Happy December! What I Watched in November 2023 + My Pick of Movie Of the Month

Happy December! Wow, we're already in the last month of the year, can you believe it? Thanks to El Niño, it's been a pretty mild Winter with not much snow so far, not that I'm complaining. I know folks who are into Winter sports might not enjoy this, but I'm glad temps will still be …

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FlixChatter Review: SALTBURN (2023) – A promising young man’s tale of obsession and covetous ambition is not for the squeamish

Fresh out of her Best Screenplay Oscar win in 2021 for Promising Young Woman, no doubt Emerald Fennell could get pretty much any project green-lit. Just two years later, her sophomore feature, Saltburn, is one the most buzzed-about films of the last half of this year. Her debut feature was described as bold and provocative, …

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FlixChatter Review: Dream Scenario (2023) – Nic Cage is hysterical as a hapless man caught on a rollercoaster of newfound fame

As someone who often has strange, even unsettling dreams every night, I was really curious to see a movie about dreams, with the incomparable Nicolas Cage, no less. Cage isn’t a chameleon in the sense that he can disappear into any role, on the contrary, we go see his movies to see the Cage being …

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FlixChatter Review: WISH (2023) – no amount of fairy dust on the screen could magically turn this mediocre Disney movie into a magnificent one

I grew up watching Disney animated movies so I have a special fondness for them which have mostly been turned into live-action versions with varying degrees of success. My faves are still the classics I saw as a kid, i.e. Bambi, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, etc. Wish is the 62nd Disney animated feature and was created …

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HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2023! Memorable Thanksgiving TV Episodes – from Cheers, Friends, WKRP & more!

Happy Thanksgiving 2023, to all those in the USA. Some of you might be traveling or already making preparations for get-together gatherings with family and/or friends. I actually still worked a full day today, but looking forward to a 4-day weekend with tomorrow and Black Friday off, woot!! Well, it was back during the pandemic …

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TV Review – Monarch: Legacy of Monsters (S1-ep 1-5) – the human stories are good, but could use more Godzilla + fellow monsters

As I’m taking an indefinite break from the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe to those who aren’t so comic-book-inclined), little did I know that I’ve stumbled into another huge cinematic universe: the MonsterVerse. Legendary Entertainment and Warner Bros. Pictures have created five films and two TV series so far, with Monarch: Legacy of Monsters being the …

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FlixChatter Review – David Fincher’s The Killer (2023) is a lean and mean thriller with terrific fight scenes

It has been almost a decade since I saw a film by David Fincher. His last film, Gone Girl, hit theaters back in the fall of 2014 and he hasn’t released a film until 2020’s Mank, a film that I have yet to see and I’m just not that interested in seeing it. Just like …

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