I usually included a TV section on my monthly recap but I thought I'd do a separate post to do a mini-review of both series. I know that these two series couldn't be more different from each other in terms of tone, style, and vibe, but they do have three things in common: they have …
Hello all, happy last week of January! Well, it's another hectic week… as some of you know if you read this post, I have my work cut out for me now that I've embarked on my first short film project! Well, suffice to say I barely have time to blog these days, so sorry for …
Continue reading Weekend Roundup + Quick thoughts on ‘The Founder’ (2017)
There's something so refreshingly frank about this movie right from the start. Though it deals with a difficult subject of terminal illness, the movie is both heartwarming and genuinely funny. The 'Me' in the title is Greg (Thomas Mann), who spends most of his free time making parodies of classic films with his friend, whom …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl (2015)
I'm a big fan of the TV show 21 Jump Street, heck I think I've seen every episodes of the show during its original run. When it was announced that a movie version was coming to the big screen, I was bit a skeptical. I mean how are they going to turn a soap opera …
We've seen a plethora of movie tie-in with the LEGO company for a long time. From the Lord of the Rings to Star Wars, there's pretty much a LEGO version of pretty much any franchise. So it's really a matter of time that these colorful interlocking plastic bricks have a movie of their own, I'm …
Oh who doesn't love LEGO®. The colorful interlocking plastic bricks and an accompanying array of gears are perhaps one of the most universally-loved toys in the world. I actually saw a documentary of LEGO on the inception of that company in Billund, Denmark in 1949. I doubt inventor Ole Kirk Christiansen would ever imagine that …
Continue reading Upcoming Flix Spotlight: The LEGO® Movie Fun Featurettes
When I first saw this trailer, I've got to admit that I found the premise to be quite hilarious. Former SNL cast member Jason Sudekis plays a small-time pot dealer David, who has to assemble a fake family for a mission to transport a 'smidgen' of pot from Mexico. He's convinced that under the disguise …
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