FlixChatter Review: Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret (2023)

Let me preface this review with the fact that I have not read the 1970 novel this film's based on and I was not familiar with its author Judy Blume. But the rather provocative title, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret definitely gets me intrigued. The story centers on Margaret (Abby Ryder Fortson), an …

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FlixChatter Review: FAIR PLAY – A tense + twisted corporate thriller that makes your skin crawl

There’s been a ton of buzz around this film since this film premiered at Sundance and became the highest sales coup when Netflix bought it for $20 Million. It’s especially notable that this psychological thriller is a directorial debut from a female filmmaker, Chloe Domont. The story is set in a world of high finance …

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FlixChatter Review: A Million Miles Away (2023) – an inspiring biopic of farmworker-turned-NASA-astronaut that goes the distance

A few days before a screening invitation arrived for this movie, I stumbled upon a news story about José Hernández, the first Mexican-American migrant farm worker to travel to space as a NASA astronaut. I was immediately taken by his warm, humble, and affable nature, so I was thrilled to see his historic journey portrayed …

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Streaming Picks: Peace By Chocolate (2022) and Otherhood (2019)

Happy first full week of September! 🍂 Time for another mini-review of movies I saw on streaming recently. PEACE BY CHOCOLATE (2022) Based on a true story of the Hadhad family who fled war-torn Lebanon after the family's chocolate factory is bombed, the movie opens with a scene of Tareq Hadhad (Ayham Abou Ammar) during …

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Streaming Picks: LOU (2022) and CARMEN (2021) – These two female-led films directed by women are well worth your time

It's the hottest week in Minnesota (the heat index is over 100 which I'm not used to) so I spend time hibernating and catching up on movies I've been wanting to check out for ages. Of course, I prioritize those #directedbywomen for my 52 Films By Women challenge (6 movies so far this month, woot!!). …

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FlixChatter Review: The Pod Generation (2023) – Emilia Clarke + Chiwetel Ejiofor have an AI-powered baby in this kooky sci-fi satire

The term AI was introduced over six decades ago in the 50s but it has heavily dominated the zeitgeist like never before. The Pod Generation is set in the near future where technology and artificial intelligence has taken over daily life while nature quickly vanishes into oblivion. Written and directed by Sophie Barthes, the movie …

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Trio female-directed movie reviews: You Hurt My Feelings + The Mother + The Colour Room

Welcome to another trio-reviews edition on FlixChatter. I'll be doing this more often as there are so many movies I want to write about, but some days I only have time to write mini-reviews. You Hurt My Feelings Written/directed by: Nicole Holofcener I so wanted to see this before it left theaters and thankfully I …

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