FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s HEART OF STONE (2023) – As a franchise starter, this Gal Gadot action vehicle fails to ignite

While Gal Gadot’s lucrative role as Wonder Woman is nothing but certain, there are definitely efforts to build another film franchise around her. From the same studio that released Mission Impossible 7, Skydance has plans that Heart of Stone could be another Netflix action franchise like Extraction.  Right from the start, there are definitely echoes …

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FlixChatter Review – Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant (2023)

There have been several films about the war in the Middle East since the war started over two decades ago. Some were good, some were terrible and some were just okay. Guy Ritchie’s latest war film sits right in the middle of that. It isn’t great but not that terrible. The story is not a …

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Musings on SECRET INVASION series – despite the stellar cast, the show has killed off any remaining interest I had in the MCU

It’s been over a week since I finished watching this series and I’m still left discombobulated - just what the heck was THAT??! If you haven’t seen the series yet, I caution you that I will be discussing spoilers here. I have been so MCU fatigue for some time now so I wasn’t sure initially …

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FlixChatter Review: Shortcomings (2023) – has its own set of flaws but this irreverent & funny movie is a solid debut from Randall Park

The multi-hyphenate creative force that is Randall Park has cultivated quite a career in the past couple of decades. He’s an actor, comedian, and writer, and now he can add director to his resume with his directorial debut Shortcomings, based on Adrian Tomine’s graphic novel of the same name. Tomine wrote the screenplay which centers …

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Documentary Review: Netflix’s The Deepest Breath (2023) – a riveting, emotional freediving tale with breathtaking visuals

I LOVE underwater scenery, there's something so majestic and haunting about the deep ocean. When I saw the trailer on Netflix, I knew I had to watch it. Irish filmmaker Laura McGann did a remarkable job capturing the death-defying sport of freediving, where divers rely on breath-holding until resurfacing without any breathing apparatus such as …

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What I Watched in JULY 2023 + Mini Reviews + My Pick of Movie Of the Month

Happy AUGUST!! Wow, we're practically a month away from Fall, where has Summer gone?? It was definitely a good month for the movie theater industry as the entire world was gripped by Barbenheimer fever! Glad I got to see both on the big screen, but I probably won't rewatch them again until both hit streaming. …

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FlixChatter Review: TALK TO ME (2023) – A24’s Australian horror movie delivers white-knuckle chills

Directed by: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou Written by: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson Of all the horror movies I've covered for FlixChatter over the past seven years, few have truly scared me. Very few have made me white-knuckle clench my steering wheel on the long, dark drive home from the cities and watch funny …

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