The Twin Cities Film Fest continues! I didn't sign up to volunteer Wednesday night, so right after work, hubby and I headed downtown to see the John Lennon childhood biopic Nowhere Boy. Playing at the same time on AMC Theater 1 was Phasma Ex Machina, which was attended by its director Matt Osterman. Machina is …
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Labor Day Weekend Roundup: Kick-Ass, Expendables, Purple Rose of Cairo
Happy Wednesday, folks! Hope your weekend was a good one. Well, mine was hectic to say the least, part of the weekend I was working on my fantasy movie pitch, speaking of which, have you read it yet? Well, Clooney is box office king this weekend with The American. I didn't see it though, I …
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FlixChatter Review: The Other Guys
It's a super hot Saturday afternoon and all I wanted to do was cool off in a movie theater and watch a Summer popcorn flick! I saw the trailer when I posted it on the Mark Wahlberg's spotlight post and I found it pretty funny. Well, I'm happy to report that the movie lived up …
FlixChatter Review: Inception (2020)
It's been more than twelve hours since the movie ended, yet I'm still mulling it over, spewing quotes from the movie, and can't stop thinking about it. Nolan's films infiltrate the minds, kind of like when you just wake up from a vivid dream and still feel trapped between the dream world and reality. Dreams …
DVD Review: Nine
"Style is the new content," Kate Hudson's character Stephanie, an American fashion journalist working for Vogue told Guido Contini. Well, that's about sums up the sensibility of this movie, which is nothing short of style over substance. Based on Frederico Fellini's 8-1/2 (reviewed by guest blogger Rockerdad), it centers on the renowned Italian director Guido …
Rental Pick: Cinema Paradiso (1988)
I saw Cinema Paradiso a few months ago during our monthly gals' movie night, but I haven't had a chance to write a review on it. Since I just watched Nine recently, which shares a 'cinema italiano' theme, why not do the review back-to-back? (The Nine review will be up tomorrow.) While the theme and …
Flixchatter Review: Invictus
On the plane ride back home, I wasn't able to fall asleep right away. So what's better than catching up on flicks I've missed and Invictus is one I had been wanting to see (I wrote a post on it back in October). The Clint Eastwood-directed flick tells the inspiring true story of how Nelson …
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