AUGUST 2016 Viewing Recap + Movie of the Month

Well, that's it folks… Summer days are definitely numbered now that we're entering the 'brrr' months. Ok so I'm being a tad dramatic. September is actually still quite warm here in the upper Midwest, and in fact Autumn is my all time favorite season, it's just the season that followed that I'm not looking forward …

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My entry to the Against the Crowd Blogathon: A battle of two Sword-and-Sandals Movies

Wendell over at Dell on Movies is reprising his blogathon from a year ago. Since I didn't participate at the time, I knew I had to do it this time around. Dell's idea is that this is our chance to tell the world about our love for a movie everyone else hates and the other way around. 1. Pick one …

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Five for the Fifth: APRIL 2015 Edition

Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. Since this months's edition falls on Easter Sunday, I think …

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Music Break: Ten Favorite Oscar-Winning Film Scores

The Oscars is just a week away, folks! Well, a week ago, as I was listening to 99.5 Classical MPR they were playing my favorite score from Titanic and I knew I had to make a post of it. For this post I'm focusing more on the instrumental themes instead of the songs, hence my exclusion …

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Easter Special – ‘God is in the Movies’ Blogathon

Today is Maundy Thursday, a few days before Easter Sunday. The timing couldn't be more perfect for such a blogathon. Well, Andrew has planned this since mid March but he was gracious enough to extend the deadline, bless his heart! I was actually planning to do a similar post for Easter anyway so I just …

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Follow-up Question of the Week: Favorite FICTIONAL biopics?

Hello everyone! As I'm still working on my review of Lee Daniels' The Butler that'll be up tomorrow, biopics are still on my mind this week. Thanks to Chris from Terry Malloy Pigeon Coop and Nick from Cinematic Katzenjammer for bringing up this topic on the comments of yesterday's post on favorite biopics. When I …

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Scene Spotlight: Easter Hymn scene on ‘The Purple Plain’

Happy Easter Sunday, friends! Today's always a special time for me, a reminder how each day is a gift from the Lord and I'm always thankful for the Christ' unparalleled sacrifice on the cross on my behalf and every creature living on earth. Last year, I posted three film recommendations for Easter  if you're in …

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