I'm always drawn to movies filmed in the Pacific Northwest because the landscapes are just stunning. The Weight takes place in Oregon back in 1933, right in the middle of the Great Depression, when the U.S. government was about to take control of the gold supply. The movie centers on Ethan Hawke's grounded, gritty performance …
Tag: Russell Crowe
FlixChatter Review: NUREMBERG (2025) – Explores the banality of evil through a psychological cat-and-mouse dynamic, Crowe and Malek make for a compelling duo
There is no shortage of films and documentaries already made about WWII and the holocaust, so the trick for filmmakers is to find a fresh angle to tell the story. James Vanderbilt found his angle for Nuremberg via a book by American journalist Jack El-Hai’s The Nazi and the Psychiatrist, which highlights the relationship between …
FlixChatter Review – THOR: Love and Thunder (2022)
Most MCU movies are usually critics-proof, which means people will flock to is regardless of its critical rating. Even more so when it’s by Hollywood’s filmmaker du jour Taika Waititi since the smash hit that was Thor Ragnarok. The third Thor movie revitalized the franchise with its zany and hugely entertaining cosmic adventure, largely thanks …
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FlixChatter: UNHINGED (2020)
Road rage can be a scary thing. From angry drivers dangerously tailgating or cutting off the targets of their fury to actually pulling weapons on them, you never know when someone is going to snap. That said, I don't think anyone has seen the level of road rage one man brings to this latest thriller. …
FlixChatter Review – The Mummy (2017)
Hoping to start their shared universe of monster films, Universal decided to reboot one of their earlier successful franchises with The Mummy. With Disney and Warner Bros. ranking in big dollars at the box office with their superhero flicks, Universal is hoping this so called Dark Universe will bring in big money for them as …
Five for the Fifth: DECEMBER 2016 Edition
Welcome to FlixChatter's primary blog series! As is customary for this monthly feature, I get to post five random news item/observation/poster, etc. and then turn it over to you to share your take on that given topic. You can see the previous five-for-the-fifth posts here. 1. We're now on the last FFTF edition of 2016, wow! Well, …
Weekend Roundup + Quick thoughts on ‘The Nice Guys’ (2016)
Hello all! It's been quite a whirlwind week for me, what with the TCFF gala on Thursday and also the MN filmmakers interviews on Saturday. But it was a good kind of busy and definitely excited for the 2016 TCFF lineup this year! One of the filmmakers I interviewed was Remy Auberjonois, whose film Blood …
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