It's the hottest week in Minnesota (the heat index is over 100 which I'm not used to) so I spend time hibernating and catching up on movies I've been wanting to check out for ages. Of course, I prioritize those #directedbywomen for my 52 Films By Women challenge (6 movies so far this month, woot!!). …
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Documentary Review: The Restless Hungarian (2023) – a filmmaker’s heartfelt journey to uncover the truth about his father’s secret
Documentaries are often a great way to get insights into worlds that are foreign to us, that’s why I was intrigued by the offer to view this documentary by Tom Wiedlinger. It’s both a historical as well as personal film about his enigmatic father, the acclaimed structural engineer Paul Wiedlinger who fled Europe just ahead …
FlixChatter Review: The Pod Generation (2023) – Emilia Clarke + Chiwetel Ejiofor have an AI-powered baby in this kooky sci-fi satire
The term AI was introduced over six decades ago in the 50s but it has heavily dominated the zeitgeist like never before. The Pod Generation is set in the near future where technology and artificial intelligence has taken over daily life while nature quickly vanishes into oblivion. Written and directed by Sophie Barthes, the movie …
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 …
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 …
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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