December, 2014 -

Mainstream Chick’s Christmas Day cheat sheet

December 23, 2014 0 Comments

Apologies. I’ve been remiss in posting my reviews. So in the interest of time – and a quick read for those planning a Christmas holiday escape to the movies -…

Arty Chick Award Winning Drama Swedish

Force Majeure

December 11, 2014 0 Comments

There is a lot of buzz around Force Majeure, a Swedish relationship drama. They LOVED it at Cannes, it is Sweden's Oscar entry, and the Foreign Press has just nominated…

Action/Adventure Adaptation Drama Mainstream Chick

Wild (and Tracks)

December 7, 2014 0 Comments

I wasn’t particularly wild about Wild. And I didn’t read the best-selling book, so I can’t really compare the two. But friends tell me the book is much stronger in…

Drama Mainstream Chick Romance

Beyond the Lights

December 7, 2014 0 Comments

Beyond the Lights is somewhat reminiscent of the classic Whitney Houston/Kevin Costner romantic drama The Bodyguard. It doesn’t reach the same heights in terms of story and tension (and Houston…

Arty Chick Documentary

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People

December 2, 2014 0 Comments

As a photography major in college, I studied all the "famous" photographers and their "important" images. But what we did not see were photographers of color and their important images.…

Month: December 2014

Mainstream Chick’s Christmas Day cheat sheet

Force Majeure

Wild (and Tracks)

Beyond the Lights

Through a Lens Darkly: Black Photographers and the Emergence of a People