I saw this film and She Said within a day of each other. Both films deal with sexual assault towards women and are based on real events, but while Harvey Weinstein’s scandals are all over the news, few are aware of the story of Mennonite women (not to be confused with the Amish community). Though …
Tag: Rooney Mara
FlixChatter Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)
With a name like Nightmare Alley and directed by Guillermo del Toro, those unfamiliar with the source material might assume it's a horror movie. That's what I thought before the trailer rolled around last September, but there is actually no ghost, ghoulish creatures or supernatural elements in this film. That does not mean there is no …
This Just In! Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer
It's been four years since Guillermo del Toro won a Best Picture Oscar for The Shape of Water, and this is the first feature film he's worked on since. Of course it's not the only film that had to shut down because of the pandemic. Per this Indiewire article, they stopped the shoot when shooting …
Continue reading This Just In! Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer
Mini Reviews: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) + Wind River (2017)
Happy Monday everyone! It's been a pretty hectic week last week with freelance gigs, script updates, etc. There's a hint of Spring (finally!) after such a long and pretty miserable Winter, in fact, we pretty much hibernated most weekends the past couple of months. Well, that gave us a chance to catch up on a …
Continue reading Mini Reviews: The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011) + Wind River (2017)
FlixChatter Review: Kubo And The Two Strings (2016)
Directed by Travis Knight | Written by Marc Haimes and Chris Butler Featuring the voices of: Art Parkinson, Charlize Theron, Matthew McConaughey, Rooney Mara, Brenda Vaccaro and George Takei. This latest film from Laika is a 3D stop-motion animated film. It tells the story of Kubo, a boy who comes across the ocean as a baby, adrift …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Kubo And The Two Strings (2016)
FlixChatter Review: PAN (2015)
Hollywood's obsession with origin stories continue with this latest reimagining of Peter Pan story. The story is set during the WW II Blitz era London and centers on the 12-year-old orphan Peter (Levi Miller) who lives in cheerless orphanage run by heartless and cunning nuns. But of course we know he won't stay there for long …
FlixChatter Review: Spike Jonze’s HER
Once in a while, a film you hadn't heard much about suddenly sneaked in and took your breath away. In 2013, that film for me was HER. In its simplistic terms, Spike Jonze's sci-fi drama is about a guy who falls in love with an Operating System. Yes, that alone is downright bizarre, which at …
FLIXCHATTER FILM BLOG 