The first season of Beef achieved something that’s rare in Hollywood. A TV series with two Asian American leads that wasn’t about martial arts action or silly stereotype comedy. It was about two regular people who happen to be Asian Americans, and they live regular lives like most Americans. They also have issues, and the …
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FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s Voicemails for Isabelle (2026)—Love in the time of loss: Zoey Deutch balances grief and romance
Netflix rom-coms don’t have a good track record, so I was a bit skeptical about this one. However, after a few friends said it was pretty good, my curiosity got the better of me. The blind-connection premise immediately reminds me of Nora Ephron’s You’ve Got Mail, one of my favorite rom-coms ever. So I appreciate …
FlixChatter Review: Netflix’s APEX (2026) – Fierce Charlize battles freaky Taron in this gnarly but predictable survival thriller
To be frank, my expectations for Netflix Original Movies aren't particularly high. However, I find myself curious about APEX due to its cast. The last film featuring Charlize Theron was the dreadful The Old Guard 2, so I thought it couldn't possibly be worse than that. On the flip side, Taron Edgerton has starred in …
FlixChatter Guest Review: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) — An entertaining but not quite an epic finale to Tommy Shelby’s story
The Peaky Blinders TV series ended back in 2022, but rumors of a new season have been circling around for a few years. Once Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for Best Actor for Oppenheimer, Netflix quickly greenlit a new film that will close out the story of the Peaky Blinders permanently. When the TV series …
FlixChatter Review: The Rip (2026) – Affleck’s + Damon’s loyalties are put to the test in Netflix’s noir cop thriller
Movies about dirty cops are a dime a dozen in Hollywood, and it's always been a popular genre. They bring exciting moral dilemmas and delve into the darker aspects of human nature and power. With the current situation in my city regarding ICE and their reckless and dehumanizing Operation Metro Surge, these narratives resonate personally …
FlixChatter Review: Train Dreams (2025) – A stunning, pensive historical drama anchored in Joel Edgerton’s quiet, soulful performance
The award-nominated duo behind SING SING, Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley, crafts another phenomenal cinematic project, Train Dreams. They both love crafting narratives that draw from real-life elements and settings. Instead of confining the story indoors in an active prison, they set this film mainly in the great outdoors in the Pacific Northwest, specifically in …
FlixChatter Review: A House of Dynamite (2025) – Bigelow expertly crafts a nail-biting nightmare scenario scarier than most horror tales this Halloween season
I saw A House of Dynamite just hours after hearing news that Putin was running missile drills to check Russia’s nuclear readiness, sending a clear message to his rivals that he has the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world. Knowing that makes watching this timely doomsday political thriller even more eerie. The film kicks off …