Directed by Coralie Fargeat Starring: Demi Moore, Margaret Qualley, Dennis Quaid The Substance is a body-horror-psychological thriller and French Director Coralie Fargeat’s sophomore feature film after 2017’s Revenge. It tells of aging celebrity-turned-fitness-host Elisabeth Sparkle (Demi Moore) who is fired from her show by a venomous executive (Dennis Quaid) as she is no longer able …
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My reviews of movies/TV/trailers
FlixChatter Review: THE CRITIC (2024) – Ian McKellen is always a delight to watch even if the material fails to meet his character’s lofty standards
I love movies set in the world of theater, though the premise of The Critic is intriguing as the center of the story is a theater critic. Directed by Anand Tucker from a script by Patrick Marber, it's an adaptation of Curtain Call, a novel by former film critic Anthony Quinn. I read that Quinn …
JULY viewing recap + Film/TV Mini Reviews + Movie(s) Of the Month
Happy August, everyone! Boy, Summer is so fleeting, I feel like the warm weather has just started (albeit with a ton of rain) and next month is already the 'brrr' month!! Well, I intend to enjoy the last weeks of Summer as much as I can by being outside and attend some outdoor events, glad …
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JUNE viewing recap + Mini Reviews + Movie Of the Month
Happy July, everyone! Right smack dab in the middle of summer, and the weather has been as erratic as ever, the wind is especially nasty lately. Minnesota even made news for all the floods all over the state thanks to all the rain we've been having. There's a 90+% chance of thunderstorms on the Fourth …
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FlixChatter Review: HIT MAN (2024) – A lively crime caper armed with charm and laughs
One of the most buzz-worthy movies out of Venice and TIFF is Hit Man, the latest movie from Richard Linklater starring Glen Powell. Apparently, it's Powell who found the idea for the movie in a 2001 Texas Monthly article about fake assassin Gary Johnson, written by Skip Hollandsworth. He brought it to Linklater, and he ended …
FlixChatter Review – Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
It took over ten years for Mad Max to return to the big screen, originally set to hit theaters back in summer of 2004 and Mel Gibson was set to reprise his iconic role. Unfortunately, the filmmakers ran into some troubles securing locations and budget and the film was put on hold. 11 years later, …
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Everybody’s Chattin’ – Reviews Edition + Brief Hiatus Announcement
Happy Friday everybody! Aren't you excited the weekend is here? For us in the US, it's the weekend before Thanksgiving already, it's nuts how fast time flies! Well this year my hubby and I are spending Thanksgiving apart, actually it'll be thousands of miles apart as he just flew to Jakarta whilst I'll be visiting …
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