Top 10 Movies from the first half of 2014

It's been about three weeks since we passed the halfway mark of 2014, so I figure I should get this list up before the end of July. As I did the previous years, I'm including some films that might've opened internationally prior to 2014, but I'm including them here as I'm using the USA release dates (either …

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Monthly Roundup & Favorite Films of April 2014

Happy May Day everyone! Well April's certainly been a hectic month! We've got the Minneapolis/St. Paul Film Festival (MSPIFF 14) and also my hubby and I are planning for our trip to Europe at the end of May. Oh and guess what, I also got a press pass for the first ever Minneapolis Comic-con, yay! The thing is, …

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Weekend Viewing Roundup & MSPIFF14 Review: Intruders (2013)

After the snow storm on Friday, this weekend turned out to be absolutely gorgeous. Saw four movies this weekend: Captain America: The Winter Soldier for the second time around (yep, still love it!). It's currently my favorite Marvel stand-alone movie! Capricorn One – a fantastic 1977 space conspiracy thriller (Thanks Michael for lending it to …

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Five for the Fifth: APRIL 2014 Edition

Welcome to FlixChatter's one and only 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. April Fools was just four days ago, man …

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FlixChatter Review – Captain America: The Winter Soldier

It's always nice when a movie lives up to one's expectations, even better when it exceeds it. As a big fan of the first film, I'm already invested in the character of Steve Rogers, aka Captain America. I think director Joe Johnston did an outstanding job in introducing a superhero who's not inherently cool like most of his …

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Monthly Roundup & Favorite Film of March 2014

Welcome to April everybody! I finally got my flip-flops out yesterday for the first time in ... well I can't even remember! Temperature actually reached 60˚F on Sunday! I saw a bunch of people in shorts either jogging or on their bikes. It's just a tease though as we'll be back in the 30s again tomorrow, complete …

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Spin-Off Blogathon: 5 minor/supporting characters I want to see a spin-off on

Thanks to Margaret aka Lady Sati over at Cinematic Corner for this awesome blogathon idea. Here's the gist: Choose a [supporting] character (Movie or TV) that you love and would like to see as a leading character in the movie and write why you chose this character and what that movie would be like. Don't choose leading characters …

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