The Purge franchise is becoming quite lucrative for Universal Studios. Produced on a relatively low budget ($10 mil for this third sequel), it tends to earn twice the amount the studio invested in. The franchise also has more room to expand its story than other franchises like Friday The 13th, Halloween or Nightmare on Elm …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Purge: Election Year (2016)
Wow, the first half of the year has come and gone! I don't know about you but 2016 felt like a blur to me for some reason. I gotta do a list of the best 2016 movies so far. Well, it has been a relatively busy month for me that I was unable to make …
Continue reading JUNE 2016 Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month
I have to admit I stumbled upon this movie as I'm currently besotted with this freakishly talented Welsh actor Aneurin Barnard. Yep, same guy who got me all obsessed with Richard III 😉 Having enjoyed Sing Street recently and the fact that this is from the creator of Billy Elliot, I knew I'd enjoy it. To be honest though, …
Continue reading Music Break: Hunky Dory (2011) featuring Minnie Driver & Aneurin Barnard
I'm a big fan of science fiction films, and the ones that are more *grounded* in our reality, meaning it's not all sleek and drowned in special effects are usually the most compelling. Midnight Special is certainly one of those films, which in essence is a father/son story. Right from its opening scene, this film …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Midnight Special (2016)
How was your weekend everyone? Hope it was a nice one. Well this past week ended up being a pretty busy one in terms of movie watching. I finished The White Queen on Tuesday and was so obsessed with the whole War of the Roses history, especially Richard III that I've re-watched some of the episodes again! I've …
We're living in such volatile times. I checked Twitter just before I went to bed last night as the votes were pouring in for the EU referendum, not certain whether Britain will remain with European Union or leave. I woke up to this… ... So the United Kingdom isn't all that united after all, and clearly there's not …
Continue reading Musings on Brexit … thoughts from a cinephile
Hello folks, happy almost Friday! I'm going to see Steven Spielberg's BFG later this evening, though I have to admit I wasn't really all that excited about it. I sure hope it's entertaining and not as melodramatic as War Horse. Today marks an important day for the UK as voting is under way in a historic …
Continue reading Everybody’s Chattin + Musings on The White Queen’s Richard III
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