FlixChatter Review: THE FLASH (2023) – despite an electrifying start, it becomes a chore to sit through in the end… but Keaton’s Batman saves the movie.

One thing worse than suffering from superhero fatigue is feeling exhausted by the multiverse mania, so I wasn't exactly clamoring to see the latest DCEU movie as the dawn of James Gunn's DC Universe is near. What's more, even though Ezra Miller isn’t doing press for the movie, it’s impossible to overlook their off-screen violent …

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FlixChatter Review – Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023)

Michael Bay oversaw the Transformers franchise for about a decade. While those films weren't critical darlings, they were huge box office successes and Bay and Paramount executives became even more wealthyΒ each time a new Transformers film hit theaters. But when 2017's Transformers: The Last Knight came out, most fans hated it and the box office …

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Trio Female-led Reviews: Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody + 80 For Brady + Faraway

The benefit of being in super long flights (I'm talking about 20+ hours of flight time) is to catch up on movies. I watched two out these three movies on the plane, while I saw Faraway on Netflix the weekend I came back from Bali while still recuperating from a massive jet lag. I thought …

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FlixChatter Review – Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) – dazzling visuals + extra emotional impact makes this one a satisfying sequel

Directed by Joaquim Dos Santos, Kemp Powers, Justin K. Thompson Starring: Shameik Moore, Hailee Steinfeld, Brian Tyree Henry, Luna Lauren, Oscar Isaac, Daniel Kaluuya When I was 7 years old, my mother gifted me my first set of comic books, all Marvel titles: X-Men, Avengers, Incredible Hulk, and of course, The Amazing Spider-Man. I remember …

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

Happy June!! I came back from my Bali vacation on Memorial weekend but have just been dealing with a massive jet lag so it's taking me longer to post this monthly recap. Well in case you're wondering, our 2-week trip to the tropical paradise was absolutely wonderful, Bali is truly magical… definitely should be on …

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FlixChatter Review: Fast X (2023) – Jason Momoa makes for a fun villain but the latest F&F movie is overlong + forgettable

The production of the latest Fast and Furious film didn’t start out quite well. Series regular director, Justin Lin, decided to step down from the director’s chair just a few weeks into production. Reportedly, Lin was tired of dealing with Vin Diesel’s behavior. According to several reports, Diesel would show up several hours late every …

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FlixChatter Review: CHEVALIER (2022) – Kelvin Harrison Jr. is exquisite as an 18th-century musical virtuoso criminally erased by history

In a year where a plethora of movies about a product/company origin story are released, it’s good that we finally get a cinematic treatment of one of the most acclaimed composers more people should know about. I first heard of Joseph Bologne aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges a few years ago when I saw his romantic …

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