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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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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FlixChatter Review: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) | Johnson’s latest murder mystery blends crime-solving with themes of faith

Rian Johnson started his filmmaking career with an indie Neo-noir mystery, Brick, with less than half a million. Who knew that he would go on to create a lucrative and popular murder mystery franchise that would rival Agatha Christie? Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is one of my most highly anticipated holiday …

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FlixChatter Review: JAY KELLY (2025) – Clooney effortlessly embodies a world-renowned movie star, but this is truly Sandler’s film

Hollywood loves making films about itself, and this time it’s writer/director Noah Baumbach’s turn. The Netflix original film has an excellent cast, with George Clooney as a world-famous movie star in his 60s, Jay Kelly, and Adam Sandler as his dedicated manager, Ron Sukenick. Now, seeing this casting makes me think the 64-year-old Clooney essentially …

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