Directed by Danny Boyle While I obviously love horror, zombie movies have never been my favorite subgenre. There are only a couple I've genuinely loved enough to watch multiple times, and one of those is 2004's 28 Days Later. In addition to having a simple but terrifying design for the zombies, it strikes the …
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FlixChatter Review – Alex Garland’s CIVIL WAR (2024) – an intense, gripping dystopian thriller that doesn’t take political sides
When writer/director Alex Garland announced that his next film was about a civil war in the United States, I was a bit concerned. Considering how divided we are as a country; I didn’t think a film about civil war in this country would be a good idea. When a trailer was released, I was still …
FlixChatter Review – ANNIHILATION (2018)
Directed By: Alex Garland Written By: Alex Garland Runtime: 1h 55min Annihilation, based on the book trilogy by Jeff VanderMeer, follows biologist Lena (Natalie Portman) join a group made up of an anthropologist, a psychologist, a surveyor, and a linguist to investigate mysterious environment after her husband Kane (Oscar Isaac) returns from an unexplained year-long …
Casting News Roundup: Gugu Mbatha-Raw + David Oyelowo, Natalie Portman + Oscar Isaac, & Daisy Ridley
It's been ages since I posted a roundup of casting news, but I have a trio of intriguing ones to share w/ you today, folks. Gugu Mbatha-Raw + David Oyelowo to star in JJ Abrams-produced sci-fi thriller I don't even have to know what the premise is, I'm already sold on this casting and genre!! …
Thursday Movie Picks #53: Science Fiction Movies (No Space/Aliens)
Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: 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, hidden gems, or if …
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FlixChatter Review: Ex Machina
There have been a plethora of films about man and machine or man vs machine in Hollywood. From cult classics like Blade Runner, Terminator to most recent ones like Robot & Frank, Chappie, etc., clearly not all are created equal. I'd say that this Alex Garland's original story has some striking similarities to the 2013 …
Weekend Roundup: Ex Machina, more Daredevil, BORGIA (2011) & a new obsession
I thought I'd take a bit of a break from MSPIFF to give you a bit of a rundown of how last week's been going so far, which is perhaps one of my favorite weeks so far in terms of movie-viewing. Just occurred to me that three films I saw in the past week might …
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