FlixChatter Review: The Legend of Ochi (2025) – A24’s first family-friendly movie brings a sense of awe and wonder to a familiar creature feature

From Steven Spielberg's E.T., Dean DeBlois's How To Train Your Dragon, and Netflix’s The Sea Beast, there is something so enchanting about seeing a young person connecting with a peculiar, misunderstood creature like nobody else could and discovering themselves in the process. A coming-of-age story involving a kid befriending a 'forbidden' creature is a familiar …

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MSPIFF 2025 Week 1 Recap – Films that I saw + A conversation with Oscar-winning filmmaker Ang Lee

We were blessed with 'mostly' fantastic weather last week and a gloriously sunny weekend as I attended MSPIFF! Thank God for that, as there have been years where I had to cancel screening plans due to a snowstorm in April. My hubby and I even took a stroll by the Mississippi River in between screenings. …

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