Oscar Watch 2023: Oppenheimer
If more biopics were like Oppenheimer, I wouldn’t be complaining about how dull they often are. Against all odds and my own personal ...
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Oscar Watch 2023: Maestro
Biopics are generally pretty bad, right? As a society, we’ve essentially deemed that biographical films on an artist or person’s life tend to ...
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Review: Priscilla
I don’t know why, exactly, we’re seeing such a strong output of Elvis Presley-related movies recently between Elvis and Priscilla. Whatever the reason, it’s allowed ...
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Review: Oppenheimer
In the months leading up to Oppenheimer, It had to share the spotlight with Greta Gerwig’s Barbie. The simultaneous release of the two films, dubbed by the ...
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Miyazaki Marathon: The Wind Rises
With the upcoming release of Miyazaki’s 12th (and possibly final) film, How Do You Live?, we at Flixist will be taking a look at Miyazaki’s ...
Review: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story
Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a love letter to and satire of music biopics. That shouldn’t really be surprising just by looking at ...
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NYCC 2022: Weird: The Al Yankovic Story is a 100% accurate biopic of Weird Al
If you’re a fan of comedy music, you know who Weird Al is. Even if you’re not a fan of his work, you’ve ...
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Review: Blonde
It will always be a tricky act for filmmakers in attempting to adapt the life story of larger-than-life figures to the silver screen. ...
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Golden Cages 2021: Best Actress
2021 has mercifully ended, which means it’s that time of the year again when the Flixist staff gathers around for our 2021 Golden ...
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Daniel Radcliffe set to portray Weird Al in upcoming biopic
In possibly the strangest bit of casting news in quite some time, it has been announced that Daniel Radcliffe (of Harry Potter fame) ...
Review: Tick, tick…Boom!
Tick, tick…boom! is the story of Jonathan Larson, playwright and composer extraordinaire, the man behind the musical Rent. Larson’s life was one of ...
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Review: The Eyes of Tammy Faye
You know, faith-based movies get a bad rap nowadays. It’s a well-deserved bad rap thanks to the years of just absolutely awful Christian ...