Quickie Review: Stars Fell on Alabama
It could've been worse. I could have paid to see Stars Fell on Alabama in a theater. Instead, I was able to float mindlessly through this romantic dramedy as if…
Review: Da Five Bloods
I can't believe it's taken me so long to watch this one, but since awards season is sneaking up and screeners are flying into my mailbox, I finally bit the…
Review: Small Axe: Mangrove
The first film of Steve McQueen's (12 Years a Slave) Small Axe anthology sets a high bar for the 5-part series. Mangrove tells the true story of a group that…
Review: The Midnight Sky
Not sure what George Clooney thought he was making, but this post-apocalyptic drama is a slog. In it a heavily bearded Augustine Lofthouse (Clooney) is left behind at an arctic…
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Adaptation
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Award Winning
Chick Flick
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
Drama
French
Italian
Romance
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 6
This week's picks include two French films that couldn't be more dissimilar, one a psychological thriller, and the other a magical story set in Paris. There's an Italian ode to…
Review: News of the World
Why does Tom Hanks make everything just a bit more comforting? In his latest, he plays Capt. Jefferson Kyle Kidd, a Civil War veteran who travels from town to town…
Review: Promising Young Woman
I finally have a solid front-runner for my 'best of' list for film and lead actress for 2020. It's Promising Young Woman starring Carey Mulligan (Wildlife, Mudbound, An Education). The…
Review: First Cow
Sometime in the early 19th century somewhere in the Pacific Northwest two men meet in the woods near a trappers' encampment. One of them is naked. What follows is the…
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: Greenland
Greenland may not be the type of movie we need right now, but it may be the type of apocalyptic thriller some fans want. It won’t displace anything from any…
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Award Winning
Chick Flick
Comedy
Danish
Drama
French
German
Italian
Korean
Romance
Special Feature
Thriller
Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 5
This week’s picks include a healthy dose of Roman decadence, an obsessive and tragic snoop, a ghostly romance, a grieving mother on the warpath, violent union busting, food to die…
Review: Minari
Minari had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January of 2020. It won both the U.S. Dramatic Grand Jury Prize and the U.S. Dramatic Audience Award. In…
Review: Mank
Lovers of Old Hollywood rejoice. David Fincher (Fight Club, The Social Network) has served up a beautiful black-and-white ode to Tinsel Town's power players and their behind the scenes machinations.…
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: Funny Boy
Set in Sri Lanka in the 70s and 80s, Funny Boy begins as a gay coming-of-age drama, and it is that, but it's also the story of the violent Sinhalese/Tamil…