Celine Song is no one-trick pony. After the flawless Past Lives, many might think, ‘how do you follow up such perfection?’ Well, she answers that question with another beautifully written human drama filled with witty repartee. Materialists revolves around Lucy (Dakota Johnson), a driven matchmaker in NYC who's so skilled at what she does that …
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Trio Trailer Spotlight of female-directed + female-led movies: Materialists, Bonjour Tristesse, Ballerina – all released in June
We're just days away from June, so the Summer Movie season is heating up! While temps have been trending lower than normal here in Minnesota (normal high is early 70s), it's going to be much warmer later this week. It might even hit 90 by June 1st! Well, I haven't done a trailer post in …
2024 Film Independent Spirit Awards – PAST LIVES won Best Feature. Congrats to all the winners!!
The Film Independent Spirit Awards were given out last night, Sunday, Feb 25, and as a film critic as well as a member of Film Independent, I'm thrilled for the 2024 award winners!! The show took place in Santa Monica, hosted by Aidy Bryant, as the final voting for the Oscars is still happening as …
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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2024 Oscar Nominations – Musings on the egregious snubs + enchanting surprises
So the day movie fans/pundits have been waiting for is here… Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Well, there's no repeat of Barbenheimer competition at the Oscars. Despite Barbie winning the box office with $1.4 billion worldwide (while Oppenheimer has made $946 million), Christopher Nolan's opus of the father …
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2024 Oscar Nominations are less than 24 hours away – My Final Predictions
Happy Oscar Nominations Eve, everyone! I don't usually predict the nominations, but I feel like this year I have a slightly better idea as to which movies and which actors might get nominated. Some are guaranteed, and of course, there are plenty that are wild cards. I mean, that's part of the fun of making …
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FlixChatter Review: PAST LIVES (2023) is beautifully spellbinding, never has something so low-key hit me like a ton of bricks.
I often say 'There is no such thing as a perfect movie'… but once in a blue moon, a rare gem comes along and proves me wrong. It doesn’t happen every year that a movie completely swept me off my feet, but in 2023, that movie is Past Lives. I first caught the first buzz …
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