FlixChatter Birthday Special: 50 Favorite Cinematic Moments to Celebrate My Big Day – PART 2

Hello again FlixChatter friends and visitors!! I had a fabulous birthday yesterday, started the day with lunch with a dear friend + got a free slice of carrot cake that's beautifully decorated! I finished the day with a press screening of Captain America: Brave New World. So this is PART 2 of my big 5-0 …

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FlixChatter Birthday Special: 50 Favorite Cinematic Moments, Quotes, Scenes + Music to Celebrate My Big Day – PART 1

Hello, FlixChatter friends and visitors!! Today is my birthday, in fact, it's a milestone b'day as I turned the big 5-0! 🎈 🎂 🎉 I feel blessed that I get to live another day and that I'm in good health, something I never take for granted. I wasn't sure what post I should do for …

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Thanksgiving Special: Musings on the dysfunctional family dramedy HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS (1995) – directed by Jodie Foster

A couple of weeks ago I hosted a movie night with one of my Indonesian friends who suggested that we watch Home for the Holidays, which happens to be one of her favorite holiday movies. As I was watching it, I realized I was stepping into a cultural space that felt pretty different from my …

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Easter Special: Reflecting on the themes of self-sacrifice in The Lord of the Rings trilogy

It's Easter Sunday tomorrow (or it is already in the Southern Hemisphere). When I attended a Good Friday service, the church orchestra played an instrumental piece during the reading of Mark 15:21-41 about Lord Jesus Christ's crucifixion. It's a fitting song to reflect on Christ's ultimate sacrifice. The sacrifice was not just when he died …

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2023! Memorable Thanksgiving TV Episodes – from Cheers, Friends, WKRP & more!

Happy Thanksgiving 2023, to all those in the USA. Some of you might be traveling or already making preparations for get-together gatherings with family and/or friends. I actually still worked a full day today, but looking forward to a 4-day weekend with tomorrow and Black Friday off, woot!! Well, it was back during the pandemic …

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Happy First Day of Fall! Reminiscing on the changing seasons scene in Notting Hill

Today, September 23, 2023, is the Autumn Equinox 🍂 … and Fall is definitely in the air as I woke up to about 65 degrees this morning. Autumn is my favorite season as I just LOVE the crisp Fall air and somehow it always makes me think of Notting Hill's evocative changing-seasons scene through Portobello …

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Revisiting the iconic scenes from the first Summer blockbuster: Steven Spielberg’s JAWS (1975)

Happy Fourth of July to my fellow Americans!! 🇺🇸  🌭 🏖️ 🍦🎆 The 2023 Summer Solstice was back on June 21 but I always think of the 4th of July as the quintessential American Summer celebration. As I'm posting this, most people are likely outside enjoying warm-weather activities like grilling, swimming, picnic-ing, etc. I, on …

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