I grew up listening to old crooners–Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, etc.–as those were my late mother's favorites. But one singer that she was a huge fan of was Elvis Presley, who left those crooners sidelined when he shook up the world of pop music in the early 50s. I'm not sure how many …
This is the kind of film that is best experienced when you have very little information about the story. So with that in mind, I’ll skim on details about the plot and let you discover them on your own. At the center of the story is a wealthy rancher Phil Burbank (Benedict Cumberbatch) who lives …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: The Power of the Dog (2021)
An aging, out-of-work actress accepts one last job, though the consequences of her decision affect her in ways she didn't consider. I've been wanting to check this movie out of sheer curiosity. The idea of mixing animation with live-action is tricky, and I always wonder how a filmmaker would pull this off. This is from …
Special thanks to Iba from I Luv Cinema for her Sundance review! Ah, the western - on its surface, it would seem it is not to my favorite cinematic genre. But upon further examination, I must admit it has produced some of my all time favorite films (High Noon, Unforgiven, The Searchers, The Ox Bow …
Let me preface this review by saying that I haven't seen any of the classic Apes movies in the 60s. I did see the 2001 reboot but I can barely remember any of it. But the 2011 version won me over that I'm intrigued to see what's going to happen next. The story takes place about a …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Dawn of the Planet of the Apes (2014)
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