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FlixChatter’s JUNE Viewing Recap + Top 5 Movies of the First Half of 2025

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Happy July, everyone!! JUNE seems to have run away from me as work has been insanely busy. Plus I had some personal things that took up a lot of my time, so I wasn't able to watch and review as many films as I had hoped. Instead of doing mini reviews, I'm merging this post …

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FlixChatter Review: The Ballad of Wallis Island (2025) – this quirky British dramedy hits all the right notes

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There have been quite a few feature films based on shorts, Whiplash, Napoleon Dynamite, and District 9, just to name a few. This one is based on a BAFTA-nominated short film, The One and Only Herb McGwyer Plays Wallis Island, written by its stars Tom Basden and Tim Key, and directed by James Griffiths. Basden …

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