FlixChatter Review: The Fall Guy (2024) – a fun albeit predictable ode to the unsung heroes of action cinema

Ryan Gosling is still riding high from the Barbie movie zeitgeist and his Oscar-nominated performance as Ken. Not to mention the Beavis and Butt-Head SNL sketch that’s becoming another cultural phenomenon. He’s bringing his Ken-ergy to his role as Colt Seavers, a down-and-out stuntman who suffers a career-ending injury we see early in the movie. …

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FlixChatter Review: OPPENHEIMER (2023) – a majestic, haunting, thought-provoking piece of cinema that further cements Nolan’s auteur status

Christopher Nolan is back with his sixth feature, 25 years after his feature debut Following. He’s reached a point where his films are regarded as motion picture events, as is the case with this one. Nolan has been rather obsessed with this subject matter for a long time, even his previous film Tenet deals with …

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FlixChatter Review: JUNGLE CRUISE (2021)

Disney once again capitalize on one of their Disney park’s attraction and turn it into a movie. I suppose that’s no surprise since the last franchise based on a popular Disney ride, Pirates Of The Caribbean grossed a total of $4.5 Billion globally with five movies, making Johnny Depp extremely wealthy with a reported $300 …

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FlixChatter Review: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Directed by Rob Marshall | Screenplay by David Magee Starring: Emily Blunt, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer, Julie Walters There are few things I hold dear to my inner child’s heart, one of them being Disney’s Mary Poppins (1964) starring Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke. Regarded as a classic, the 1964 film succeeded on so many …

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FlixChatter Review: The Girl on the Train (2016)

When this project was first announced, I was hoping I'd finish the book by the time the film comes out. Well I didn't get to the book, but I was still anticipating this one, largely for the female-driven story. Comparison to Gillian Flynn's Gone Girl (which I reviewed almost exactly two years ago) is inevitable, given that both …

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Guest Post: Musings on the casting for the upcoming ‘Wicked’ The Movie

Hello everyone! Today we've got a guest post from across the pond. Simon Harding is a blogger w/ Theatre Breaks website who writes about London's Theatreland. As FlixChatter is primarily a film blog, today's post relates to an upcoming musical adaptation. 'Wicked The Movie' On Its Way! We can hardly contain our excitement at the thought …

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FlixChatter Review: SICARIO (2015)

Director Denis Villeneuve loves to make films about dark subjects, in his latest one he decides to tackle the dark world of war on drugs here in United States. After a raid that’s gone terribly wrong on a home that belongs to a very powerful drug cartel, young FBI agent Kate Macer (Emily Blunt) decides …

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