It's been nearly 20 years since I visited TIFF in 2005. This was back when I was still obsessed with Gerard Butler, so my primary purpose was to see Beowulf & Grendel and I did get to shake Gerry's hand after the screening which still made me chuckle when I think about it. I was …
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One thing worse than suffering from superhero fatigue is feeling exhausted by the multiverse mania, so I wasn't exactly clamoring to see the latest DCEU movie as the dawn of James Gunn's DC Universe is near. What's more, even though Ezra Miller isn’t doing press for the movie, it’s impossible to overlook their off-screen violent …
I can't believe that this weekend marks the 20th anniversary of the September 11th attack. There's no other major disaster that's etched in my memory like 9/11… I still remember exactly what I did when I first heard of the first plane hitting the World Trade Center. I was driving to work and while sitting …
Is it just me or every action flick these days always want to be associated with John Wick. Granted it's a lucrative franchise but really, the secret ingredient for its success is Keanu Reeves. So the same studio hopes they could launch another action franchise with yet another actor of Euro-Asian descent. Maggie Q, who …
It seems that every year now we'll be treated to a live action of Disney's animated movies. Now, I actually quite like Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, Jungle Book, and I'm curiously anticipating Aladdin. As for Dumbo, I actually don't remember much of the original. I only watched a scene of Dumbo and his mother …
Welcome to another edition of FlixChatter Interview! Thanks to Allied Integrated Marketing for the opportunity to be a part of the red carpet interview on Friday night on September 8. Because the late author of the original Mitch Rapp series, Vince Flynn, was born in St. Paul, it was nice to see the studio held the …
How's your weekend everyone? Well it's been quite a whirlwind week for me, but a fun one nonetheless. I didn't get an extra day off for Fourth of July, but still a four-day work week is better than five 🙂 I did manage to see a fun play on Friday night, a French farce called …
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