In the antebellum United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. I saw this film two months ago and it was an early screening at 11 in the morning. I made the mistake of going back to work after this, as I was so shaken …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: 12 Years A Slave (2013)
Hello November! It's also the weekend daylight savings ends here in Minnesota, so we get an extra hour to do whatever we wish, yay! Well, since I've been suffering with a cold the past week (yes that meant I was sick during my vacation plus I also twisted my ankle on my second night of the …
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Hello folks, welcome to the 8th Five for the Fifth of the year! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item, observation, trailer, actor/director spotlight, 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 …
It's another s-l-o-w week at the box office when the number one movie is a small-budget horror flick The Possession and it barely cracked $10 million! I skipped the cinema this weekend, though I was initially anticipating The Cold Light Of Day. But the utterly dismal critical rating (9% on rotten tomatoes!!) dissuaded me for …
I first published this list back in November 2009, and I've been wanting to do an update in a while, thanks to the suggestion from Iba @ ILuvCinema. As I said back then, this kind of list is a matter of opinion/preference, and it's impossible to please everyone. This one in particular is not meant …
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