Hello FlixChatter friends!! Today's post is going to be a short one as I'll be on my way to the airport in a couple of hours en route to Bali, Indonesia. Most of you already know I was born and raised in Jakarta, Indonesia, but I've been living in Minnesota since college. It's been over …
FlixChatter Review: CHEVALIER (2022) – Kelvin Harrison Jr. is exquisite as an 18th-century musical virtuoso criminally erased by history
In a year where a plethora of movies about a product/company origin story are released, it’s good that we finally get a cinematic treatment of one of the most acclaimed composers more people should know about. I first heard of Joseph Bologne aka Chevalier de Saint-Georges a few years ago when I saw his romantic …
FlixChatter Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 (2023) – James Gunn gets melancholic in his farewell to Marvel but hasn’t lost his sense of fun
Can’t believe it was a decade ago that this MCU’s lesser-known IP about a ragtag group of intergalactic misfits was released. Admittedly, I was a bit blasé when it came out and was feeling superhero fatigue (yep, even then!), but the movie ended up winning me over. The novelty quickly wears off by the second …
Happy Star Wars Day! My tribute to ANDOR – the best live-action SW series on Disney+ so far
Happy Star Wars Day!! It's still mid afternoon where I am, so I thought I take some time to highlight the BEST live-action series streaming on Disney+... Now, even based on just the first season alone, I can confidently say that this Tony Gilroy-created series starring Diego Luna is truly one of the best series streaming …
THIS JUST IN! The breathtaking trailer of DUNE Part 2 + tidbits on the new cast members: Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Lea Seydoux & Christopher Walken
Woo wee!!! Thank you WARNER BROS + Denis Villeneuve for brightening up this sleepy hump day with this glorious new trailer. I had already been anticipating it since the brief teaser yesterday promised us a longer trailer and it came exactly on time as promised at 9 AM PT/11 AM CST. Behold… https://youtu.be/Way9Dexny3w OH MY! …
FlixChatter Review: POLITE SOCIETY (2023) – a fun, boisterous genre-bending celebration of sisterhood
Fresh out of covering #MSPIFF42 where I got to watch quite a few directorial debuts by women, I missed out on this one, but thankfully Focus Features are offering free screenings at various theaters nationwide. Polite Society is an action comedy set in a Pakistani family in London, written and directed by British Pakistani filmmaker …
What I Watched in April 2023 + Mini Reviews + My Pick of Movie(s) Of the Month
Happy May!! Technically we're supposed to be entering Summer soon, but yesterday was still so cold and extremely windy! We got a taste of Summer with a couple of days in the 80s in mid-April but that's about it! In any case, here's what I watched last month: NEW MOVIES (films indicated with * …
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