Happy weekend, everyone! It's that time of year again for FlixChatter's annual best films reveal. For the last ten years, I've been sharing my top 10 list in mid-January. This gives me a chance to catch up on FYC screeners and any films I missed in December. However, for 2025, I've almost finalized my Top …
Continue reading FlixChatter’s Top 10 Films of 2025 + Honorable Mentions
Happy first weekend of 2026, everyone!! My hubby and I just kept it mellow as I'm still suffering from my arthritis flare-up in my left hand that makes it a bit difficult to do many activities. We just went to brunch at our favorite pancake place and accompanied hubby shopping for new glasses. I'll start …
Continue reading 2025 Film-Watching Year in Review (via Letterboxd) + MNFCA Award Winners
When I first saw the trailer of The Secret Agent, I immediately thought of I’m Still Here, one of my favorite films of 2024, as both deal with the country's 2-decade military dictatorship. But that’s pretty much where the similarities end, as they vary greatly in terms of tone, style, and messages. Written and directed …
Animation is one of my favorite genres, and I like discovering new studios that give viewers alternatives to the big four: Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, and Illumination. The week leading up to Christmas, I decided to watch DAVID, created by Sunrise Animation, a production company with a full-service animation studio in South Africa. Apparently, it’s …
James Cameron took more than a decade to dive back into the Avatar universe, spending that time fine-tuning the underwater filming tech for its sequel, Avatar: The Way of Water. The second and third sequels, Fire and Ash, were shot back-to-back, as part of a huge production effort to manage the actors' aging process throughout …
Rian Johnson started his filmmaking career with an indie Neo-noir mystery, Brick, with less than half a million. Who knew that he would go on to create a lucrative and popular murder mystery franchise that would rival Agatha Christie? Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery is one of my most highly anticipated holiday …
Hello everyone!! We’re in the midst of a hectic award season, and I’m continually playing catch-up to reviews. Well, in order to save time, I’m going to be posting more combined shorter reviews through the end of January. While I usually find a common thread when I combine reviews, this one shares a theme of …
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