Quickie Review: Fatale
When a Hilary Swank movie (Million Dollar Baby, Conviction, Boys Don't Cry) rolls out this time of year, you're inclined to think - Oscar bait? I know I did -…
Review: I’m Your Woman
I’m Your Woman is a quiet and engrossing crime drama starring Rachel Brosnahan (The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) as a woman forced to go on the run after her thief of…
Review: The Last Vermeer
The Last Vermeer is part arty and part mainstream, with familiar elements of both a post-WWII period drama and a courtroom drama. I liked it okay, but couldn’t help feeling…
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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: Let Him Go
Let Him Go is a slow burn. That takes a turn. That’ll make you squirm. Perhaps if you’ve read the 2013 novel “Let Him Go” by Larry Watson, the shocking…
Quickie Review: Honest Thief
Honestly, Liam, what were you thinking? Honest Thief is simply not worthy of your well-documented 'particular set of skills.' The plot is beyond paper thin, making this particular action crime…
Review: Kingdom of Silence
In October of 2018 the world reacted in horror at the news that journalist Jamal Khashoggi had been brutally murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul. The story of his…
Review: Enola Holmes
Raise your hand if you knew legendary fictional detective Sherlock Holmes had a sister? I didn't. But then again, I grew up in the Nancy Drew era. I wasn't aware…
Quickie Review: Kajillionaire
Kajillionaire is flush with quirk. It's an odd dramedy about a family of con artists comprised of Theresa (Debra Winger), Robert (Richard Jenkins), and their 26-year-old daughter Old Dolio (Evan…
Review: The Burnt Orange Heresy
The Burnt Orange Heresy is an ‘arty’ film, in more than ways than one. It drew me in early on, meandered ever so slowly in the middle, then came back…
Review: Force of Nature
Take Die Hard and add a $55 million art heist gone wrong, then set it in the middle of a Category 5 hurricane in Puerto Rico, and you've got Force…
Quickie Review: My Spy
My Spy happened to be the last screening I went to in early March, before the coronavirus upended all our lives and, consequently, Hollywood's theatrical release schedule. In retrospect, My…
Review: 7500
If the coronavirus isn’t enough to keep you grounded, perhaps this will do the trick! Joseph Gordon-Levitt plays the young, soft-spoken American co-pilot of a commercial flight from Berlin to…
Quickie Review: The LoveBirds
Oh, LoveBirds, how cruel you are! Setting us up to believe we’re in for a fun, engaging romantic comedy, then plunging us into the depths of stupidity for a solid…
Review: Lucky Grandma
This dark comedy set mainly in New York's Chinatown begins with curmudgeonly chain-smoker Grandma (Tsai Chin - Joy Luck Club, Casino Royale) visiting LeiLei the Fortune Teller (Wai Ching Ho…