There’s been a ton of buzz around this film since this film premiered at Sundance and became the highest sales coup when Netflix bought it for $20 Million. It’s especially notable that this psychological thriller is a directorial debut from a female filmmaker, Chloe Domont. The story is set in a world of high finance …
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Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery (2022) Review – Rian Johnson’s fun whodunit takes jabs at excess wealth + toxic influencer culture
I’ve been anticipating the sequel to Knives Out for some time now. The 2019 movie was nominated for Best Original Screenplay and stands as one of my top 10 of that year. Instead of gloomy and gray New England, detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig, enjoying himself even more here) now travels to a bright, sunny …
Double Trailers Spotlight – Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery + CHEVALIER
It's been a while since I posted a trailer and today a couple of them caught my eye. One of them is one of my most-anticipated holiday releases and the other is one I hadn't even heard of before but the subject matter intrigued me! So let's start with the one coming out on Netflix …
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Happy Star Wars Day! Ranking the Star Wars (live-action) films
Happy Star Wars Day, everyone! Now, to preface this post, I should say that I'm not exactly a SW super fan, despite having grown up in the 80s with two older brothers who loves the franchise. They were only seven years old when the first film was released in 1977, but I remember they watched …
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FlixChatter Review: Knives Out (2019)
With a provocative title like Knives Out, the film had better be a sharp murder mystery. Fortunately, writer/director Rian Johnson and his stellar ensemble cast delivered! The film embraces the tropes of the whodunnit genre – the wealthy dysfunctional family, the historic mansion, and an eccentric detective investigating the case... but it cleverly turned it …
Musings on Star Wars: Rise of the Skywalker (2019)
So here we are... forty two years after the first ever Star Wars film opened in 1977, the final chapter of the Skywalker saga is released. There was a huge anticipation for Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker, naturally, given its place in the franchise history as the final conclusion. In preparation for this, my …
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Trailers Spotlight: ‘Knives Out’ and HULU’s ‘Four Weddings & A Funeral’ miniseries
Film/Show trailers come out every day, but only a few are worth posting about. Well, yesterday TWO trailers came out that caught my eye. Yes they couldn't be more different from each other in terms of plot, tone and setting, but I'm excited for both! So let's start with the Rian Johnson's star-studded whodunnit thriller... …
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