Emmy Awards 2024: Chatting about Costume Design Nominations with Emmy Voter Resa McConaghy

The 76th Primetime Emmy Awards is just around the corner… it's set to air on ABC at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on Sunday, Sept. 15. I have been watching more TV the past year so I've been paying more attention to it than I usually would and I've always been a fan of fashion …

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Twin Cities Alamo Drafthouse Cinema in Woodbury is back!!

One of my favorite cinemas in the Twin Cities - Alamo Drafthouse Woodbury is back!! Photo courtesy of drafthouse.com/twin-cities Can't believe it's been nearly three months since the Alamo Drafthouse in Woodbury (the only Twin Cities location so far) suddenly shut down due to a franchisee going bankrupt. The Texas-based chain revealed that all six locations …

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FlixChatter Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)—can’t beat the original, but this one is a surprisingly enjoyable sequel

Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice is the first live-action movie I remember seeing. My dad showed it to me when I was four or five years old; it gave me recurring nightmares and taught me an especially crass swear word. In Dad's defense, it was only rated PG (the '80s were a lot more generous …

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FlixChatter Review: La Chimera (2023)–beautifully enigmatic & beguiling… Josh O’Connor delivers a sublime performance

I usually chose a lighter film on the plane but I just couldn’t pass out on La Chimera as I’ve been wanting to see this for some time. It turned out to be a good decision as it allowed me to get lost in a poetic world with a touch of magical realism for two …

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AUGUST viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month

Happy August, everyone, and say buh-bye to Summer! We're in the 'ber' month already, which means Summer is pretty much done even though we'll likely still have warm temps for another month or so here in Minnesota. Even today, we have a touch of Fall with temps in the early 60s F. I love it …

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FlixChatter’s Most Anticipated Fall 2024 Movies

Labor Day weekend is upon us. For us movie enthusiasts, it’s time to get pumped: the real cinematic treats are on the way! Summer is the time when studios crank out big films with jaw-dropping visuals and plenty of explosions. When autumn hits, the studios switch gears to embrace the gloomier vibes. Expect to see …

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Classic Review: The Maltese Falcon (1941)–Humphrey Bogart defined the classic hardboiled detective in John Huston’s seminal film noir

I have a huge blindspot on John Huston and Humphrey Bogart's films, so I thought I'd hit two birds with one stone (pun fully intended). It’s perfect timing since AMC is now licensing a bunch of its shows to Netflix, including Monsieur Spade, where Clive Owen takes on Bogart’s role as Sam Spade, the detective …

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