FlixChatter Review: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)

Let me preface this by saying that I wasn't initially super excited for this movie. I felt that it was overhyped and I remember limiting my time on social media due to the fatigue of the relentless promos for this. But days before its release, my hubby and I rewatched the previous movie, Spider-Man: Far …

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FlixChatter Review: Nightmare Alley (2021)

With a name like Nightmare Alley and directed by Guillermo del Toro, those unfamiliar with the source material might assume it's a horror movie. That's what I thought before the trailer rolled around last September, but there is actually no ghost, ghoulish creatures or supernatural elements in this film. That does not mean there is no …

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This Just In! Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ Trailer

It's been four years since Guillermo del Toro won a Best Picture Oscar for The Shape of Water, and this is the first feature film he's worked on since. Of course it's not the only film that had to shut down because of the pandemic. Per this Indiewire article, they stopped the shoot when shooting …

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THE LIGHTHOUSE (2019)

Directed by: Robert Eggers Screenplay by: Robert Eggers, Max Eggers In his best performance to date, Robert Pattinson plays a lighthouse apprentice assigned to a much older keeper played by Willem Dafoe. Set in Nova Scotia in the 1890’s, this film takes place in an isolated lighthouse. As a never-ending storm rages, the men fight to …

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Netflix Original Movie: The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

Oh where do I begin with this one… frankly, I'm still a bit discombobulated by what I just watched last night. When I saw the trailer over a week ago, The Last Thing He Wanted looks like an intriguing political thriller, and the fact that acclaimed writer/director Dee Rees is at the helm made me …

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TCFF 2017 Interviews: Lea Thompson, Madelyn + Zoey Deutch AND filmmakers/ musicians Jack & Kitty

There are SO many things going on during Twin Cities Film Fest! It's fun to see filmmakers and talents coming to present their films and see them do the red carpet interviews! This year I've a couple of bloggers helping me out not just in reviewing stuff but also in doing interviews. That's super helpful …

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Philip Seymour Hoffman Blogathon – A Most Wanted Man (2014) review

This review is part of Epileptic Moondancer's PSH blogathon. I selected the second last completed movie by Hoffman before his death. He died a week after the premiere of the film at the Sundance Film Festival. A Most Wanted Man A Chechen Muslim illegally immigrates to Hamburg, where he gets caught in the international war on terror. …

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