A couple of updates on two upcoming movies I'll be seeing this Spring. First, we've got the Clash of the Titans' new behind-the-scene featurette. I saw the TV spot during Chuck last night and boy, I'm really psyched to see this! Don't know about you, but every time I see Perseus riding his horse into …
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Everyone’s a Critic: Reviews from FlixChatter Readers
Welcome to another edition of Everyone's a Critic series. Today we've got an Oscar nominated flick and two sports movies from a golf and soccer enthusiast. Special thanks to Becky, Scot and Alan for taking the time to contribute to FlixChatter! Crazy Heart (2009) by Becky Kurk My sister from California was visiting a few …
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Weekend Roundup: Amélie & 28 Days Later
Happy Monday, readers, and welcome to March! Hope you had a nice weekend, wherever you are. It was a nice, mellow weekend for me, can't complain really when the sun shone for the entire weekend with temp 'soaring' to the mid 30s (yes, that's a 'warm' front for us Minnesotans after a long, cold Winter!). …
Conspicuous Trailers of the Week: Waking Sleeping Beauty Doc & Toy Story 3
Happy Friday, folks! I happened to stumble upon the Waking Sleeping Beauty documentary last night and I just had to share. I've always been a fan of all the Disney's animated features ever since I was little. Say what you will about the company, but one can't deny their place in animation history. To this …
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Upcoming Projects Spotlight: BBC’s Aurelio Zen & War of the Gods
I'm excited to hear about these two projects involving two talented but underrated British actors. Rufus Sewell is set to play Aurelio Zen in BBC's new detective series Special thanks to Prairiegirl for the tip. Based on the best-selling novel by the late Michael Dibdin, Rufus will play the fictitious Italian detective that's set in …
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Random Thoughts: What critical darlings you can’t sing praises of?
Happy Tuesday, readers! Critics everywhere seem to fall all over themselves in declaring The Hurt Locker a landmark movie-making achievement, giving director Kathryn Bigelow one major award after another, which in and of itself is a record as she's the first female director who've won some of these awards. I finally saw it this past …
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FlixChatter Review: Inglourious Basterds
Ok, 2 down, 10 more to go. As I mentioned in my Oscar nom musings, I've got twelve movies to catch up on by Oscar time (both nominated for Best Picture and those that feature Oscar-nominated performances). In the past 2 weeks, I finally caught this one and The Hurt Locker, here's what I generally think …