Her
Her is really all about him, him being Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix) who falls in love with his personalized operating system named Samantha (Scarlett Johansson). If this sounds a bit…
August: Osage County
In the battle of Meryl vs Julia, who will chew more scenery? August: Osage County pits them against each other as the drug addicted Mom versus the only person in…
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Mainstream Chick’s 2013 Year in Review
I don’t particularly like lists – especially where movies are concerned because so much depends on what you're hoping to gain, and the kind of mood you’re in. I generally…
Blue is the Warmest Colour
La Vie d’Adèle—Chapitres 1 et 2 aka Blue is the Warmest Colour was the hit of this year's Cannes Film Festival winning top honors and scoring its young stars Léa…
Philomena
2013 is the year of the "based on a true story" movie. The latest addition to the group is Philomena a tragicomic tale from director Stephen Frears (The Queen, Dangerous…
Fruitvale Station
You know from the opening of Fruitvale Station that it is going to end very badly. Based on a true story, it begins with what appears to be cellphone footage…
No
Academy Award nominee No is another film based on a true story, but what makes it remarkable is that this story changed history. It takes place in Chile in 1988,…
Jurassic Park (3D)
Every once in a while, a movie comes along that you know you should see, but for one reason or another, you just don’t. Such was the case with the…
Beyond the Hills (Dupa dealuri)
Director Cristian Mungiu's film Beyond the Hills takes place in a remote monastery in Romania, where two young women who grew up together in an orphanage are reunited with tragic…
War Witch (Rebelle)
I really wish that films nominated for the Best Foreign Film Oscar were available before the awards were given out, so that just once I could fill out a ballot…
Mainstream Chick’s Oscar Adventure
By now, anyone familiar with us, and our site, is well aware that Arty Chick and I went to the Oscars. Sort of. We’ve plastered our pictures on Facebook and…
Arty Chick’s Oscar Adventure
During all my years living in Los Angeles, I never got anywhere near the Academy Awards. I watched at Oscar parties (including one attended by my favorite ♥ George ♥),…
Amour (Love)
Amour has been at the top of a lot of lists this awards season. It is Oscar nominated for Best Picture and Best Foreign Language Feature (that has only happened…
The Oscar nominated Live Action Shorts
The live action shorts are not nearly as short as the animated ones. Some even clock in at over a half hour. (The cut-off is 40 minutes.) I imagine that…
The Oscar nominated Animated Shorts
It is rare that I have gotten to see all the Oscar shorts ahead of (or even after) the awards were given out. Wouldn’t it be nice if they brought…