Happy Labor Day to my fellow Americans! Well, the Summer Movie season is practically over, can't believe how fast that went. August is kind of a meh month in terms of movie watching, but hey, award season is coming up, so I'm looking forward to seeing some really great Fall movies (Downton Abbey: The Grand …
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FlixChatter Review: Death of a Unicorn (2025) – a creative and enjoyable horror comedy with plenty of laugh-out-loud moments
Written & Directed by Alex Scharfman In Death of a Unicorn, father and daughter Elliot (Paul Rudd) and Ridley (Jenna Ortega) are visiting the remote mountain lodge of an insanely rich pharmaceutical CEO and his family in the hopes of Elliot attaining a partnership in the company. On the drive to the mansion, the duo …
FlixChatter Review: Beetlejuice Beetlejuice (2024)—can’t beat the original, but this one is a surprisingly enjoyable sequel
Tim Burton's 1988 film Beetlejuice is the first live-action movie I remember seeing. My dad showed it to me when I was four or five years old; it gave me recurring nightmares and taught me an especially crass swear word. In Dad's defense, it was only rated PG (the '80s were a lot more generous …
FlixChatter Review: SCREAM VI (2023)
Directed by: Matt Bettinelli-Olpin, Tyler Gillett Written by: James Vanderbilt, Guy Busick It's not easy for a horror franchise to churn out consistently enjoyable movies, especially one that spans three generations, but Scream is a rare exception. Even at its messiest (looking at you, Scream 3), the Wes Craven-created series gives viewers memorable characters, high …
TCFF 2018 Film Spotlight: SAVING FLORA & interview with writer/director Mark Taylor
Since we've past the halfway mark of the Twin Cities Film Fest, I think I have seen enough movies to indicate which ones have been my favorites. Well, Saving Flora is definitely one of those that I thoroughly enjoyed and I can see myself watching again! Thank you Mark Taylor (and Synkronized Films) for taking the …
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