It's a testament of a truly good film when two weeks after I saw it I'm still thinking about it fondly and can't wait to see it again. I mentioned in this post that I had been anticipating this film for a couple of reasons, but deep down I still wished it'd be good as …
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Fall Movie Spotlight: Ridley Scott’s The Martian
You're probably wondering why I'm suddenly blogging about this film, with just two weeks before its US release (October 2). UK folks actually will get this two days sooner on Sept. 30. In all honesty, up until fairly recently, I had been mostly blasé about this film, given my disappointments with Sir Ridley Scott's movies …
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Musings on Christopher Nolan’s INTERSTELLAR
I've been a big fan of Christopher Nolan's work, in fact I've seen all of his work and they've pretty much range from great to fantastic. I've been looking forward to Interstellar like most movie fans, but to be honest with you, for whatever reason, a couple of weeks before the film opened and as the hype reaches its …
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FlixChatter Double Reviews: The Monuments Men
Happy Friday everyone! Today we've got another double review of a film which release has been delayed for a couple of months. Originally, this was to be released last December during awards/holiday season, but director/star George Clooney actually asked the studio for more time for post-production due to the special effects weren't ready. Sarah and …
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Guest Post: Elysium, Her & The Nature of Science Fiction
Special thanks to Conor Holt for this post. Stay tuned for my full review of Spike Jonze's her coming this weekend! Well, this is awkward. Science Fiction is my favorite film genre, but in 2013 one of my favorite films of the year and my least favorite film of the year…are both Science-Fiction. How could …
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Weekend Roundup … Dragon Knight review + Musings on Matt Damon
Happy Monday everyone! Did you catch anything this weekend? Two R-rated films ended up winning the box office this weekend. ELYSIUM beat We're The Millers by a slim margin with a little over $30. With a budget of $100 mil (3 times the amount of District 9 which ended up grossing $115 mil), we'll see …
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FlixChatter Review: ELYSIUM
As a big fan of District 9, I had been looking forward to this for some time. I erroneously thought this was the follow-up to Neill Blomkamp's sci-fi thriller set in South Africa when I did this post but by the time the trailer came out, obviously this is an original story that doesn't involve …
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