As the holidays are approaching, there are a bunch of new movies coming that are set at Christmas time. Well, Small Things Like These takes place over Christmas in 1985, but this is NOT a warm and fuzzy holiday movie. Adapted from the Booker Prize-nominated novel by Claire Keegan, it’s a sobering film dealing with …
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2024 Oscars Predictions – FlixChatter picks on who will win + who should win
Happy Oscars Eve! Time for the obligatory predictions, it's currently about 24 hours away until the 96th Oscar winners are announced. Just like last year, I have actually managed to see nine out of the ten nominees. The one I haven't seen is Killers of the Flower Moon (it's nearly 3.5 hours long!) but hey, …
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Minnesota Film Critics Alliance 2024 Awards are here! ‘Oppenheimer’ wins seven MNFCA awards, including Best Picture
Members of the Minnesota Film Critics Alliance have spoken! Every January, ahead of the Academy Awards, MNFCA members get to select nominees for the MNFCA Awards. The historical fiction Oppenheimer by director Christopher Nolan has been nominated in 13 categories, the most by any film in MNFCA history. Also with a strong showing in this …
FlixChatter’s Top 10 Films of 2023 + 20 Honorable Mentions
Happy Monday, everyone! My list of best/favorite movies of 2023 is here! I realize that I'm running a bit behind in posting my top 10 list... per my blog tradition, I usually wait until mid-January, but I waited another week so I could watch a couple of films I meant to see before I posted …
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2024 Oscar Nominations – Musings on the egregious snubs + enchanting surprises
So the day movie fans/pundits have been waiting for is here… Oscar nominations were announced this morning by Zazie Beetz and Jack Quaid. Well, there's no repeat of Barbenheimer competition at the Oscars. Despite Barbie winning the box office with $1.4 billion worldwide (while Oppenheimer has made $946 million), Christopher Nolan's opus of the father …
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2024 Oscar Nominations are less than 24 hours away – My Final Predictions
Happy Oscar Nominations Eve, everyone! I don't usually predict the nominations, but I feel like this year I have a slightly better idea as to which movies and which actors might get nominated. Some are guaranteed, and of course, there are plenty that are wild cards. I mean, that's part of the fun of making …
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What I Watched in JULY 2023 + Mini Reviews + My Pick of Movie Of the Month
Happy AUGUST!! Wow, we're practically a month away from Fall, where has Summer gone?? It was definitely a good month for the movie theater industry as the entire world was gripped by Barbenheimer fever! Glad I got to see both on the big screen, but I probably won't rewatch them again until both hit streaming. …
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