FlixChatter Guest Review: BROKEN BIRD (2024)—a darkly beautiful and atmospheric UK gothic horror

Directed by: Joanne Mitchell Written by: Dominic Brunt, Joanne Mitchell, Tracey Sheals Happy fall, FlixChatter readers! Okay, technically we still have a few weeks until the best season begins, and yes, it's still stupidly warm out, but coffee chains and liquor stores are rolling out their pumpkin-flavored drinks, so I'm comfortable jumping into autumn mode. …

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FlixChatter Review: The Secret Art of Human Flight (2024)—an offbeat indie drama about dealing with the loss of a loved one

Directed by: H.P. Mendoza Written by: Jesse Orenshein Telling a story about grief through comedy isn't easy. You don't want to come across as flippant, but you want to provide enough levity to make an incredibly difficult emotion more palatable. Fortunately, The Secret Art of Human Flight succeeds in this. In this film, Ben Grady …

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FlixChatter Review: The Damned (2024)—an eerie psychological horror film set in 19th-century Iceland

Directed by: Thordur Palsson Written by: Jamie Hannigan While we here in Minnesota are having a relatively mild (albeit wet) summer, it might be hard to imagine being chilled to the bone this time of year. However, today's movie, with its icy setting and shiver-inducing plot, will do just that. The Damned follows Eva (Odessa …

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FlixChatter Review: TOTALLY KILLER (2023) – A silly and scary good time for your Halloween watch list

Directed by: Nahnatchka Khan Written by: David Matalon, Sasha Perl-Raver, Jen D'Angelo A friend of mine recently told me he prefers watching horror comedies over straight-up horror movies during the Halloween season, and I can understand that preference. While the month of October is universally known as "spooky season," the tone is usually a healthy …

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FlixChatter TV Review: The Wheel of Time – Season 2 (ep 1-5)

Nearly two years after its first season premiered, The Wheel of Time season two dropped on Amazon Prime, and I, as your resident nerd, am here to discuss it (the first five episodes, anyway- we still have three more to go). As a reminder, I am only reviewing this as a TV show- not as …

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FlixChatter Review: TALK TO ME (2023) – A24’s Australian horror movie delivers white-knuckle chills

Directed by: Danny Philippou, Michael Philippou Written by: Danny Philippou, Bill Hinzman, Daley Pearson Of all the horror movies I've covered for FlixChatter over the past seven years, few have truly scared me. Very few have made me white-knuckle clench my steering wheel on the long, dark drive home from the cities and watch funny …

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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 …

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