Directed by Simon McQuoid Starring: Karl Urban, Adeline Rudolph, Jessica McNamee, Josh Lawson, Ludi Lin, Mehcad Brooks, Martyn Ford, Tadanobu Asano, Damon Herriman, Lewis Tan Admittedly, to this day, I haven’t spent any time playing the video game or getting to know Mortal Kombat’s universe. But no one can deny the game’s popularity, even to …
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FlixChatter Guest Review: BALLISTIC (2026) – Lena Heady is intense as a grieving, vengeful mother
Directed by Chad FaustStarring: Lena Heady, Hamza Haq, Amybeth McNulty, Amanda Brugel, Enrico Colantoni, Jordan Kronis Nance (Headey) is a munitions factory worker in a small Ohio factory town. As a proud working-class mom of military son Jesse (Kronis), things start to unravel when he is killed on a mission abroad by a bullet manufactured …
FlixChatter Guest Review – 28 YEARS LATER: THE BONE TEMPLE (2026) – Garland’s human story and Fiennes’ artistry make this horror sequel a must-watch
Directed by: Nia DaCosta Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Alfie Williams, Jack O’Connell, Erin Kellyman, Chi Lewis-Parry The Bone Temple is the sequel to last year’s very good 28 Years Later, which was a fairly low-key affair as zombie movies go and much different than its predecessor, 2007’s 28 Weeks Later. A coming-of-age story dressed in rage-virus …
FlixChatter Guest Review – SISU 2: Road to Revenge (2025) – Less complex than SISU 1 but doubles down on the choreographed violence and deadly action
Directed by Jalmari HelanderStarring: Jorma Tommila, Stephen Lang, Richard Brake Every film has its place. In the classic sense, movies were created to escape, entertain, and create a visceral reaction from their audience – whether that be laughter, shock, horror and hopefully a certain sense of satisfaction. The Sisu franchise follows this path. Straight from …
FlixChatter Guest Review: CHRISTY (2025) – Sydney Sweeney knocks it out of the park in a boxing biopic that presents a realistic depiction of abuse
Directed by David MichôdWritten by Mirrah Foulkes, David MichôdStarring: Sydney Sweeney, Ben Foster, Merrit Wever, Katy O’Brian In real life, most people on the outside only get a glimpse of spousal abuse. As outsiders, we only see what leaks out beyond closed doors. But there is a bigger picture: the grooming, the control, the emotional …
FlixChatter Guest Review: BUGONIA (2025) – Lanthimos’ dark satire reflects the strange paranoia of our time and hits the mark with eerie precision
Directed by Yorgos LanthimosStarring: Emma Stone, Jesse Plemons, Aidan Delbis, Alicia Silverstone The endlessly inventive Yorgos Lanthimos is back once again, reuniting with his now-regular muse Emma Stone for their third collaboration — and bringing along Jesse Plemons for their second team-up after 2024’s Kinds of Kindnesses. His latest, Bugonia, is an English-language remake of …
FlixChatter Guest Review: BLACK PHONE 2 (2025) – This horror sequel cranks up the gore and violence, but it’s a slight step down from the original
Directed by: Scott DerricksonWritten by: Scott Derrickson, C. Robert CargillStarring: Mason Thames, Madeleine McGraw, Jeremy Davies, Miguel Mora, Demián Bichir, Ethan Hawke This year’s latest Halloween offering from Blumhouse means to capitalize on it’s OG big brother, 2022’s excellent The Black Phone, reviewed here on Flixchatter by our very own Laura Schaubschlager. That film’s understated quality, …
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