With news that Guillermo del Toro's Frankenstein is returning to select theaters in North America for one week, starting today, we got a brand new trailer of The Bride! that sends a jolt of energy to a dreary January! I haven't done a trailer post in ages, but this one looks too good not to share. …
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Double Reviews: Based-on-real-events thrillers THE ORDER + SEPTEMBER 5
Welcome to another FlixChatter double review edition! I thought I’d combine these two films as both are based on real events dealing with threats of terrorism, albeit from two different groups. Both are excellent, gripping thrillers I highly recommend. THE ORDER The Order refers to a Neo-Nazi terrorist group that was active in the U.S. …
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FlixChatter Review: The Lost Daughter (2021)
The Lost Daughter marks another directorial debut from a terrific actress. Earlier this year I saw Passing from Rebecca Hall, and this time it’s Maggie Gyllenhaal behind the camera and also wrote the script based on Elena Ferrante’s novel. Olivia Colman plays Leda, a middle-aged professor of comparative literature vacationing in a Greek island. It’s …
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FlixChatter Review: MR. JONES (2019)
I've always been a fan of journalism film and this film shed a light on a horrifying event that I wasn't familiar about – the Holodomor, the man-made famine-genocide in Ukraine in early 1930s that killed many Ukranians. The story is told through the eyes of Gareth Jones (James Norton), hence the title, a Welsh …
FlixChatter Review: The Magnificent Seven (2016)
I gotta admit, I'm not much of a Western fan. Though interestingly enough, I've liked three western remakes in the past decade: 3:10 To Yuma, True Grit and then this one. Confession: I have NOT seen any of the original films. Now, people who have seen the original films would likely have a different opinion about the remake. …
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Labor Day Weekend Viewing Roundup
Well, it's been a nice, mellow Labor Day weekend for us. No barbeque or picnic this time, we didn't even go to the state fair, we're just not too fond of those, so once every five years is plenty 🙂 I did spent some time shopping for some Hunger Games stuff for my three nieces, …
Musings on An Education
Jenny, a sixteen-year-old straight-A student has her world turned upside down when she meet a worldly suitor, David, who seduces her with her glamorous lifestyle and charming existence. Set in early 60s London, both Jenny and her parents are in for ‘an education’ when David’s true nature is finally revealed. Though dealing with a disturbing …
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