I love movies set in the world of theater, though the premise of The Critic is intriguing as the center of the story is a theater critic. Directed by Anand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marber, it's an adaptation of Curtain Call, a novel by former film critic Anthony Quinn. I read that Quinn …
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Netflix’s Murder Mystery 2 review – a silly & formulaic low-stakes whodunnit that wastes its talented cast
With a title as generic as Murder Mystery, the sequel to Netflix's 2019 action comedy doesn't exactly aim for greatness. Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston are back reprising their roles as bickering couple Nick and Audrey Spitz (which of course rhymes with sh*t just so they can make some silly joke out of it). We …
FlixChatter Review: CRUELLA (2021)
Though I grew up watching plenty of Disney films, somehow I barely remember the original animated movie of 101 Dalmatians. I also skipped the 1996 live-action version with Glenn Close as Cruella De Vil, who'd be enemy number one for PETA given her predilection for Dalmatian fur coat. Well, 25 years later we've got an …
FlixChatter Review: Shazam! (2019)
There's such a huge anticipation over this movie, and the early reviews have been giddily-positive. I have to say I was caught in a bit of Shazam! fever as well after seeing the second trailer, which promises a boisterous good time. This movie is an origin story of the DC superhero that's originally named Captain …
Top Ten Favorite Actor Voices… that I can listen to for hours
Well, on Tuesday night I saw the press screening of The Jungle Book, which is a remake of the 1967 animated film. It was such a pleasant surprise, a visually-mesmerizing film with a simple-yet-moving story. That film is certainly an eye AND ear candy, with phenomenal voice actors like Ben Kingsley, Idris Elba, Scarlett Johansson, …
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Weekend Roundup & Kingsman: The Secret Service review
Valentine's Weekend is awesome this year as it's a company holiday on Monday for President's Day, who doesn't love a three-day weekend right? Hope you had a lovely V-day wherever you are. It was super cold Saturday night so we opted for some scrumptious Thai take-out and watched Nightcrawler, that's the kind of perfect *night in* …
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Five for the Fifth: AUGUST 2014 Edition
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. As customary with Five for the Fifth, I'd like to highlight …
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