Reviews of films/TV shows/trailers
Happy June, everyone! Those of you in the States, the Memorial Weekend officially kicks off the Summer months. My hubby and I have been fully vaccinated for over a week now, with no major side effects thank goodness! In Minnesota, the mask mandate has been lifted and strangely enough now I feel somewhat 'naked' without …
Continue reading MAY 2021 Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month
Though I grew up watching plenty of Disney films, somehow I barely remember the original animated movie of 101 Dalmatians. I also skipped the 1996 live-action version with Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, who'd be enemy number one for PETA given her predilection for Dalmatian fur coat. Well, 25 years later we've got an …
Directed by: Robert Connolly Starring: Eric Bana, Genevieve O’Reilly, Keir O’Donnell, John Polson, Bebe Bettencourt There is a lonesome vastness in the Australian countryside; flat landscapes, aged trees sporadically placed within view and oblique farmland ravaged by a drought. These are the opening scenes from Robert Connolly’s The Dry, effectively setting the tone for this …
Boy, don't I feel old!! Can't believe the Mission Impossible FILM franchise is now 25 years old. The first film opened on May 22, 1996. I remember watching the TV series, created by Bruce Geller, quite regularly and they were a lot of fun. The TV series is more on an ensemble cast, with Jim …
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It seems that I watch more foreign cinema during film festivals and I've enjoyed quite a few Danish films in the past, a few of them star Mads Mikkelsen. This time, Mads plays Markus, a Danish soldier who comes home from his Afghanistan deployment to his teenage daughter when his wife dies suddenly in a …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Riders of Justice (2021)
When I first heard of this movie, Taylor Sheridan's name immediately grabbed me as I think he's one of the best screenwriters working today. I haven't seen Angelina Jolie in quite a while either, and it's been ages since she's starred in an action thriller. Unlike in Lara Croft, Mr. & Mrs. Smith or Wanted, …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Those Who Wish Me Dead (2021)
The journey of turning Tom Clancy’s WITHOUT REMORSE into a film was a long one. Originally, it was supposed to hit the big screen way back in holidays season of 1995. John McTiernan as attached to direct and Keanu Reeves, hot of the success of SPEED, was offered the lead role. Reeves was reportedly offered …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – WITHOUT REMORSE (2021)
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