Happy New Year! FlixChatter’s 10 Favorite Music Scores + Soundtracks of 2025

Happy New Year, everyone!! 🥂ೃ🍾࿔🎉🌟 Whether you're starting the day bright and fresh or you're still hungover from last night's countdown festivities, I thought I'd welcome y'all with music! ♫♪♬🎼 I'm still working on my Top 10 BEST FILMS list (coming in a week or so), but I've been thinking about some of my favorite …

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FlixChatter Review: The Mastermind (2025) – Josh O’Connor is perfectly cast in Kelly Reichardt’s slow, minimalist heist film

2025 is really Josh O’Connor’s year, and it’s all the better for it. This is the third film I saw where he has a leading or prominent role, and I might try to catch The History Of Sound, where he’s a co-lead with Paul Mescal. Those who are still unfamiliar with the English actor apart …

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Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th Birthday + Ang Lee’s Sense and Sensibility’s 30th Anniversary

Today is Jane Austen’s 250th birthday! She was born on December 16, 1775, and even after 250 years, her words resonate just as clearly as they did back in the Regency era. As a member of Jane Austen Society (JASNA) Minnesota Chapter, my fellow Janeites and I celebrated Miss Austen’s birthday with a festive brunch …

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FlixChatter Double Reviews: neo-Western drama ‘Rebuilding’ and musical fantasy ‘Kiss of The Spider Woman’

Welcome to another Double Reviews edition. While I usually find a common thread when I combine reviews, this time I deliberately chose movies that are completely different from each other. Variety is the spice of life, after all. So here goes! Rebuilding   Josh O’Connor has become one of my favorite actors since his breakout …

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Double reviews of female-led dramas: Rosemead (Lucy Liu) & If I Had Legs I’d Kick You (Rose Byrne)

Hello everyone!! We’re in the midst of a hectic award season, and I’m continually playing catch-up to reviews. Well, in order to save time, I’m going to be posting more combined shorter reviews through the end of January. While I usually find a common thread when I combine reviews, this one shares a theme of …

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FlixChatter’s NOVEMBER Viewing Recap, Mini Review of LOVE+WAR documentary, and Movie of the Month

Happy December, everyone! We're down to the last month of 2025, can you believe it??  To my American friends, I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend. It was nice to get four days off, though they went by too fast 😆 We finally got snow ❄️ this past Saturday, enough to be plowable and …

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FlixChatter’s OCTOBER Viewing Recap + ’52 Films By Women’ Update + Movie of the Month

Happy November, all! 🧡 Two more months until we're done with 2025, wow!! I feel like this past year felt like a blur… I wouldn't say it's been uneventful, but if we're talking about movies, there aren't major releases that made this year extra special. I am still looking forward to some award-worthy films in …

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