Happy almost Friday everyone! It's been quite a busy week for me, in and out of work, so I'm glad the weekend is just around the corner!! I'm going to see Captain Fantastic tonight so very excited for that. Ok, about those links... Keith posted his Blindspot review on A Man Escaped Dell posted his thoughts on …
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FlixChatter Review: Midnight Special (2016)
I'm a big fan of science fiction films, and the ones that are more *grounded* in our reality, meaning it's not all sleek and drowned in special effects are usually the most compelling. Midnight Special is certainly one of those films, which in essence is a father/son story. Right from its opening scene, this film …
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FlixChatter Review: BLACK MASS (2015)
It’s been almost 20 years since the last time Johnny Depp starred in a modern gangster film, the vastly underrated Donnie Brasco. He’s now back playing another true life gangster character, James “Whitey” Bulger, the most violent criminal in South Boston. Told in a flashback style, the film starts with the integration of Bulger’s crew …
Everybody’s Chattin + Trailer Spotlight: Tarantino’s The Hateful Eight
Happy Midweek everyone! Two more days until Friday 😀 How's your week so far? It's kind of a s-l-o-w week for me and there's been no Instagram updates from my dahling French crush so I'm missing him so much I could barely concentrate on anything today. Yes I live for Stanley Weber these days [sigh]... …
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FlixChatter Review: The Great Gatsby (2013)
When I first heard about Baz Luhrmann's project to bring F. Scott Fitzgerald's most famous novel to life, I have to admit I wasn't too keen on the idea. Then I read that he was going to do the movie in 3D, which prompted an eye-rolling reaction and a shrug. I mean, what could we …
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FlixChatter Review: Zero Dark Thirty
Apart from perhaps Point Break, Kathryn Bigelow's films are often a one-time-viewing-only for me and this one is no exception. It's not a dis mind you, it's just that the subject matter she picks are usually so difficult to watch. The beginning of the film took us back to September 11, 2001. With nothing appearing …
Musings on ‘The Great Gatsby’ trailer
The Great Gatsby. Even the title intrigues me. I was hoping to jump into that Scott F. Fitzgerald novel as soon as I finish Anna Karenina. But since I've pretty much stalled on that one, I'm tempted to abandon the Russian aristocrat doomed love story and move on to um, well another doomed love story, …
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