FlixChatter Review: How To Train Your Dragon (2025) – This live-action adaptation delivers a fun ride but can’t quite capture the magic of the animated original

The first How To Train Your Dragon animated movie was released 15 years ago. When Universal announced they were going to make a live-action version, I immediately rolled my eyes. I’m just over studios rehashing the same stories, similar to what Disney does with its endless stream of live-action films based on animated classics. They …

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Movies/Series I Watched in March 2024 + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month

Happy April, everyone! I'm getting a bit of Spring Fever even though we just got a bunch of snow a week ago. Temps are steadily increasing here in my neck of the woods, in the southeast suburbs of Minneapolis. Well, one thing I'm super excited about this month is MSPIFF which arrives on April 11 …

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FlixChatter Review: DUMBO (2019)

It seems that every year now we'll be treated to a live action of Disney's animated movies. Now, I actually quite like Cinderella, Beauty & The Beast, Jungle Book, and I'm curiously anticipating Aladdin. As for Dumbo, I actually don't remember much of the original. I only watched a scene of Dumbo and his mother …

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