FlixChatter Review: A House of Dynamite (2025) – Bigelow expertly crafts a nail-biting nightmare scenario scarier than most horror tales this Halloween season 

I saw A House of Dynamite just hours after hearing news that Putin was running missile drills to check Russia’s nuclear readiness, sending a clear message to his rivals that he has the biggest nuclear arsenal in the world. Knowing that makes watching this timely doomsday political thriller even more eerie. The film kicks off …

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FlixChatter Review – Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning (2025) – Tom Cruise cheats death with gusto once more in a finale packed with action & melodrama

The Mission: Impossible franchise hits a big milestone this year… nearly three decades ago, the first film starring Tom Cruise opened in 1996. The Final Reckoning has a lot on its plate, working hard to say a fitting farewell to Cruise’s Ethan Hunt and his beloved franchise. It’s also designed to tie up loose ends …

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FlixChatter Review: DUNE Part Two – Denis Villeneuve’s magnum opus is even more mesmerizing than the first

After a three-year wait, the sci-fi cinematic event from Denis Villeneuve is here! I’m a huge fan of Part One, which was my #1 film of 2021, so I couldn’t wait for Part Two. Because this is a continuation of the first, not a sequel per se, I knew I could safely expect the same kind …

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TV Review: SILO (S1) – Rebecca Ferguson shines in Apple TV+’s dystopian sci-fi noir

I’m a huge fan of Rebecca Ferguson since BBC's series The White Queen so when I found out she's starring in another TV show, I had to watch it. Based on the Wool book series by Hugh Howey, it’s set in post-apocalyptic earth where around 10,000 residents live in a self-sustaining subterranean city with 144 …

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FlixChatter Review – Mission Impossible: Dead Reckoning Part One (2023) – the story takes a back seat to breathtaking action, but the sky-high level of craftsmanship still makes this franchise so irresistible.

What started out as an ensemble TV series has long become a cinematic star vehicle for Tom Cruise. I’ve highlighted in this post how Cruise would go above and beyond in the name of entertainment, risking his own life to bring ‘something we’ve never seen before’ in one death-defying action sequence after another. As Proximo …

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THIS JUST IN! The breathtaking trailer of DUNE Part 2 + tidbits on the new cast members: Florence Pugh, Austin Butler, Lea Seydoux & Christopher Walken

Woo wee!!! Thank you WARNER BROS + Denis Villeneuve for brightening up this sleepy hump day with this glorious new trailer. I had already been anticipating it since the brief teaser yesterday promised us a longer trailer and it came exactly on time as promised at 9 AM PT/11 AM CST. Behold… https://youtu.be/Way9Dexny3w OH MY! …

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Five favorite scenes of Denis Villeneuve’s DUNE Part 1 – in anticipation of Part 2

Taking a bit of a break from reviewing #MSPIFF movies as I had too much going on today to work on any review. Wish I were at #CinemaCon this week! Twitter is all abuzz with footage of Dune Part 2 trailer which sounds absolutely phenomenal. Director Denis Villeneuve and stars Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya were …

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