I first heard of The Father (Le Père) when I saw the stage play a few years ago. The play was written by French playwright Florian Zeller and adapted by Christopher Hampton. Zeller teamed up with Hampton once again who wrote the screenplay for the film, and this film became his feature directorial debut. In …
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OCTOBER 2016 Viewing Recap + Movie(s) of the Month
Am I the only one still in disbelief it's November already?? But I'm glad the temp hasn't dipped that much yet, this week's still gonna be in the mid 50s to 60 degrees, which is much warmer than usual, yay! Well, it's no surprise October is the busiest month for me, thanks to TCFF! I also managed to …
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Everybody’s Chattin + Question of the week: Supporting cast you wish got the leading role
I can hardly believe half of the year's already come and gone! It's been a rather odd month for me, but in terms of movie watching, it's rather uneventful. I sure hope the later part of 2015 have better films in store for us... and looking at Katy's list of highly-anticipated movies for the rest of …
FlixChatter [Guest] Review: HERCULES (2014) & Spotlight on Rufus Sewell as Autolycus
I love going to a movie when I’m really not going there to see the movie. This can only mean one thing – Rufus Sewell is once more on the big screen. He played one of Hercules' band of mercenaries, Autolyclus, and wow, did he ever buff up for this role. He also got to …
Question of the Week: Which films with great ensemble cast that fail to deliver?
It really pains me that the movie that *inspired* me for this edition of Question of the Week is one I've actually been looking forward to for some time. When I first blogged about it in January 2013, I was super duper excited about the cast. The movie is called The Deadly Game in the UK, …
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Weekend Roundup & MSPIFF14 double reviews starring Juliette Binoche
Happy Monday everyone! Hope you all had a lovely Easter weekend. I took a bit of a break from blogging this weekend, but this week has been pretty busy in terms of movie watching. It's the last week of the MSPIFF 2014 and I saw three more films, one short of what I intended to see but …
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Music Break: Philip Glass’ The Illusionist score
As tonight I'll be seeing Now You See Me tonight, a crime thriller about a team of illusionists pulling off bank heists during their performances, I thought this week's music break would have a similar theme of magic. The Illusionist is essentially a love story based on Steven Millhauser's short story, "Eisenheim the Illusionist." The …
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