Well, folks, 2024 has come and gone... it's really been quite a doozy! I don't know about you but 2024 feels like it went by really fast! Like blink-and-you-miss-it fast! It's been an interesting year for me personally work-wise and health-wise, but all in all, I am grateful for everything and I continue to be …
FlixChatter’s Florida Holiday – Jacksonville was America’s First Hollywood | the Norman Studios Silent Films Legacy
Season’s Greetings from Jacksonville, Florida! I’m spending a week in North Florida to spend some family time this Christmas season. I hadn't planned on posting during my vacation, but I learned something new that I just had to share here on FlixChatter. Photo taken by Ruth Maramis My hubby and I went to Cummer Museum …
Special Guest List: 10 Great Christmas Crime Movies
It's one day before Christmas and I'm enjoying the holiday in warm, sunny Florida with family. I'm taking a week-break from blogging, but thanks to my pal Dan from Top 10 Films, he's got another smashing top 10 list filled with great Christmas movie recommendations! 🎄☃️🎅 Christmas might be the time for giving but crime …
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FlixChatter Review: THE BRUTALIST (2024) – Adrien Brody is intense and heartbreaking in Brady Corbet’s sobering cautionary tale of the elusive American Dream
2024 has been a terrific year for films in that it’s introduced me to quite a few new filmmakers whose work I’ve seen for the first time, but certainly wouldn’t be the last. Brady Corbet is one of them, who got his start as an actor in the early 2000s. The title refers to Brutalist …
FlixChatter Review: NICKEL BOYS (2024) – A unique approach to evocative storytelling that packs an emotional wallop
A beautiful orange tree… a boy lying in the grass, we’re treated to extreme close-ups and upside-down views in the opening of Nickel Boys. While unconventional camera work can be gimmicky, writer/director RaMell Ross shot the film in a first-person POV to get viewers to see the world through the characters’ eyes. Set in the …
James Gunn’s SUPERMAN teaser trailer – a battered superhero, dapper Lex Luthor, Krypto the superdog + more
It's been nearly half a year since I posted a trailer on this site, but as a longtime fan of Superman, I knew I had to do a post about James Gunn's SUPERMAN (retitled from Superman Legacy). Plus this drops as I'm feeling under the weather as I've had a cold for over a week …
Documentary Review: Music By John Williams (2024) – a heartfelt and delightful tribute to the maestro who has composed the soundtrack of our lives
John Williams was trending yesterday on Twitter and I immediately feared the worst. Thankfully the maestro was trending because James Gunn posted a motion poster of his upcoming Superman Legacy movie using a slowed-down version of Williams’ iconic score. Williams’ Superman score is one of my favorite scores of all time, certainly at the top …
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