400 Days is a psychological sci-fi film centering on four astronauts who are sent on a simulated mission to a distant planet to test the psychological effects of deep space travel. Locked away for 400 days, the crew’s mental state begins to deteriorate when they lose all communication with the outside world. Forced to exit the …
Continue reading Spotlight on indie sci-fi 400 DAYS – Q & A with writer/director Matt Osterman
Normally I'm excited for Oscar nominations, but this year it was overshadowed by a couple of things that happen around the same time. Just before I went to bed last night I heard news of terrorist attacks in my homeland Jakarta in multiple locations. One of the first bombs that went off was so close …
Continue reading 2016 Oscar Nominations: The Good, the Bad and the WTF
On Friday December 4, I had the privilege to interview three of the real-life soldiers depicted in the 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi film on Friday 12/4 afternoon at the Grand Hotel Mpls. The film tells the true account of the events of September 11, 2012 when Islamic militants attacked the U.S. State Department Special …
Happy Monday everyone! Did you watch the Golden Globes last night? Well it's tradition that I watch a couple of award seasons per year and GG and Oscar are the only two televised ceremonies. As host Ricky Gervais put it, "Nobody cares about those awards as much as you do, so don't get emotional, ok?" Ahah, it's …
I have to admit that I’m not the biggest fan of Alejandro González Iñárritu. I think he’s a very good filmmaker but many of his films are way to depressing to me. Heck I have yet to see his awarding winning film Birdman, so I was hesitant to see his latest picture. But after seeing a …
Ok, so I dropped the ball last year on this Blindspot series as I wanted to spend more time on my script. I've also blogged a lot less for the same reason and will continue doing so until my script is done. But given how much I've enjoyed discovering *old classics* or acclaimed films I've …
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. Well, since it's the first Five of the Fifth of 2016, …
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