Illumination Studios is a relatively young company. Its first film Despicable Me in 2010 was a huge hit and made those cute yellow Minions a phenomenon (I even own some of its action figures). In just over a decade, they’ve manage to spun up three original (that is not based on existing IP) franchises… Despicable …
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FlixChatter Review: The Gentlemen (2020)
I'd say Guy Ritchie is an acquired taste… you could even say he's one of those love-it-or-hate-it filmmaker, which means you either love or hate his fast-paced, at-times frenetic style, and I'm mostly talking about his gritty British gangster films, so the family-friendly Aladdin is obviously an exception. For the most part, I like his …
FlixChatter Review: SING (2016)
Directed by Garth Jennings, Christophe L0urdelet | Written by Garth Jennings Featuring the voices of: Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Seth McFarlane, John C. Reilly, Taron Edgerton The end of the year holiday season is always prime for finding movies kids can go to. After all, school’s out, and they need things to do to hold their …
FlixChatter Review: Kubo And The Two Strings (2016)
Directed by Travis Knight | Written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler Featuring the voices of: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, Brenda Vaccaro and George Takei. This latest film from Laika is a 3D stop-motion animated film. It tells the story of Kubo, a boy who comes across the ocean as a baby, adrift …
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Five for the Fifth: MARCH 2016 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. Ok let's start off with the casting news that's likely still …
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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The morning after … Oscars 2014 – Recap and Reflections
Happy Monday everybody! Soooo... how many of you stayed up late to watch the Oscars last night? Well I live tweeted for the most part, I find that it's easier than doing a live blog. As the Oscar attendees got ready this Sunday, I went to brunch, gym, prepared dinner and went downstairs to my …
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