Hello February! We're already done with the first month of 2021?! Where did the time go? Well, it's my birthday month... but February is always a bittersweet time for me. I actually didn't watch that many movies last month, though somehow I rewatched more old favorites, most notably the Lord of The Rings trilogy. My …
FIVE FILMS FOREVER Blogathon
New year, new blogathon – say hello to ‘Five Films Forever’ blogathon … spearheaded by my friend Claire from Cinematic Delights. The challenge: You wake up to eerie silence. You call out ‘Hello?’ but no-one answers. You’re alone except for a film projector and speakers with infinite battery life and five of your favourite films …
FlixChatter Review: THE DIG (2021)
When I first saw the trailer for The Dig, I was immediately intrigued as I love historical drama, even if it I'm not familiar with the Sutton Hoo excavation of 1939 that shed light into the early Anglo-Saxon period. The film begins with archaeologist Basil Brown (Ralph Fiennes, sporting a Suffolk accent) visits the home …
FlixChatter Review – The Midnight Sky (2020)
The success of GRAVITY back in 2013 led Hollywood to fall in love with the sci-fi space adventure genre again. I’m talking about non-Star Wars and Star Trek related films of course. Within the 2010s, there were some great space films such as INTERSTELLAR, THE MARTIAN, AD ASTRA and FIRST MAN. But there were also …
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Thursday Movie Picks: Police Detectives
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 …
FlixChatter Review: NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)
First, a confession: I'm not a big fan of Westerns. Yes, there have been some Western movies I liked, most notably The Big Country, The Magnificent Seven, 3:10 To Yuma, The Dark Valley (this last one is an Austrian Western!). But when I received a screener of this one, I was intrigued because of Tom …
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FlixChatter Review – Da 5 Bloods (2020)
In the last few years, Netflix has attracted several talented filmmakers to come and make films for their streaming service. Talents such as Fincher, Scorsese and Cauron has come on board and now Spike Lee has joined the crowd. The last film I saw from Lee was the much-hated remake of OLDBOY, even though I’m …
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