FlixChatter Review: ASTEROID CITY – Wes Anderson’s first foray into sci-fi is soulless + overly self-indulgent

You know what to expect when you go see a Wes Anderson movie, as his shtick is persistent across all his work there are endless spoofs of a bunch of classic movies done in Wes Anderson style. I have not seen all of his work but I love The Grand Budapest Hotel, Fantastic Mr Fox, …

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Music Break: Philip Glass’ The Illusionist score

As tonight I'll be seeing Now You See Me tonight, a crime thriller about a team of illusionists pulling off bank heists during their performances, I thought this week's music break would have a similar theme of magic. The Illusionist is essentially a love story based on Steven Millhauser's short story, "Eisenheim the Illusionist." The …

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FlixChatter Review: The Painted Veil

This is one of the most touching and poignant movie I've seen in a very long time. The tag line says "Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people." And what a journey it really is. The story takes place in China in the 1920s, which tells the story of a mid-class doctor …

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