FlixChatter Review: The Age of Adaline (2015)

A lot of the times, I anticipate films based on its director or cast, but in this case, it's the premise that intrigued me. I wish there are more fantasy romance like this made. It seems that a lot of romantic films are either rom-coms or something utterly tragic. Then there's the Nicholas Sparks variety which …

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Musings on the Han Solo spinoff & who we’d like to see as young Solo

So a couple of days ago when Twitter was all abuzz with news of the upcoming Han Solo spinoff movie, I was rather ho-hum about it. I'm not exactly clamoring to see this, nor the throng of other spin-offs as Disney's milking the Star Wars franchise for all its worth. $4 Bil is really chump change considering the …

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Thursday Movie Picks #42: All in the Family Edition – Father-Daughter Relationships (Biologically Related)

Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …

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Thursday Movie Picks #33: All in the Family Edition – Movies featuring Father & Son Relationship

Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …

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The Spielberg Blogathon: Reminiscing about Raiders of the Lost Ark & Jurassic Park

This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Once Upon A Screen taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs When Ruth asked me to participate in the Steven Spielberg blogathon, I wasn't sure what to …

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The Spielberg Blogathon: My Top 10 Favorite Spielberg-Directed Films

This post is part of the SPIELBERG BLOGATHON hosted by Outspoken & Freckled, It Rains… You Get Wet, and Once Upon A Screen taking place August 23-24. Please visit these host blogs for a full list of participating blogs I first learned about this blogathon from my pal Michael's blog, and having grown up watching …

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The Flix List: Five Movies Suffering From Identity Crisis

Many filmmakers tried to mix several genres in one film, sometime it works nicely, i.e. Captain America: The Winter Soldier which is a superhero movie mixed with Cold War-era espionage intrigue. But most of the time, it turns out to be a disaster. Just look at Cowboys & Aliens, mixing Sci-fi with Westerns sounds like …

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