Portugal on my mind – Films/TV series set in Lisbon, Algarve, and the Portuguese Riviera

Jeremy Irons in Night Train To Lisbon Happy weekend, everyone!! FlixChatter is going on holiday!! 🇵🇹🏖️🌴😎 In fact, I've just finished packing as I was typing this. My hubby and I are going to Portugal for 10 days, to fulfill our bucket list we've had for ages! Since we both had a milestone birthday this …

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Music Break: 5 Great Themes from 5 Favorite Action Flicks

As an action movies fanatic, I also love the music that accompanies them. Here's a list of some great themes from action movies throughout the years. Black Rain Chase to the Steel Plant by Hans Zimmer http://youtu.be/779h6lm2Z-w Hans Zimmer has been the go to guy for composing big Hollywood tent pole pictures within the last 15 …

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Long Weekend Roundup: An underrated Bond flick, a Sci-fi Horror and some TV Watching

Happy post-Thanksgiving weekend! Hope those of you in the States enjoyed your long weekend off, spending time with family and perhaps got some sweet deals from Black Friday? I was quite bummed that I missed the Amazon big sale on the Pixar's BRAVE 3-disc- st blu-ray, it was only $8 bucks on Thursday from 2-6pm …

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007 Chatter: (Ian) Fleming’s Bond – The James Bond of the original novels compared to the 007 movies Part 2

Welcome to another edition of 007Chatter! Just because Skyfall has been released in the US now, doesn't mean we can't continue talking about Bond. So this is the second part of Marcus' post where he compared the Ian Fleming's Novels to the Bond Films. In this post, Marcus takes a closer look at what is …

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007 Chatter: (Ian) Fleming’s Bond – The James Bond of the original novels compared to the 007 movies Part 1

October is Bond month as the producers are celebrating the 50 year anniversary of the first Bond film, Dr. No, which opened in the UK on on October 5, 1962. In addition to the Skyfall countdown, here at FlixChatter we are taking an in-depth look into the world's most popular movie franchise and its origins. …

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Five for the Fifth October 2012: Spy Edition

Hello folks, since October 5 2012 edition of Five of the Fifth happens to fall on Bond's 50th Anniversary, all the questions have a SPY theme in honor of our super spy 007. As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to …

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