Directed by Justin Simien Starring: LaKeith Lee Stanfield, Tiffany Haddish, Owen Wilson, Danny DeVito, Rosario Dawson, Chase Dillon, Dan Levy, Jamie Lee Curtis, Jared Leto Disclaimer: I have not seen the 2003 film starring Eddie Murphy and Terence Stamp of which this is a reboot. As history states, Guillermo del Toro was slated to helm …
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FlixChatter Review: The Miracle Club (2023) – Maggie Smith, Kathy Bates & Laura Linney hope for a miracle in a pilgrimage to Lourdes
Lourdes, France is an essential Catholic pilgrimage site and I actually visited the Massabielle Grotto cave with my late mother when I was 13. Many believe that in 1858, a young girl named Bernadette saw an apparition of the Virgin Mary where the chapel now stands. Ever since then, the grotto became famous for visitors …
FlixChatter Review: BARBIE (2023) – Robbie perfectly embodies Barbie, but Gosling steals the spotlight with his hilarious Kenergy
Few movies are as hugely-hyped as Barbie it practically colors the world pink with anticipation. I’m tickled pink by the Barbie craze despite not having grown up with Barbie dolls at all. I was more into stuffed animals than human-shaped dolls. Yet with such a marketing juggernaut as this one where, one can’t help but get …
FlixChatter Review: OPPENHEIMER (2023) – a majestic, haunting, thought-provoking piece of cinema that further cements Nolan’s auteur status
Christopher Nolan is back with his sixth feature, 25 years after his feature debut Following. He’s reached a point where his films are regarded as motion picture events, as is the case with this one. Nolan has been rather obsessed with this subject matter for a long time, even his previous film Tenet deals with …
FlixChatter Review – Netflix’s EXTRACTION 2 (2023)
The John Wick film series has changed the action genre. Gone are the awful shaky cam, up close shots, and fast editing style of action scenes. Most action films these days tend to copy their style, heck many studios have tried to find their John Wick franchise. When Netflix released Extraction during the early days of …
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Documentary Review: Lakota Nation vs. United States (2023)
I missed this documentary during MSPIFF so when I got a chance to view a screener, I did not pass it up. I have to preface this by saying that I did not grow up in the United States, I came here for college so I realize I have a huge blindspot about Native American …
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FlixChatter Review – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – the story takes a back seat to breathtaking action, but the sky-high level of craftsmanship still makes this franchise so irresistible.
What started out as an ensemble TV series has long become a cinematic star vehicle for Tom Cruise. I’ve highlighted in this post how Cruise would go above and beyond in the name of entertainment, risking his own life to bring ‘something we’ve never seen before’ in one death-defying action sequence after another. As Proximo …
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