FlixChatter Review: OPPENHEIMER (2023) – a majestic, haunting, thought-provoking piece of cinema that further cements Nolan’s auteur status

Christopher Nolan is back with his sixth feature, 25 years after his feature debut Following. He’s reached a point where his films are regarded as motion picture events, as is the case with this one. Nolan has been rather obsessed with this subject matter for a long time, even his previous film Tenet deals with …

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FlixChatter Review – Netflix’s EXTRACTION 2 (2023)

The John Wick film series has changed the action genre. Gone are the awful shaky cam, up close shots, and fast editing style of action scenes. Most action films these days tend to copy their style, heck many studios have tried to find their John Wick franchise. When Netflix released Extraction during the early days of …

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Trailer Spotlight: THE CREATOR (2023) – humans battle AI robots in Gareth Edwards’ post-apocalyptic thriller

Artificial Intelligence has occupied the zeitgeist for some time now but its dominance seems to have skyrocketed of late. One can’t turn on the news, the media, or even open one’s company’s intranet without being bombarded by AI-related content. Of course, movies about humans vs machines are nothing new. AI and aliens are common villains …

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Documentary Review: Lakota Nation vs. United States (2023)

I missed this documentary during MSPIFF so when I got a chance to view a screener, I did not pass it up. I have to preface this by saying that I did not grow up in the United States, I came here for college so I realize I have a huge blindspot about Native American …

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TV Review: SILO (S1) – Rebecca Ferguson shines in Apple TV+’s dystopian sci-fi noir

I’m a huge fan of Rebecca Ferguson since BBC's series The White Queen so when I found out she's starring in another TV show, I had to watch it. Based on the Wool book series by Hugh Howey, it’s set in post-apocalyptic earth where around 10,000 residents live in a self-sustaining subterranean city with 144 …

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FlixChatter Review – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – the story takes a back seat to breathtaking action, but the sky-high level of craftsmanship still makes this franchise so irresistible.

What started out as an ensemble TV series has long become a cinematic star vehicle for Tom Cruise. I’ve highlighted in this post how Cruise would go above and beyond in the name of entertainment, risking his own life to bring ‘something we’ve never seen before’ in one death-defying action sequence after another. As Proximo …

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Trailer Spotlight: BOB MARLEY: ONE LOVE -Kingsley Ben-Adir stars as the reggae legend

Happy Friday!! I saw this late yesterday and I just had to post it. Even if you don't regularly listen to reggae, it's hard to deny the power of Bob Marley's music. He became massively popular in the 1960s, but his influence is still felt to this day. Marley brought more visibility to Jamaican music, …

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