicked with audiences even though it's been around for a long time. Hollywood tried to ignite the genre recently. George Clooney made The Midnight Sky a few years ago and again it didn't click with audiences. Earlier this year, M. Night's Knock at the Cabin came and went quickly in …
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FlixChatter Review: Wonka (2023) – Paul King’s sprightly musical has just the right dose of kookiness, magical whimsy + heart
Roald Dahl's classics have been popular in Hollywood, and one that’s been adapted several times is Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I actually have never seen any of the adaptations, and frankly, I wasn’t even all that interested in seeing this one. Yet I was willing to check it out as it’s written, produced, and …
FlixChatter Review: MAESTRO (2023) – Cooper really ups his game as a filmmaker, while Mulligan is the film’s acting MVP
With a title like Maestro, one might naturally expect a music biopic of one of the world’s most influential conductors of the 20th century. Given it’s one of my most anticipated films of the year, I knew going in that writer/director Bradley Cooper intended to chronicle the complex relationship between Leonard Bernstein and his wife, …
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