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 …
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Avatar: Fire and Ash (2022) Review – Not exactly a fresh chapter for Pandora, the visuals are still glorious, but the narrative is stuck in a loop
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 …
FlixChatter Review: Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery (2025) | Johnson’s latest murder mystery blends crime-solving with themes of faith
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 …
Double reviews of female-led dramas: Rosemead (Lucy Liu) & If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Rose Byrne)
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 …
FlixChatter’s NOVEMBER Viewing Recap, Mini Review of LOVE+WAR documentary, and Movie of the Month
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 …
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 …