Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 3
This week's list is heavy with comedies, but what a diverse set they are! From modern indie fare to classic screwball with a couple that are held up as the…
Review: Light Years
Okay, this is an odd one. But it's also a pleasant ride. Colin Thompson wrote and directed and (this is the weird part) stars as almost all the characters in…
Quickie Review: Fatman
Mel, what were you thinking? I know you're looking for that flick to make the big comeback from bad guy jail, but this ain't it. I can kinda sorta see…
Quickie Review: Recon
Another World War II film based on true events, Recon is an adaptation of the book "Peace" by Richard Bausch. It's the story of four soldiers in the waning days…
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Chick Flick
Chinese
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Drama
Female led films
Special Feature
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 2
Week two of listing favorite films that may not be on your radar because they're not new. A few of these were made before I was born, and they're still…
Review: The True Adventures of Wolfboy
In this oddball coming of age tale, Paul (Jaeden Martell, Knives Out, IT) is a kid just turning 13. He lives in rural New York with his dad, but has…
Action/Adventure
Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Date movie
Drama
German
Japanese
Science Fiction/Fantasy
Special Feature
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 1
What are you streaming this week? When the COVID-19 pandemic began, I started a list on my Facebook page, posting a film I love every day. That list has grown,…
Review: Koko-di Koko-da
Just in time for the holidays comes a truly creepy flick from Sweden about a couple grieving the loss of their young daughter and their crumbling marriage who go on…
Quickie Review: Friendsgiving
It's that time of year. The holiday movies are upon us and the first one out of the gate is this sometimes funny comedy centered on a couple of besties…
Review: Rebecca
If you haven't seen the classic version of Rebecca, you might be entertained by this latest melodramatic take. But that 1940 film starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and was…
Review: David Byrne’s American Utopia
As a Talking Heads fan from way back, I was anxious to see this documentary of a live Broadway show based on Byrne's latest album. And it's fabulous! It all…
Review: Vinyl Nation
Do you still have a turntable and love to flip through your crate of albums just looking for the one that strikes a chord? Then this is a documentary you'll…
Review: Maxima
When I heard the title of this film, I thought it might be another superhero epic. And I was right, though not the way I expected. The superhero here is…
Review: Martin Eden
Adapted from a Jack London autobiographical novel, Martin Eden is the story of a young working class Italian man who accidentally falls into the lives of the upper class and…
Review: A Call to Spy
This based-on-a-true-story WWII drama centers on three women in a British spy agency you probably never heard of - the SOE, Special Operations Executive. Early in the war, it was…