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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TCFF 2024 Review: BLITZ – Saoirse Ronan is luminous in Steve McQueen’s impeccably-crafted but emotionally underwhelming WWII drama
Blitz tells the tale of a group of Londoners navigating life during the bombings of World War II in the 1940s. Written and directed by Steve McQueen, the film opened with a fiery inferno right from its opening scene. Firefighters desperately try to put out the blaze that engulfs a row of houses, one of …
FlixChatter Review: BARBIE (2023) – Robbie perfectly embodies Barbie, but Gosling steals the spotlight with his hilarious Kenergy
Few movies are as hugely-hyped as Barbie it practically colors the world pink with anticipation. I’m tickled pink by the Barbie craze despite not having grown up with Barbie dolls at all. I was more into stuffed animals than human-shaped dolls. Yet with such a marketing juggernaut as this one where, one can’t help but get …
FlixChatter Review: SPENCER (2021)
I’ve been curious about seeing this since Kristen Stewart became a critical favorite at the start of award season. So when she was nominated for Oscars and the film finally dropped in HULU, I just had to check it out. Going into the film I knew this wasn’t a standard biopic of the late Princess …
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