FlixChatter Review: The Equalizer 3 – Denzel caps off his vigilantism in an Italian village with equal gore and gravitas

Over the Labor Day weekend, The Equalizer 3 arrived and conquered the top box office spot. I’m glad I’ve caught up with the first two movies just in time for the final movie of the franchise. Now, each movie could work as a standalone feature, so I think people would still enjoy it if this …

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Streaming Picks: Peace By Chocolate (2022) and Otherhood (2019)

Happy first full week of September! 🍂 Time for another mini-review of movies I saw on streaming recently. PEACE BY CHOCOLATE (2022) Based on a true story of the Hadhad family who fled war-torn Lebanon after the family's chocolate factory is bombed, the movie opens with a scene of Tareq Hadhad (Ayham Abou Ammar) during …

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Musings on Star Wars: Ahsoka (Ep 1-3) – sluggish start so far, but hopeful things will pick up for the rest of the series

I have to preface this post by saying I'm feeling franchise fatigue at this point, that is I can't muster up any excitement for anything by the Mouse House which is basically most things on Disney+. But after two excellent Star Wars-related shows The Mandalorian and Andor, and the good-but-not-great Obi-Wan, I was curious to …

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Hello September!! Here’s what I Watched in AUGUST 2023 + My Pick of Movie Of the Month

Happy brrr month!! Can't believe it's already September! Glad it's a three-day weekend and I will be going to the movies tomorrow to see The Equalizer 3! It's going to be a record-breaking weekend weather-wise, with temps projected to reach 100 tomorrow, so it's the perfect time to cool off inside an air-conditioned theater! I've …

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Vroom vroom! Michael Mann’s adrenaline-pumping FERRARI first teaser is here with Adam Driver as Enzo

What a dose of adrenaline-pumping excitement for a slow Hump Day! Ferrari is one of my most anticipated movies of the year and NEON just unveiled its first trailer… behold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHxT2yb2cE Full synopsis: It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory …

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Finally caught up with Denzel Washington’s only film franchise The Equalizer 1 & 2 – now I’m excited to see The Equalizer 3

This has been a rather hectic weekend for me with lots of activities. I didn't make it to the cinema, but one of the highlights in terms of movie-watching is that my hubby and I finally caught up with Denzel Washington's The Equalizer. As the third movie is coming out this Friday, we thought we …

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Double Trailers Spotlight: The Saint of Second Chances (documentary) + FOE – arriving this Fall

Happy Friday!! It's State Fair Day for me today and I'm going early to avoid the blistering heat! I know that Summer is fleeting in Minnesota but given how hot it's been, I'm actually looking forward to Fall, ahah. That includes Fall movies, and these two are arriving in mid-September and October respectively. The Saint …

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