Upcoming Flix Spotlight: Brendan Gleeson’s Passion Project At Swim Two Birds

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd highlight an upcoming Irish film starring actors and this one has been on my radar for some time, thanks to my Cillimaniac friend Novia 🙂 This project is actor Brendan Gleeson's passion project he's been working for quite a long time. And according to my friend Stella's …

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Chat-worthy Flix Updates: Tintin, HP7, London Boulevard

I'm too lazy to write my mini reviews of the stuff I watched this past week, but I kind of have been busy sifting through a bunch of movie updates lately. Thanks to Twitter it surely is a lot easier to keep up with 'em. Well, since today's the 3rd, here are three things I'm …

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Flix Poster of the Week: Peter Weir’s The Way Back

From acclaimed Australian director Peter Weir comes a fact-based story centered on soldiers who escaped from a Siberian prison camp in 1940. The story was inspired by Slavomir Rawicz's acclaimed novel, The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom, as well as other real life accounts and tells the adventure story chronicling …

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Top Ten Chat-Worthy Irish Actors

I haven't done a top-ten list in a while. I meant to post this last week around St. Paddy's day, but took me a while to finish it. Well, as the green dye in the Chicago river hasn't completely washed out, I hope you don't mind reading another Irish-related post. Here's my list of ten …

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Everyone’s a Critic: Reviews from FlixChatter Readers

Welcome to another edition of Everyone's a Critic series. Today we've got an Oscar nominated flick and two sports movies from a golf and soccer enthusiast. Special thanks to Becky, Scot and Alan for taking the time to contribute to FlixChatter! Crazy Heart (2009) by Becky Kurk My sister from California was visiting a few …

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The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus – Heath Ledger’s last film

In the trailer that was released last week, we get a glimpse of the last work of an actor who died way too young and with so much potential for greatness. It's a fantastical morality tale that tells the story of a leader of a traveling troupe, Dr Parnassus, who has an extraordinary gift of …

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