Happy December, everyone! We're down to the last month of 2025, can you believe it?? To my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice to get four days off, though they went by too fast 😆 We finally got snow ❄️ this past Saturday, enough to be plowable and …
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Thanksgiving Weekend Special: 25 Cinematic Things I’m Thankful For in 2025
Hello everyone! To my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving! 🦃🥧🍁🍽️🍗 I had a wonderful traditional turkey meal with all the trimmings courtesy of one of my besties. My hubby & I made beef stew for the first time using our slow cooker, a perfect dish for Winter as we finally got …
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FlixChatter Guest Review – SISU 2: Road to Revenge (2025) – Less complex than SISU 1 but doubles down on the choreographed violence and deadly action
Directed by Jalmari HelanderStarring: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake Every film has its place. In the classic sense, movies were created to escape, entertain, and create a visceral reaction from their audience – whether that be laughter, shock, horror and hopefully a certain sense of satisfaction. The Sisu franchise follows this path. Straight from …
FlixChatter Review – WICKED: FOR GOOD (2025) – Despite strong performances from Erivo & Grande, the whole story would have been much better off as just one movie
The first part of Wicked was a pleasant surprise for me as someone who hasn’t seen the Broadway version and is generally not all that familiar (nor enthused) about the Wizard of Oz story. Jon M. Chu did an outstanding job in creating a wholly enjoyable movie, but still, I didn’t think the tale of …
THE RUNNING MAN (2025) special reviews from two points of view: One has read Stephen King’s novel & seen the 1987 movie, while the other has not
Welcome to this special edition where I’ve got my friend and site contributor, Ted Saydalavong, joining me to review the same film. Since Ted has read Stephen King’s book and watched the 1987 movie, we have different expectations and reactions to it. Did we end up with two totally different takes on the film? Well, …
FlixChatter Review: BLUE EYED GIRL (2025) + Q&A with writer & star Marisa Coughlan on filming in Minnesota + working with Beau Bridges
Welcome to a special FlixChatter post highlighting a Minnesota-connected film, written by an MN-based actress, Marisa Coughlan. I had the privilege of speaking to Marisa about the film, so scroll down to read my interview below my review. FlixChatter Review When you think of a coming-of-age film, you probably picture a journey that teens or …
FlixChatter Review: It Was Just an Accident (2025) – Jafar Panahi weaves a gripping tale of reckoning with collective trauma, culminating in a breathtaking final shot
One of the buzziest films at Cannes this past Spring is It Was Just an Accident, which took home the prestigious Palme d’Or. It took months before I was able to see it, but it was well worth the wait. This is my intro to Jafar Panahi, an Iranian film director, screenwriter, and film editor, …
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