Everything about this movie, from the premise, cast and even the poster screamed 'smart, riveting thriller.' The nice thing is, it lives up to my expectation, and then some. This is Russell Crowe's strongest performance since The Insider 10 years ago. Of course I loved him in Gladiator, but it's his amazingly credible role as …
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Flixchatter Review: The Soloist
I almost didn't watch this one as the Blockbuster nearby didn't have a copy. We've been circling around the New Releases section twice and on to the older flicks aisles, and still couldn't agree on something none of us had seen or wanted to watch. So my hubby and a couple of buddies of mine …
Flixchatter Review: District 9
It's nearly eleven hours since I saw the movie and its effect lingers with me still. I haven't been this blown away by something I saw at the movies since The Dark Knight last year. Just like that blockbuster, I can say this with confidence, BELIEVE THE HYPE. But unlike the caped crusader tale, District …
Return to Me – The beautiful, poignant chickflix nobody’s ever seen!
I can't remember exactly how I stumbled upon RETURN TO ME years ago, but I am sure glad I did. Now I'm not a huge fan of chickflix in general, especially those with the quintessential formula of ‘boy meets girl, boy and girl fall in love, boy loses girl, boy gets girl back and they …
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FlixChatter Review: The Painted Veil
This is one of the most touching and poignant movie I've seen in a very long time. The tag line says "Sometimes the greatest journey is the distance between two people." And what a journey it really is. The story takes place in China in the 1920s, which tells the story of a mid-class doctor …
Flixchatter Review: The Reader
There's not much you can do when you're stuck on 20+ hours flight, except well, catch up on movies you might not have seen. That's what I did on I flew to Indonesia recently. I happened to catch Last Chance Harvey on the outbound flight (which I'll review soon) and The Reader on the flight …
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