FlixChatter Review: ANNETTE (2021)

What a roller coaster ride it has been doing an Adam Driver marathon of sort. I had just watched four of his films last month for the Hidden Gems series, which I had decided before I got a press screening for ANNETTE last week. Well in a way, the absolute bizarrity of Terry Gilliam’s The …

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Hidden Gems: Adam Driver

This post is a few days late as I had planned on posting this on the last day of July, but oh well, work and life tends to get in the way. This Hidden Gems series was spearheaded by Mettel Ray, and you can read more info about it here. I'm not sure I'll be …

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JULY 2021 Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month

Happy August!! Dayum, Summer is surely fleeting by. It has been sweltering HOT the past two months that even 80 degrees feels 'cool'… We've got the most 90-degree days in 9 years in the Twin Cities… I think we've had like 22 days so far this year, but feels like there have been more than …

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This Just In! Ridley Scott’s HOUSE OF GUCCI trailer

Dayum, Sir Ridley Scott is one busy filmmaker!! I feel like I've been posting his film just the other day, The Last Duel, and I'm feeling de-ja-vu as we've got Adam Driver in the lead role once again. Eccellente! I think Adam should be in EVERY MOVIE, ehm.  Full synopsis: Spanning three decades of love, …

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This Just In! Ridley Scott’s THE LAST DUEL trailer

Oohhh, what have we here? It's been a while since I heard news about this medieval drama directed by Ridley Scott. Production was delayed in the Spring of 2020 due to what else, the Coronavirus pandemic. What's most notable about it is that it features the reunion of Oscar-winning BFFs Ben Affleck and Matt Damon, …

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Dreaming of Cannes – Musings on Leos Carax’s ANNETTE … and Adam Driver

Given the Cannes Film Festival was canceled last year, the 2021's ceremony's red carpet returns with an extra dose of glamor. I was listening to NPR's French correspondent Eleanor Beardsley in the car yesterday and wish I were at Promenade de la Croisette or somewhere on Côte d'Azur this week, especially after seeing this clip… …

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Thursday Movie Picks #288: Films Released In 2019

Happy Thursday everyone! I can't believe it's been five years since I participated in this weekly Thursday Movie Picks blogathon that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, …

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