Five new-to-me actors I’d love to see more of – based on 2015 viewings

I saw this list on Variety on 10 Actors To Watch in 2015 and I realized I dropped the ball on this Actor Discoveries post last year. I mentioned in the first post back in 2012 that one of the joys of watching movies is discovering new talents. I planned on making this post an annual thing but alas, the last time …

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FlixChatter Review: The Man from U.N.C.L.E (2015)

I saw this at a very early press screening three weeks ago but there was an embargo to even tweet about it. By now I could barely remember much about Guy Ritchie's movie, but if I were to describe it in one word, it'd be frothy. Just like Mission Impossible, this movie is based on a 1960s TV …

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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 …

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MSPIFF14 Reviews: Hotell & Mystery Road

Happy Sunday everyone! We've got a couple more MSPIFF 2014 reviews courtesy of Josh from JJAMES reviews. Hotell (2013) A Swedish film written and directed by Lisa Langseth, Hotell follows Erika (Alica Vikander), a beautiful and pregnant young woman with an almost idyllic life. Already moneyed and apparently successful, she and her husband, Oskar (Simon …

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