Rian Johnson started his filmmaking career with an indie Neo-noir mystery, Brick, with less than half a million. Who knew that he would go on to create a lucrative and popular murder mystery franchise that would rival Agatha Christie? Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is one of my most highly anticipated holiday …
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FlixChatter Review: BLUE MOON (2025) – Linklater and Hawke join forces again to craft a poetic tribute to a troubled musical genius
Ethan Hawke seems to be popping up everywhere lately, but maybe that's because three of his films came out around the same time. I caught him in this movie, and She Dances just a few days apart, and my friend Vince just watched him in Black Phone 2. The film tells a fictionalized tale based …
Minnesota Film Critics Alliance 2024 Awards are here! ‘Oppenheimer’ wins seven MNFCA awards, including Best Picture
Members of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance have spoken! Every January, ahead of the Academy Awards, MNFCA members get to select nominees for the MNFCA Awards. The historical fiction Oppenheimer by director Christopher Nolan has been nominated in 13 categories, the most by any film in MNFCA history. Also with a strong showing in this …
FlixChatter’s Top 10 Films of 2023 + 20 Honorable Mentions
Happy Monday, everyone! My list of best/favorite movies of 2023 is here! I realize that I'm running a bit behind in posting my top 10 list... per my blog tradition, I usually wait until mid-January, but I waited another week so I could watch a couple of films I meant to see before I posted …
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FlixChatter Review: All Of Us Strangers (2023) – Andrew Scott is mesmerizing in this haunting, heart-wrenching mystery drama
There was a substantial buzz around this film out of Telluride last year but I’m glad I was able to go into this blindly. Loosely based on the 1987 novel Strangers by Taichi Yamada, writer/director Andrew Haigh captures the theme of loss, loneliness, and love with such a piercing emotional impact. Haigh transplants the story …
Musings on Golden Globes 2024 FILM Nominations – 5 Great Surprises + 5 Glaring Snubs + that puzzling new ‘Box Office Achievement’ category
Happy Tuesday folks!! Well, I didn't even realize Golden Globes nominations were coming out yesterday so I saw it after my press screening of WONKA. So the partnership between the Globes and NBC is no more, per THR, the Golden Globes organization has announced that the 2024 Golden Globe Awards ceremony will air live on …
Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF) unveils 2023 lineup – featuring Alexander Payne’s THE HOLDOVERS as the opening night film
I just love Autumn 🍂 and one of the main reasons is that October is when MN film fans can enjoy the Twin Cities Film Fest (TCFF)!! This past Friday, the festival unveiled its complete 2023 film catalog, revealing more than 140 movies (features and shorts) that will screen Oct. 19-28 in a hybrid format. …
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