Top 5 Favorite Film Breakout Performers of 2022

There are just a couple of days left in 2022 so I'll be compiling various lists in the next few weeks in between reviews. I was going to post about my Worst Movies list, but I think I'll save that till after I post my Top 10 Best list of the year. I had planned …

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BABYLON (2022) review – Damien Chazelle’s tale of early Hollywood doubles down on the debauchery shock and awe

Hollywood sure loves to point the camera on itself and this year we’ve got a plethora of them. Coming out of the pandemic where movie theaters were forced to shut down, perhaps filmmakers are feeling sentimental about the industry and want to remind viewers of the power of cinema. Damien Chazelle’s BABYLON is touted as …

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Christmas Special: SPIRITED (2022) Review + Music Break

This movie has been released over a month ago on AppleTV+ but my hubby and I decided to save it for around Christmas. Well, it turns out to be a fun Christmas musical that captures the, well, Christmas spirit. I've seen Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol play for the past few years at our local …

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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Review – Rian Johnson’s fun whodunit takes jabs at excess wealth + toxic influencer culture

I’ve been anticipating the sequel to Knives Out for some time now. The 2019 movie was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and stands as one of my top 10 of that year. Instead of gloomy and gray New England, detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, enjoying himself even more here) now travels to a bright, sunny …

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FlixChatter Review: Bones and All (2022)

When I saw the trailer for Bones and All, I wasn't sure I wanted to watch it. I obviously love horror, but my preference leans more towards supernatural horror; bloody gore-fests aren't really my thing, and considering one of the most memorable scenes from the trailer was one girl biting another's finger off, I was …

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Avatar: The Way Of Water (2022) Review – visually even more glorious than the first film but not much improvement narratively

My first experience with the first AVATAR movie started with a free 15-minute sneak peek at the Rosedale IMAX on AVATAR DAY 13 years ago., four months before the movie actually opens on December 2009. It was the first time I saw a movie in 3D and I was in awe of the world of …

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Happy Birthday, Jane Austen! My picks of 5 essential Austen film adaptations

Born in Hampshire, England, today would've been Jane's 247th birthday. Everyone who's read this blog fairly regularly knows I'm an ardent Jane Austen fan, or what one would call an Austenite. I'm a member of JASNA, that is the Jane Austen Society of North America, and earlier this month, the Minnesota Region hosted a birthday …

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