There are a plethora of movies inspired by children’s books, and I'm always up for giving them a shot, even if I don't know the story. The Magic Faraway Tree is adapted from the beloved children's fantasy series The Faraway Tree by British author Enid Blyton. First published in the 1930s, these books take place …
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FlixChatter Streaming Double Reviews: ANACONDA (Netflix) + MERCY (Prime)
Welcome to another edition of double reviews. This time, I’m combining two one-word-title movies that recently went to streaming. ANACONDA (Netflix) A group of friends is going through a midlife crisis. They decide to remake a favorite movie from their youth but encounter unexpected events when they enter the jungle. The trailer had me cracking …
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FlixChatter Guest Review: Peaky Blinders: The Immortal Man (2026) — An entertaining but not quite an epic finale to Tommy Shelby’s story
The Peaky Blinders TV series ended back in 2022, but rumors of a new season have been circling around for a few years. Once Cillian Murphy won the Oscar for Best Actor for Oppenheimer, Netflix quickly greenlit a new film that will close out the story of the Peaky Blinders permanently. When the TV series …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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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