From Steven Spielberg's E.T., Dean DeBlois's How To Train Your Dragon, and Netflix’s The Sea Beast, there is something so enchanting about seeing a young person connecting with a peculiar, misunderstood creature like nobody else could and discovering themselves in the process. A coming-of-age story involving a kid befriending a 'forbidden' creature is a familiar …
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Musings on 2021 Golden Globes nominations – Snubs + Surprises
Well, whaddayaknow. Award season is officially here, folks... though I doubt anyone is rolling out the red carpet just yet given Covid-19 (and its myriad of strains) are far from being contained. Well, here are the full nominations below and my commentary in each category + some of my winner pick/prediction highlighted in bold magenta: …
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FlixChatter Review: NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)
First, a confession: I'm not a big fan of Westerns. Yes, there have been some Western movies I liked, most notably The Big Country, The Magnificent Seven, 3:10 To Yuma, The Dark Valley (this last one is an Austrian Western!). But when I received a screener of this one, I was intrigued because of Tom …
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