Shazam! Fury of the Gods (2023) Review – not as satisfying a crowd-pleaser as the first movie, but still delivers some laughs

It's a rather slow weekend and a particularly cold one here in the Twin Cities, but for some reason, my hubby and I were in the mood to go to the movies. We loved the first Shazam! movie as it was zany, goofy, and silly but with a huge heart as Billy Batson (Asher Angel) …

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FlixChatter Review: THE MAURITANIAN (2021)

Whenever one hears the words Guantanamo or Gitmo, it usually emits a pretty strong reaction. Honestly, I'm not usually keen on watching films that I know will depict torture, especially one based on a true story. The Mauritanian however, piqued my interested because of the filmmaker, Kevin Macdonald, and cast. French-Algerian actor Tahar Rahim played …

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FlixChatter Review: Shazam! (2019)

There's such a huge anticipation over this movie, and the early reviews have been giddily-positive. I have to say I was caught in a bit of Shazam! fever as well after seeing the second trailer, which promises a boisterous good time. This movie is an origin story of the DC superhero that's originally named Captain …

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FlixChatter Review – THOR : The Dark World

Marvel Studios continues its box office winning streak with an $86 mil US domestic earnings, up about $20 mil from the previous film. It's made nearly a quarter of a billion dollars worldwide already as it's opened internationally a week ago. The filmmakers are well aware that most moviegoers are already familiar w/ the character, …

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Music Break – Favorite fairy tale music inspired by ABC’s ‘Once Upon A Time’

I just started catching up on the ABC show Once Upon A Time this past weekend, so that inspired me to pick the music for today's Music Break. I've only watched two episodes from the first season but I quite like it so far, though some of the acting is a bit over the top. …

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A superhero movie I’d like to see: The Flash

I know what you're thinking, we've got way too many superhero movies as it is, do we really need another one?? But let's face it, whether we like it or not, Hollywood isn't done with 'em anytime soon, and to be fair, some of them are definitely worth seeing. To keep from having superhero flix …

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