Marty Supreme is my first introduction to the Safdie Brothers’ films. Josh and Benny Safdie decided to go their separate ways to make two different sports-themed movies. Josh Safdie took on this table-tennis dramedy, while his younger brother Benny opted to direct Dwayne Johnson in the MMA-fighter biopic, Smashing Machine. I was intrigued to check …
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FlixChatter’s Top 10 Films of 2025 + Honorable Mentions
Happy weekend, everyone! It's that time of year again for FlixChatter's annual best films reveal. For the last ten years, I've been sharing my top 10 list in mid-January. This gives me a chance to catch up on FYC screeners and any films I missed in December. However, for 2025, I've almost finalized my Top …
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FlixChatter Review: GREENLAND 2: MIGRATION (2025) – a drab and dull sequel desperately looking for vibrant new signs of life
Perhaps it's asking a bit much to hope for a good movie to drop on the second weekend of January. But since I really liked the first Greenland film, which turned out to be a surprisingly heartfelt disaster movie, I would’ve been satisfied if its sequel was at least decent. So, Gerard Butler is back …
2025 Film-Watching Year in Review (via Letterboxd) + MNFCA Award Winners
Happy first weekend of 2026, everyone!! My hubby and I just kept it mellow as I'm still suffering from my arthritis flare-up in my left hand that makes it a bit difficult to do many activities. We just went to brunch at our favorite pancake place and accompanied hubby shopping for new glasses. I'll start …
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FlixChatter Review: DAVID (2025) – A stunning faith-based animation with stirring songs, but the narrative takes plenty of creative liberties
Animation is one of my favorite genres, and I like discovering new studios that give viewers alternatives to the big four: Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and Illumination. The week leading up to Christmas, I decided to watch DAVID, created by Sunrise Animation, a production company with a full-service animation studio in South Africa. Apparently, it’s …
FlixChatter Review: The Mastermind (2025) – Josh O’Connor is perfectly cast in Kelly Reichardt’s slow, minimalist heist film
2025 is really Josh O’Connor’s year, and it’s all the better for it. This is the third film I saw where he has a leading or prominent role, and I might try to catch The History Of Sound, where he’s a co-lead with Paul Mescal. Those who are still unfamiliar with the English actor apart …
Avatar: Fire and Ash (2022) Review – Not exactly a fresh chapter for Pandora, the visuals are still glorious, but the narrative is stuck in a loop
James Cameron took more than a decade to dive back into the Avatar universe, spending that time fine-tuning the underwater filming tech for its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. The second and third sequels, Fire and Ash, were shot back-to-back, as part of a huge production effort to manage the actors' aging process throughout …
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