THE RUNNING MAN (2025) special reviews from two points of view: One has read Stephen King’s novel & seen the 1987 movie, while the other has not

Welcome to this special edition where I’ve got my friend and site contributor, Ted Saydalavong, joining me to review the same film. Since Ted has read Stephen King’s book and watched the 1987 movie, we have different expectations and reactions to it. Did we end up with two totally different takes on the film? Well, …

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FlixChatter Review: The Sparks Brothers (2021)

Director: Edgar Wright Cast: Ron Mael, Russell Mael, Jane Wiedlin, Beck, Flea, Tony Visconti, Todd Rundgren, Simon Pegg, Nick Frost   As a kid growing up in 1983, I’d watch Sparks’ Cool Places air a few times on MTV – back when it actually was “Music Television” instead of the reality TV monstrosity it’s become …

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Weekend Roundup: Quick review of BABY DRIVER (2017)

Happy [almost] Fourth of July weekend! It's not really a long weekend for me as I'll be working both Monday AND Wednesday, though the office is pretty much dead today with everyone taking a day off. Last week was a pretty hectic one, hence I hadn't even posted anything other than my short film update. Well, …

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FlixChatter Review: Ant-Man (2015)

Marvel has been dominating the box office with their superhero flicks for almost a decade now and it’s inevitable that they’re going to bring out some of the lesser-known superheroes to the big screen. Even though it’s not well known to non comic book readers, Ant-Man movie has apparently been in development for many years. …

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Weekend Roundup and mini review of ‘The World’s End’

Hello everyone, hope y'all had a nice weekend. It's scorching HOT here in Minnesota with heat index topping 100 degrees!! I'm not fond of extreme heat and humidity so I stayed mostly indoors, went to the movies Saturday night and cooling off at Mall of America on Sunday. Not much of a home-viewing weekend, as …

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