I know we've barely escaped Winter yet – there's actually an upcoming Winter storm coming tomorrow until Saturday morning [SIGH], but I'm already anticipating Spring and Summer movies! Wes Anderson's movies don't always get released in the Summer months, in fact, the last one, The French Dispatch, was released in the Fall. I suppose it's …
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Revisiting Nora Ephron’s Sleepless In Seattle (1993) – visiting a few of the movie locations
My hubby and I visited Seattle over the long Presidents' Day weekend, my third visit to the seaport city. Despite its constantly cloudy and rainy weather, Seattle is a wonderful place to visit and I always have a great time there. There have been quite a few movies set in Seattle, 10 Things I Hate …
FlixChatter Review: ELVIS (2022)
I grew up listening to old crooners–Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Andy Williams, etc.–as those were my late mother's favorites. But one singer that she was a huge fan of was Elvis Presley, who left those crooners sidelined when he shook up the world of pop music in the early 50s. I'm not sure how many …
FlixChatter Review: FINCH (2021)
Films set in apocalyptic setting is quite popular in Hollywood and in FINCH we've got Tom Hanks in the title role as practically the last man on earth. He seems to be quite chirpy given living in a post-apocalyptic earth that has devastated the world's civilization. He's singing along to his favorite song as he …
Happy Fall! 🍂 My Favorite Autumn Scenes in YOU’VE GOT MAIL
Happy First Day of Autumn, everyone! I almost forgot about today, even though I had planned on doing a post on Autumn Equinox, which happens to be on Sept. 22. (it's afternoon here in US Central Time as I'm writing this). Nora Ephron's YOU'VE GOT MAIL is one of my all time favorite rom-coms ever …
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The Flix List: List of Misfires from big-name stars/filmmakers that I enjoyed
Many film fans get excited when a film with big named stars or director or both are attached to a project. We assume that the film will be great and studio executives thinks it will be a box office gold and/or Oscar contender during the awards season. Unfortunately, most films with an all-starred cast or …
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FlixChatter Review: NEWS OF THE WORLD (2020)
First, a confession: I'm not a big fan of Westerns. Yes, there have been some Western movies I liked, most notably The Big Country, The Magnificent Seven, 3:10 To Yuma, The Dark Valley (this last one is an Austrian Western!). But when I received a screener of this one, I was intrigued because of Tom …
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