FlixChatter Review: JUPITER ASCENDING (2015)

This film was supposed to open in the Summer of 2014, but Warner Bros' delayed it to give more time for post-production work. Heh, clearly they're far more concerned with all the CGI extravaganza as what the film needed more is a script rewrite. I already had a bad feeling about this even from the unintentionally …

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Weekend Roundup: Quick thoughts on BAFTA 2015 + review of Predestination

Happy Monday everyone! Well it's quite a busy weekend for me but I got to see two new-to-me movies, yay. I also got two reviews done on Sunday, so expect to see a review of Jupiter Ascending tomorrow. Here are my top five things I'm happy about from 2015 BAFTA Awards: Emmanuel Lubezki winning Best …

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In with the New BLOGATHON: 4 remakes we think are better than the original films

Happy Weekend everyone! Today I'm participating in Wendell's In With the New Blogathon, and here's the gist of it from Dell himself: In movies, we tend to look upon the new version of things with disdain or, at best, cautious optimism. By new version, I am of course talking about remakes and re-imaginings. Let's be …

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Five for the Fifth: FEBRUARY 2015 Edition

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. I don't know if any of you noticed, but I missed …

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Everybody’s Chattin’ + Black Sails Season 2 Pictorial Appreciation

Happy Wednesday everybody! I have a super special post coming tomorrow... y'know I love the fifth 😉 But before that I just want to highlight some great posts from my fellow bloggers, there are tons terrific reviews of films I can't wait to see. So well done, my friends! Let's start off with some TV-related …

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Rental Pick: The Guest (2014)

I always enjoy seeing actors reinvent themselves and one of such actors who did a pretty phenomenal job recently is Dan Stevens. Most of you probably knew him from as Matthew Crawley from Downton Abbey, but I first saw the British actor in another period drama, BBC's Sense & Sensibility. Well, gone is his chubby cheeks …

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Favorite 2015 Super Bowl Movie Trailers/TV Spots & Commercials

Honestly, I don't really care about the Super Bowl or Football in general, but this year it's kinda fun seeing the playful rivalry between two Marvel cinematic superheroes. Captain America & Star-Lord, aka Chris Evans & Chris Pratt, championing for New England Patriots and Seattle SeaHawks respectively, have set a bet that whoever loses would show up in …

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