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Quickie Review: Border (Gräns)

December 19, 2018 0 Comments

You probably won't see a more satisfyingly strange film this year than Border. The main character is Tina, a Swedish customs agent with an extraordinary talent. She can smell fear…

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Review: Mary Poppins Returns

December 18, 2018 0 Comments

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, The Girl on the Train) is practically perfect in every way as the practically-perfect nanny Mary Poppins in the long-awaited sequel, Mary Poppins Returns. The…

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Review: If Beale Street Could Talk

December 14, 2018 0 Comments

If Beale Street Could Talk is a beautiful series of vignettes that tell the story of a young black couple in the early 70s in New York. Directed by Barry…

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Quickie Review: Dumplin’

December 7, 2018 0 Comments

‘Tis the season to squeeze in a few guilty-pleasure movies alongside the “art” that is your straight-up Oscar bait. Dumplin’ may not win any big awards, but it will warm…

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Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

November 19, 2018 0 Comments

We're so used to Melissa McCarthy being the funny actress, that's it's hard to imagine her otherwise. But nobody's going to question her acting chops after her turn as Lee…

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Quickie Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web

November 12, 2018 0 Comments

To call this an adaptation is an insult to all other adaptations. I was wary when I read that another author was continuing "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series…

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Mainstream Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download (2018)

October 25, 2018 0 Comments

Despite a few (hotel reservation and RSVP) potholes on the road to this year’s Middleburg Film Festival, all’s well that ends well! And what an ending it was. The closing…

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Review: First Man

October 11, 2018 0 Comments

I love Ryan Gosling (La La Land, Drive, The Notebook). I love space dramas, and true stories, and American heroes. I’m a big fan of director Damien Chazelle (Whiplash, La…

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Review: Venom

October 4, 2018 0 Comments

I don’t think the trailer does this film any favors. It makes Venom look way worse than it is, at least for anyone (like me) who doesn’t have a clue…

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Review: A Star Is Born

October 2, 2018 0 Comments

About a week after I first saw the latest version of A Star Is Born, I took advantage of a rainy weekend to catch up on the 1937 original, the…

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Review: The Children Act

September 21, 2018 0 Comments

The Children Act is a quiet and thoughtful drama starring two of the most versatile actors of our time: Emma Thompson (Sense and Sensibility, Howards End, Saving Mr. Banks, Harry…

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Review: A Simple Favor

September 10, 2018 0 Comments

A Simple Favor is a tough one to process and define. It’s a quirky crime drama that goes quite dark, but in a relatively light way. As weird as it…

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Review: Puzzle

August 27, 2018 0 Comments

Directed by Marc Turtletaub, who produced Sundance faves Little Miss Sunshine and Sunshine Cleaning, Puzzle is the story of Agnes, a woman in her 40s who has yet to push…

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Quickie Reviews: The Wife; The Happytime Murders; Skate Kitchen; Support the Girls

August 26, 2018 0 Comments

The Wife is a slow-burn drama with a mystery twist that explores the relationship between Joan and Joe Castleman (Glenn Close and Jonathan Pryce), a long-married couple who travel to…

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Review: Juliet, Naked

August 23, 2018 0 Comments

Ah, what a breath of fresh air! Juliet, Naked is a charming and funny romantic drama that is pure and simple in its development of characters and story. In lesser…