Happy Labor Day to my fellow Americans! Well, the Summer Movie season is practically over, can't believe how fast that went. August is kind of a meh month in terms of movie watching, but hey, award season is coming up, so I'm looking forward to seeing some really great Fall movies (Downton Abbey: The Grand …
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FlixChatter Guest Review: HONEY DON’T (2025) – Smart, sexy, quirky… Ethan Coen’s neo-noir comedy has the makings of a future cult classic
Directed by: Ethan CoenWritten by: Tricia Cooke and Ethan CoenStarring: Margaret Qualley, Aubrey Plaza, Chris Evans, Lera Abova, Charlie Day I haven’t seen Drive-Away Dolls, Ethan Coen and Tricia Cooke’s first installment in the “lesbian B-movie trilogy. Could it have affected my thoughts on Honey Don’t? Probably, but only as a point of reference. So, I …
FlixChatter Review: THE ROSES (2025) – Colman & Cumberbatch make for a fun & feisty pair in this dark comedy about a marital breakdown
Another week, another remake/reimagining of a classic. Now, the appeal of this new interpretation of Warren Adler’s novel is the two leads: Olivia Colman and Benedict Cumberbatch as Ivy and Theo Rose. I vaguely remember seeing the 1989 movie The War of the Roses with Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas, which started with a war of words …
FlixChatter Guest Review: ROW (2025) – UK’s oceanic survival-thriller of a trans-Atlantic rowing excursion gone wrong
Directed by Matthew Losasso Written by Matthew Losasso & Nick Skaugen Row begins with Megan (Bella Dayne) washing ashore in a remote area of Ireland, the apparent sole survivor of an attempted record-breaking trans-Atlantic rowing excursion gone wrong. While recovering, memories of her doomed journey come back to her in fragments. The premise of this …
FlixChatter Review: Highest 2 Lowest (2025) – Denzel is always the highlight of any film and A$ap Rocky delivers, but the score is its lowest point
Highest 2 Lowest marks the fifth time Denzel Washington and Spike Lee have teamed up. This time, Lee decided to reinterpret Akira Kurosawa’s 1963 procedural thriller High and Low, which was based on Ed McBain's novel, King’s Ransom. Lee shifts the focus from a Tokyo shoe executive to a music mogul in modern-day NYC. The …
Revisiting ROMAN HOLIDAY (1953) at EMAGINE Minnesota’s Monthly Secret Movie Night– a beautiful & timeless classic romance
I had the pleasure of hosting the August edition of Secret Movie Night at EMAGINE Willow Creek Theaters last night. It's a monthly event organized by EMAGINE Minnesota that takes place on the second Wednesday of every month at 7 PM. I haven't seen Roman Holiday since 2012, when I first saw it, though I …
Guest Review – Netflix’s HAPPY GILMORE 2 (2025) – Despite a larger budget and famous cameos, this sequel lacks the charm of the original
Legacy sequels are the current trend in Hollywood right now. Top Gun: Maverick was a huge box office success, and studio executives are scrambling to find more sequels to older, famous films. Sequels to Crimson Tide and Days of Thunder are coming to theaters or streaming services soon. Last year’s Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F …
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