Weekend Roundup: The Americans (FX series) and The Bling Ring reviews

Happy Weekend everybody! WOW, everything's still very much awesome for The LEGO Movie, winning box office for the third straight weekend with $31 mil. It's now made $183 mil domestically, and with a production budget on only $60 mil, that's quite a huge hit for Warner Bros. The McG/Luc Besson's spy thriller 3 Days to …

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The Returned (Les Revenants) – Your next TV obsession

Hi everyone! Today we've got a TV review from a new-ish FlixChatter contributor Dave W.. who gave us the excellent write-up of Broadchurch last October. Thanks Dave! The Sundance Channel brought over the fabulous, 8-episode, French series The Returned (Les Revenants) which aired in November and December. To say it was the best new thing …

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Early 2014 TV Season: The Same Thing… Only Different!

Greetings all and sundry! After putting the Holiday and New Year season safely behind. I've taken some time to settle in behind the television to enjoy and occasionally dissect the latest offerings of the major stations. Any decent dissection is the natural offshoot of an in depth comparison and analysis in order to find a …

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10 reasons why BBC’s crime drama BROADCHURCH is a must-watch TV series

In light of the recent news of the remake of Broadchurch that I mentioned in last week's Five of the Fifth, here's why you should watch the original BBC series! I have not got around to seeing it myself but definitely will watch this at some point. SPECIAL THANKS to Dave W for his wonderful …

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ABC’s TOY STORY of TERROR – The only Halloween Special I’m excited for this month

Wahoo!! My favorite toy gang is back! Can you believe it that it's been 3 years since TOY STORY 3 was released? Well, that film made my top five of 2010, one of those rare movies that garners a full 5/5 score from moi. Now, I did have a small quibble about that film in …

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Musings on Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Pilot

Finally got around to watching this one as I missed the pilot on Tuesday. I was initially anticipating this but honestly, I kind of forgot about it for a while. You gotta hand it to Marvel studios in their shrewd strategy in marketing/releasing their films. The Avengers stands as the highest-grossing superhero blockbuster of all …

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TV Miniseries Spotlight: The Hollow Crown

I've heard of it but somehow it fell off my radar. Not sure how as I'm a sucker for this kind of stories... AND Tom Hiddleston! Well, thanks to my good pal Terrence for sending me the trailer link via Twitter. What a pal he is... oh btw, don't forget to vote on his weekly …

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