Happy St. Patrick's Day, everyone!! I'm wearing green today even though I have no plans to go anywhere 😉 Man, looking at the beautiful photo of Dublin above makes me wish we could actually travel to Ireland, or anywhere for that matter. Well, we can always travel vicariously through the movies. There are quite a …
Continue reading 17 Irish movies to watch to celebrate St Patrick’s Day
I was reading some articles about the Oscars and I just realized that last year's telecast, which aired on February 9, was one of the earliest dates in the show’s history. Covid-19 wasn't exactly on most people's radar at the time yet, at least not in North America… I mean, I was still in a …
Continue reading Musings on 2021 Oscars Nominations – Snubs + Surprises
I first heard of The Father (Le Père) when I saw the stage play a few years ago. The play was written by French playwright Florian Zeller and adapted by Christopher Hampton. Zeller teamed up with Hampton once again who wrote the screenplay for the film, and this film became his feature directorial debut. In …
The script of the life of Fred Hampton has been floating around Hollywood for many years but it never got made into a film until now. Hampton was one of the leaders of the Black Panthers movement and the youngest of the group back in the 60s and his assassination by the FBI is well …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review – Judas and The Black Messiah (2021)
Ok so even though I grew up watching a ton of Disney animated movies (especially the ones w/ princesses because that’s what many little girls do), I don’t immediately get excited for every new Disney animated movies that come along. In fact, you’d be surprised that I haven’t watched The Princess and The Frog, Coco, …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Raya and the Last Dragon (2021)
Happy almost Friday! It's TMP time! The Thursday Movie Picks blogathon was spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if you're up to it one …
Continue reading Thursday Movie Picks – Oscar Winners Edition: Best Actor and Best Actress
Whenever one hears the words Guantanamo or Gitmo, it usually emits a pretty strong reaction. Honestly, I'm not usually keen on watching films that I know will depict torture, especially one based on a true story. The Mauritanian however, piqued my interested because of the filmmaker, Kevin Macdonald, and cast. French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim played …
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