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By Arty Chick, on January 11th, 2010
 Terry Gilliam does not make mainstream movies. They are always quirky and The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus is no exception. Part of the strangeness this time is that (as anyone who has not been living in an underground lair is aware) Heath Ledger died while they were shooting and they had to come up with a way to finish it without him. So for three fantasy sequences in the movie (that somehow make perfect sense anyway), the character Tony meant to be portrayed by HL is played instead by Johnny [... Keep reading]
By Arty Chick, on December 24th, 2009
 I’ve heard it described as Dances with Aliens and that is a pretty good description, though I think Dances with Wolves had better character development. Avatar tells the story of a paraplegic soldier, Jake, who goes to the planet Pandora where evil corporate humans want to mine for a super-expensive, rare mineral, but the local population (Na’ vi) stands in the way. Jake is taking his dead brother’s place in a science program that infiltrates the Na’ vis by using avatars, earth people inhabiting Na’ vi bodies as they sleep in the lab. At first Jake is [... Keep reading]
By Arty Chick, on November 18th, 2009
It was a rainy, cold afternoon and just seemed like the perfect day to pop into a warm, dry theater for some mindless entertainment, so I settled on 2012 mainly because I am a John Cusack fan. And if you’re looking for mindless, this is the film to see. But be forewarned, it is not your usual disaster flick; this one clocks in at 2 hours and 40 minutes.
The basic premise is that the earth is coming to an end; the Mayan prophecy was right. Some strange sunburst activity has created this neutrino effect that has [... Keep reading]
By Arty Chick, on September 20th, 2009
So, what is coming up this fall? More for the chicks, one can only hope. Usually, post-summer we get back to having adult fare and start the march to the Oscar race. The list below is wide releases. If you are in New York or Los Angeles, you will have a much wider choice. For the rest of us, there are a few gems and a bit of dreck. But that’s just my opinion. What do you think?
My choices as chickflix are marked with **. Others I would see are ***.
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By Arty Chick, on September 12th, 2009
 9 is a strange little animated film, and I really had no idea what I was getting into when I went. Basically it is a dark, animated Terminator for kids. Machines took over the world and went to war with man and in the post-apocalyptic world that is left, a small group of burlap sack dolls wages a final battle against the Machine that killed the world.
I went thinking it was a Tim Burton movie, and he is credited as a producer, but it is directed by Shane Acker, who co-wrote the screenplay as well. [... Keep reading]
By Mainstream Chick, on August 29th, 2009
 District 9 is basically a war movie wrapped in a science fiction movie. And I don’t particularly like war movies or science fiction. So that could explain why I’m so conflicted about this flick.
The movie is an allegory for all sorts of things: xenophobia, apartheid, civil unrest, race relations, government agencies run amuck, internment camps… You name it, and there’s probably a character or underlying theme that aims to show how the atrocities of the past (and some might argue, the present) are doomed to be repeated if we can’t all learn to “just get along.”
The plot unfolds in mock-documentary [... Keep reading]
By Mainstream Chick, on June 10th, 2009
I’m a little late to the party, but I finally saw the new “Star Trek” movie over the weekend. My expectations were probably a tad too high going in based on all the raves from chicks and roosters alike whose opinions I trust and value. Don’t get me wrong – I enjoyed the movie, especially the performances of the new (young) Kirk and Spock. As a fan of CHiPS, I got an extra special kick out of seeing the son of Ponch and Jon’s old boss (remember Sgt. Catraire, played by Robert Pine?) in the lead role. Chris Pine looks [... Keep reading]
By Arty Chick, on June 6th, 2009
 The latest entry into the vast canon of Star Trek movies and TV series is a whole lot of fun. Cute guys in the leads, Zachary Quinto as Spock and Chris Pine as Kirk, certainly don’t take away from the pleasure. But beyond that it has a good story, going back to where they began their careers in Star Fleet academy. It is no doubt a prequel to all the rest of the movies to come in that we are introduced one by one to the characters that defined the original series: Uhura, Sulu, Chekov, Scotty and Bones, each takes [... Keep reading]
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