Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
It seems a lot of my favorite filmmakers have been going personal in their film projects. Kenneth Branagh just did that with Belfast which recounts his own personal memory of growing up in Northern Ireland, and Steven Spielberg's The Fabelmans coming later in November is based on his childhood. This time James Gray is writing …
Continue reading Trailer Spotlight: James Gray’s Armageddon Time (2022)
Twenty-one years after Peter Jackson's The Lord of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring, we are back in Middle Earth once again. Set in the Second Age during the forging of the Rings of Power, thousands of years before the events in the original LOTR trilogy, the Amazon Original series currently holds the distinction …
Continue reading Musings on the ‘Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power’ series – ep 1 & 2
‘Not everyone who calls out to me, 'Lord! Lord!' will enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Only those who actually do the will of my Father in heaven will enter.’ - Matthew 7:21-23 That’s the verse I thought of right away when I first heard of the premise of this movie. It’s a satirical comedy about …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Honk For Jesus. Save Your Soul. (2022)
Can’t believe it’s been seven years since George Miller directed one of my fave movies in the past decade, Mad Max: Fury Road. I love the visual style of Fury Road and Three Thousand Years of Longing is yet another visual feast from the Australian filmmaker. Miller and his own daughter Augusta Gore co-wrote the …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Three Thousand Years of Longing (2022)
It’s been a while since I saw Sylvester Stallone in anything, which was Creed II in 2018 (though he did voice the hilarious shark in The Suicide Squad). The 76-year-old actor remains in good shape so it’s unsurprising that he's drawn to a superhero role, and he still looks believable as one. The story is based …
Happy Friday Eve! I meant to post the teaser trailer of Empire of Light but got busy during the day and had a screening of George Miller's Three Thousand Years Of Longing (review coming this weekend) in the evening. Well, I'm glad I waited as White Noise's trailer came out this morning so might as …
Continue reading Double Teaser Trailers Spotlight – Empire Of Light & White Noise
Science fiction can often be the perfect genre to explore what it means to be human. The concept of human + AI interaction is nothing new and has been explored to death in movies, yet this sci-fi drama still offers something fresh and poignant. After Yang is set in a not-so-distant future where droids and …
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