Well it's one of those mornings that cinephiles always wait for year after year… the morning Oscar nominations are announced. I for one don't go out of my way to wake up early to see it live, but when I woke up, of course I immediately tried to see who's shortlisted. Right away I noticed …
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Merry Christmas! FlixChatter Team’s Favorite Christmas Movies
Merry Christmas everyone! It's Ruth here and it's Christmas Day here in the Twin Cities where our blog team and I live. It's actually an unusually brown Christmas with just a few leftover snow on the ground, nary a flurry in sight! I've made a ton of Christmas posts over the years, such us the …
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Rest in peace STAN LEE … thank you for all your entertaining + inspiring creations
Today the world lost a beloved legendary comic book writer who's been entertaining and inspiring us for decades. Stan Lee died today, he was 95. The co-creator of SO many iconic Marvel characters — Spider-Man, Iron Man, Black Panther, Thor, the X-Men, and the Fantastic Four — Stan Lee was larger than life. There's even a Wiki …
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HALLOWEEN SPECIAL: Count Orlok’s Nightmare Gallery – Salem’s Horror Museum
Special Halloween's Post courtesy of LAURA SCHAUBSCHLAGER It's almost Halloween's Eve and today we've got a special post from our horror correspondent Laura, who's recently traveled to Salem to celebrate her birthday! While there, she got to talk with the founder/owner James about the popular attraction, which boast an amazing artistry and production details that …
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Valentine Special – A tribute to the film-related influences that inspire ‘Hearts Want’
Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Today is actually the only night where I don't have somewhere to be this week which is a treat for me. So my hubby and I are going to get some takeout from one of our fave restaurants (most likely Thai) while my hubby treat us w/ some chocolate-dipped strawberries for …
A film blogger’s journey into indie filmmaking – writing/producing ‘Hearts Want’ short film
It's been forty plus years in the making. No, no, it didn't take me 40 years to write the script, though if I had written something as an infant I might've been a literary genius by now. Some of you know my life's been consumed by my short film project lately. Well, I had just …
Finally… Hearts Want Short Film shoot begins!
It says ONE MORE DAY above but as I'm writing this post, it's actually less than NINE hours until cameras are rolling!! 😬 As you can imagine, my hubby Ivan Maramis and I likely won't get much sleep much tonight. We've been making a ton of lists… and checking 'em twice (or more) to make …
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