Directed by: Thordur Palsson Written by: Jamie Hannigan While we here in Minnesota are having a relatively mild (albeit wet) summer, it might be hard to imagine being chilled to the bone this time of year. However, today’s movie, with its…
I don’t normally go for horror movies, but I decided to check out A Quiet Place a few years ago and loved it enough to watch Part II. So with this prequel, this marks the first horror franchise I’ve seen in my entire life. The film’s…
There is so much serialized content on streaming right now that it’s tough to figure out which ones to invest your time in. I started the first season of Tokyo Vice over a year ago, and it’s one of the best series I’ve seen in a long time.…
Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me? Yeah, tell that to Andrew McCarthy. The fact is, words can hurt and they have the power to impact us for years, even decades. For McCarthy, these two words had stayed with…
Today marks Summer Solstice 2024, but it’s a somber day for movie lovers everywhere with the passing of acting legend Donald Sutherland. Known for his versatile performances in movies like M*A*S*H, Ordinary People, Don’t Look Now, and The…
A week and a half ago, I read a headline that shocked me, but in a good way. Per EMPIRE, the Academy is currently exploring the possibility of adding a stunt category at the Oscars. Quoted in that EMPIRE article, Academy CEO Bill Kramer…
What do a construction worker who has never acted before and the most famous Shakespeare play have in common? Not much at first glance, but directors Kelly O’Sullivan and Alex Thompson are somehow able to connect two seemingly unrelated…
It’s been nearly a decade since the first Inside Out movie came out. That movie really stood out with its unique depiction of the emotional landscape of the human mind. It’s extra fun for me to see a character from Minnesota, just like the…
This list has been long overdue, as I’ve published this favorite Pixar character list over a decade ago! Well, with the release of Inside Out 2, I thought I’d list my favorite Pixar movies since Toy Story in 1995, nearly 30 years ago.…
One of the most buzz-worthy movies out of Venice and TIFF is Hit Man, the latest movie from Richard Linklater starring Glen Powell. Apparently, it’s Powell who found the idea for the movie in a 2001 Texas Monthly article about fake…
Let me start this review with a confession: I haven’t seen the previous three Bad Boys movies, and my introduction to this franchise is via Edgar Wright’s zany action comedy Hot Fuzz (2007). Can’t believe it’s been almost 30 years since…
I don’t consider myself a big monster movie fan, though I have seen a few that I enjoyed (Pacific Rim rocks!). I still haven’t seen the original Japanese-made Godzilla movie in 1954, but I was curious to see Godzilla Minus One after it won…
I’m particularly intrigued by the premise of EZRA as my 3-year-old nephew has been diagnosed with ASD (autism spectrum disorder). Per the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention), 1 in 36 children have autism, with boys being 4…
Happy June, everyone! May has been a bit of an odd duck weather-wise. An MPR host said the other day that if you don’t like the weather, just wait a few minutes, ha! Sure enough, it’s been alternating between windy, sunny, and rainy in…
Western isn’t my go-to genre, though there are some terrific Westerns that I’ve come to love: Big Country, 3:10 To Yuma (2007 version), Hell or High Water, True Grit, and The Rider, to name a few. This one intrigued me right away because…
Happy Memorial Day! ???????? Just in time for Memorial Weekend, The Blue Angels documentary dropped on Prime Video. My hubby and I had hoped to see this on IMAX, alas it wasn’t playing on any IMAX or Dolby theater near us, so we decided to…
Hollywood loves origin stories but not every character deserves to have their backstories told as a standalone feature. Furiosa however, is one character that not only deserves but demands to have her story told. I’m a huge fan of Mad Max:…
I missed seeing The Last Daughter at MSPIFF even though it’s one of the 15 documentaries I featured in this post. But thanks to a chance meeting with the co-director of the film, Nathaniel Schmidt during the festival, I was able to watch…
May 20th is World Bee Day so I thought I’d post a review of a movie called The Beekeeper ???? This was one of the movies I watched on a recent long flight to Croatia. I wasn’t initially enthused about this, as Jason Statham’s last two…
As Hollywood and international film luminaries descend on Promenade de la Croisette, it makes me dream of being at Cannes. The last time I blogged about the Cannes Film Festival was back in 2021, but reading a few articles from Variety,…
I rolled my eyes when I first learned that Hollywood was making another Planet of the Apes movie. Why can’t they just let a perfectly good trilogy be as they are? Apparently, director Wes Ball felt the same way, that is until he thought…
Ryan Gosling is still riding high from the Barbie movie zeitgeist and his Oscar-nominated performance as Ken. Not to mention the Beavis and Butt-Head SNL sketch that’s becoming another cultural phenomenon. He’s bringing his Ken-ergy to his…
When writer/director Alex Garland announced that his next film was about a civil war in the United States, I was a bit concerned. Considering how divided we are as a country; I didn’t think a film about civil war in this country would be a…
As I watched this film in the middle of covering MSPIFF, I felt like Nowhere Special would’ve been a perfect film to see with an audience at a film festival. I’ve been a fan of James Norton for some time so I’m immediately sold on this…
Hello everyone!! I’m back from my Croatian trip so I’m still feeling a bit jetlagged but grateful to be back home safely. Croatia has been on my bucket list for some time and let’s just say it lives up to the hype!! My hubby and I went to…
Happy last day of April, everyone! It’s an exciting day for me as tomorrow I’ll be taking a long-awaited trip to Croatia! May is our anniversary month + my hubby and I will be celebrating 21 years of marriage ???? That means FlixChatter…
What if the famously multilingual Switzerland suddenly shifts to having just one official language? That’s what Zurich-born filmmaker Peter Luisi imagines in this political satire Bonjour Switzerland. Its original title Bon Schuur Ticino…
The Beast in the Jungle is Henry James’ novella that has been adapted numerous times. This one marks the sixth cinematic adaptation though it’s very loosely based. In fact, Bertrand Bonello and his co-writers Guillaume Bréaud and Benjamin…
Who says women over the age of 80 or even 90 are past their prime? Just ask June Squibb who at the age of 94 stars in her first leading role, in an action movie no less. Squibb plays Thelma, a nonagenarian who lives on her own after her…
Movies that pay homage to cinema are popular it can practically be a genre all its own, and it’s one I am always drawn to. The Movie Teller encompasses the love of movies and the transformative power of motion pictures and storytelling.…