Happy February! We're technically still in Winter in Minnesota, but you wouldn't know it looking at the weather forecast. We've had a mild December and just a few frigid days in January, but it ended with a record-breaking temp. Per MPR, yesterday was the warmest Jan 31 in 150 years in the Twin Cities as …
Binge-worthy TV Miniseries I’m loving right now: sci-fi crime thriller BODIES (2023) – streaming on Netflix
Winter is always a good time for catching up on TV series I've been wanting to see for some time. I actually much prefer limited series, with a predetermined number of episodes that tell a complete story, to regular series that are designed to go on and on for several seasons. My husband and I …
FlixChatter’s Top 10 Films of 2023 + 20 Honorable Mentions
Happy Monday, everyone! My list of best/favorite movies of 2023 is here! I realize that I'm running a bit behind in posting my top 10 list... per my blog tradition, I usually wait until mid-January, but I waited another week so I could watch a couple of films I meant to see before I posted …
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When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit (2021) review – a poignant coming-of-age refugee drama based on the true story of author Judith Kerr
Berlin, 1933. The Kemper family was living a pretty good life, Arthur Kemper (Oliver Masucci) is a journalist, and his wife Dorothea (Carla Jury) is an Opera composer living in a large house with their two children, Max and Anna. But suddenly, they found their lives in danger when the Nazi party, despite failing to …
FlixChatter Review: Freud’s Last Session – A pair of strong leads can’t save this based-on-a-play film that’s best left on stage
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be a fly on the wall when two famous historical figures were to meet? Freud’s Last Session imagined a time when acclaimed Austrian neurologist/father of psychoanalysis Dr. Sigmund Freud invited an Oxford fellow and recent born-again Christian C.S. Lewis for a psychological/theological debate. The film …
2024 Oscar Nominations – Musings on the egregious snubs + enchanting surprises
So the day movie fans/pundits have been waiting for is here… Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Well, there's no repeat of Barbenheimer competition at the Oscars. Despite Barbie winning the box office with $1.4 billion worldwide (while Oppenheimer has made $946 million), Christopher Nolan's opus of the father …
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2024 Oscar Nominations are less than 24 hours away – My Final Predictions
Happy Oscar Nominations Eve, everyone! I don't usually predict the nominations, but I feel like this year I have a slightly better idea as to which movies and which actors might get nominated. Some are guaranteed, and of course, there are plenty that are wild cards. I mean, that's part of the fun of making …
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