Can't believe we are STILL talking about the Oscars in late March. I hope they're moving the telecast back to late February next year and going forward. Well, I've talked about the Oscar nominees but I saw people were ranking the Best Picture nominees on Twitter, such as below, and I thought I'd do the …
Continue reading Ranking Oscars 2022 Best Picture + Acting Nominees
Hello friends and readers! I've shared this on Twitter but I thought I'd share this here as well as I know many of you don't use Twitter. I was invited to be a guest on the Downlow.d Podcast, which is a deep dive audio documentary series that explores the morally complicated, occasionally inspiring and often …
Continue reading Chatting about ‘Turning Red’ + Favorite Pixar Films on Downlow.d Podcast
The Outfit is a crime drama set in Chicago and the title is a double entendre as the Chicago organized crime syndicate is referred to as the Outfit. In case you're wondering, this film is NOT a remake of the 1973 film starring Robert Duvall. This one is is set in mid 50s Chicago where …
It’s been twenty years since British director Adrian Lyne directed a film, which was Unfaithful in 2002. The last film of his I saw was Indecent Proposal (1993), and I grew up watching his films – Flashdance, 9-1/2 Weeks and Fatal Attraction. Lyne is back with a new erotic psychological thriller Deep Water, which was …
Time travel is a popular sci-fi sub-genre and it’s one that, despite it being a rather tired plot device, is always mildly intriguing. Fresh off the success of FREE GUY, Ryan Reynolds teams up again with director Shawn Levy in another adventure comedy. Reynolds hasn’t been shy about admitting that the idea of the movie …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Adam Project (2022)
Pixar has always been able to take on weighty, serious subject and somehow make it a fun, humorous family entertainment. This time, filmmaker Domee Shi takes on a theme of teen puberty and the journey of self discovery. As a Southeast Asian-born critic, naturally it's wonderful to see part of myself represented in Turning Red's …
Writer/director Mike Mills often mine his own experiences for his films, as he did with Beginners and 20th Century Women. This time he was inspired by his own experience of being a first time dad. Interestingly enough, the story is more about a father figure than a biological father, which is something I identify with …
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