When I first saw the title, I immediately thought of Paddington’s favorite orange jam, but no, this one has nothing to do with the movie about a talking bear. The movie is written and directed by Aussie-American, actor-turned-director Keir O'Donnell (who I remember from The Dry) in his debut feature, and it’s based on his …
Valentine Special: BRIEF ENCOUNTER (1945) – An appreciation for the exquisite romance drama by David Lean
In years past, I have been posting various lists on Valentine's Day, I'll post them at the bottom of this post in case you've missed them. Well, this year I thought I'd do an appreciation post for this romance classic I saw back in 2018. A year after I made my romance drama short film …
FlixChatter Review: Lisa Frankenstein (2024) captures the fun & wackiness of an 80’s horror comedy
Lisa Frankenstein follows Lisa (Kathryn Newton), a shy teenage girl who lives with her father (Joe Chrest) and her new stepfamily (Liza Soberano as Taffy and Carla Gugino as Janet) after losing her mother in a horrific tragedy. One stormy night, an unusual set of circumstances reanimates a corpse (Cole Sprouse) whose grave Lisa had …
Happy Lunar New Year 2024! Five favorite movies about dragons to welcome the Year of the Dragon
Happy Lunar New Year to all who celebrate! Gong Xi Fa Cai! It's time to say goodbye to the Year of the Rabbit (where I was born) and welcome the Year of the Dragon! I was planning to post this yesterday but my area was hit by an internet outage for over 24 hours so …
Capsule Reviews: NYAD + Priscilla – a pair of female-directed films based on memoirs
It's double-review time! I always try to find common ground in the films I review together. These two are based on memoirs and are directed by women – both currently available on VOD. NYAD There have been quite a few biopics released in the past year, and this one centers on Diane Nyad, a marathon …
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance 2024 Awards are here! ‘Oppenheimer’ wins seven MNFCA awards, including Best Picture
Members of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance have spoken! Every January, ahead of the Academy Awards, MNFCA members get to select nominees for the MNFCA Awards. The historical fiction Oppenheimer by director Christopher Nolan has been nominated in 13 categories, the most by any film in MNFCA history. Also with a strong showing in this …
FlixChatter Review: ARGYLLE (2024) – Matthew Vaughn’s big, dumb, wish-it-were-more-fun spy caper wastes the star-studded cast
When I first saw Argylle’s trailer, it reminded me of Sandra Bullock’s 2022 comedy The Lost City where she too played a reclusive romance author who got swept up in an adventure with her novel’s cover model. Well, the plot of Matthew Vaughn’s latest movie centers on Elly Conway, an introverted female author of a …
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