TV Series Spotlight: TOKYO VICE Season 2 (MAX)—this exquisite, gripping neo-noir is even more captivating than the solid first season

There is so much serialized content on streaming right now that it's tough to figure out which ones to invest your time in. I started the first season of Tokyo Vice over a year ago, and it's one of the best series I've seen in a long time. I was late in catching up to …

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FlixChatter Review: FERRARI (2023) – Despite the electric racing scenes, it lacks a certain oomph (or vroom) to mark a memorable comeback for Michael Mann

Just like Enzo Ferrari, director Michael Mann is well-known as a perfectionist, relentless in his pursuit of and commitment to excellence. The 80-year-old can’t really be described as prolific, can you believe this is only his 12th feature film? I read Mann’s director’s statement to a film festival, stating how he practically walked in Enzo’s …

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Vroom vroom! Michael Mann’s adrenaline-pumping FERRARI first teaser is here with Adam Driver as Enzo

What a dose of adrenaline-pumping excitement for a slow Hump Day! Ferrari is one of my most anticipated movies of the year and NEON just unveiled its first trailer… behold: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZHxT2yb2cE Full synopsis: It is the summer of 1957. Behind the spectacle of Formula 1, ex-racer Enzo Ferrari is in crisis. Bankruptcy threatens the factory …

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Thursday Movie Picks #62: Journalist/Reporters for Print/TV

Happy Thursday everyone! This is another entry to the weekly Thursday Movie Picks that's spearheaded by Wandering Through the Shelves Blog. Here's the gist: The rules are simple simple: Each week there is a topic for you to create a list of three movies. Your picks can either be favourites/best, worst, hidden gems, or if …

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A trio of casting/directing news I’m excited about

A trio of casting/directing news piqued my interest this past few days that I thought I'd blog about it. I'm supposed to be doing this casting news roundup every month but obviously I've dropped the ball a few times 😛 Rebecca Ferguson joins Emily Blunt for THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN adaptation YES! Another female-centric …

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Weekend Roundup + Review of Michael Mann’s Blackhat (2015)

Happy Monday everyone! It's Martin Luther King Jr. Day and my office is closed in remembrance of Dr. King's birthday. I was reading up about Dr. King's history earlier today and I'm always astonished by how many inspiring comments he had made in his relatively short life. These are just some of my favorites we can all live …

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5 Reasons I’m looking forward to Michael Mann’s BLACKHAT

Normally I don't get too excited about films opening in January, but when it's a Michael Mann movie, that changes everything. His cyber-thriller Blackhat opens this Friday and I definitely will see this on opening night! I posted the first trailer here a few months ago, and here are five reasons why I'm excited for …

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