Review: Cruella
Cruella is a campy comedy crime caper that tells the origin story of one of the most iconic villains in cinematic history - especially if you're a dog lover. It's…
Quickie Review: Emily @ the Edge of Chaos
Looking for something funny and quirky and thought provoking? This live performance documentary by the late stand-up performer Emily Levine will keep you laughing and scratching your head for all…
Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Crime
Danish
Drama
French
German
Japanese
Romance
Russian
Scandinavian
Special Feature
Swedish
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 13
This week's picks are heavy on big name directors: Louis Malle, Akira Kurasawa, Volker Schlöndorff, Ingmar Bergman, Billie August, Hal Ashby, and John Huston. Many of these are their first…
Review: Thunder Force
The latest action-adventure comedy from celebrity couple Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy is not exactly a Thunder Force to be reckoned with. It’s barely watchable. So don't be fooled by…
Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Chick Flick
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Drama
Italian
Japanese
Romance
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 12
This week I chose a comedy thriller, a political thriller, a classic screwball comedy, a wartime romance, a storybook romance, a Japanese existential drama, and a loving ode to an…
Review: Dark Web: Cicada 3301
This cyber-comedy/thriller takes its premise from a very real internet mystery. According to Wikipedia: "Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that, on three occasions, has posted a…
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Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Documentary
Drama
Special Feature
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 11
Most of this week’s films come from the 80s. There's a jewel heist, a race riot, a dystopian bounty hunter, an academia story, three murderers, a couple of divorces, and a…
Review: Keep an Eye Out
One of last year's most strangely entertaining films was Quentin Dupieux's Deerskin about a man's bloody obsession with a deerskin jacket. Dupieux is back this year with another black comedy, this…
Review: Coming 2 America
Hard to believe it's been more than 30 years since Crown Prince Akeem Jaffer (Eddie Murphy) and his sidekick Semmi (Arsenio Hall) fled the palace - and an arranged marriage…
Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Chick Flick
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Foreign
Romance
South American
Spanish language
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 10
This week is heavy on movies about couples. They include rom-coms and complicated relationship stories, and the characters range from criminals to musicians to politicians, from kings to bakers. The…
Review: The Independents
There are no big stars in this musical dramedy. It's a total indie flick. And it's a lot of fun. It tells the tale of three singer/songwriters all struggling to…
Quickie Review: Disney’s Flora & Ulysses
I'm not exactly the target demo, but I thoroughly enjoyed Disney's Flora & Ulysses. It's a family adventure comedy based on the Newbery Award-winning book "Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated…
Review: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is an extremely campy comedy that plays like an overlong skit on Saturday Night Live. It stars SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder…
Review: French Exit
If this film does one good thing, it's that it reminds us what a wonderful screen presence Michelle Pfeiffer is. She stars as Frances, a New York socialite who, following…
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Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Drama
Female led films
Indie
Romance
Special Feature
Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 9
Week Nine of films that I remember fondly. It's amazing how many great films come to mind when I go down my cinematic memory lane. A lot of this week's…