Stephen King's The Long Walk journey from book to big screen adaptation was a long one (pun intended). Some of the most well-known filmmakers were involved in the film adaptation throughout the years. The names include Steven Spielberg, George A. Romero, Rob Reiner, and Frank Darabont. But turning a book about teenagers walking and swearing …
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FlixChatter Review: UNCLE FRANK (2020)
I had the privilege of seeing this film at Twin Cities Film Fest last October, one of the three films I saw on the big screen. I had come into it blindly, not having seen a trailer or even read in details what it's about at all or even seen the trailer. I find that …
FlixChatter Review – HALLOWEEN (2018)
Directed by: David Gordon Green 2018's Halloween follows Final Girl Laurie Strode (Jamie Lee Curtis) 40 years after her traumatic run-in with Michael Myers (James Jude Courtney and Nick Castle) during his Halloween night killing spree. Now an agoraphobic survivalist, she prepares for Michael's inevitable return, putting a strain on her relationship with her daughter Karen …
Playing for Keeps Review… (a.k.a. my Open Letter to Gerry Butler)
[sigh] I didn't really want to write this letter. Not only because I had done it once before when The Bounty Hunter came out, but I was quite anticipating Playing For Keeps for a while. I was thrilled when I got and advanced screening invite on the same day as The Hobbit (yay!) right before …
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Trailer Spotlight: Playing For Keeps
All right, two sports-related Gerard Butler trailers released within a month! I wonder if it's because of the Olympics?? First we've got a surfer movie, now soccer, not that I'm complaining 🙂 Now, this one was supposed to be released last March as I included it in my most anticipated movies for the first quarter …
Flix Character Spotlight: Lucy in ’13 Going On 30′
If one were to Google “scene-stealing performance,” Judy Greer should appear as the first page of hits. Born and raised in the Detroit area, she’s been working steadily since the late 1990s. She gets the odd dramatic role here and there (The Village, What Women Want) and has worked a fair amount in television (Arrested …
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