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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 1

November 2, 2020 0 Comments

What are you streaming this week? When the COVID-19 pandemic began, I started a list on my Facebook page, posting a film I love every day. That list has grown,…

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Review: Let Him Go

November 2, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Cinema Clash Podcast Reviews: Holidate, Come Play, The True Adventures of Wolfboy

October 31, 2020 0 Comments

Happy Halloween and Pre-Election Day Weekend! On this quaranstream edition of the Cinema Clash, I chat about Holidate, the bawdy holiday romcom now on Netflix, Charlie talks about the horror…

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Quickie Review: On the Rocks

October 23, 2020 0 Comments

On the Rocks is a mellow, totally forgettable yet easy enough to watch father-daughter relationship dramedy written and directed by Sofia Coppola. It stars Bill Murray as Felix, a charming,…

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Review: Rebecca

October 22, 2020 2 Comments

If you haven't seen the classic version of Rebecca, you might be entertained by this latest melodramatic take. But that 1940 film starred Laurence Olivier and Joan Fontaine and was…

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Quickie Review: Synchronic

October 20, 2020 0 Comments

Synchronic is the type of film (a horror sci-fi drama) that I would have likely skipped if not for the appeal of its two stars Anthony Mackie and Jamie Dornan.…

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Quickie Review: S#!%HOUSE

October 13, 2020 0 Comments

Okay, so maybe the title piqued my curiosity more than it deserved to. But I simply had to know if a little indie called Sh*thouse might be worth a sh*t.…

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Quickie Review: Honest Thief

October 13, 2020 0 Comments

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…

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Review: Martin Eden

October 12, 2020 0 Comments

Adapted from a Jack London autobiographical novel, Martin Eden is the story of a young working class Italian man who accidentally falls into the lives of the upper class and…

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Review: The War with Grandpa

October 11, 2020 0 Comments

If you're willing to risk your family's health to see The War with Grandpa hoping for some side-splitting comic relief amidst the pandemic, then sadly, the joke would be on…

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Review: A Call to Spy

October 2, 2020 0 Comments

This based-on-a-true-story WWII drama centers on three women in a British spy agency you probably never heard of - the SOE, Special Operations Executive. Early in the war, it was…

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Review: Eternal Beauty

October 1, 2020 0 Comments

Mental illness seems to be the zeitgeist in the film world right now. And fortunately it's being explored in a wide range of genres. Paper Spiders looks at paranoid delusion…

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Review: The Trial of the Chicago 7

September 30, 2020 0 Comments

Seems like a ton of movies coming out in the midst of this pandemic are trying very hard to tell us something critically important about our past, present… and future.…

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Review: Waikiki

September 24, 2020 0 Comments

There aren't many films directed by indigenous people. Their voices are largely missing from the cinematic world. But still it's somewhat shocking that Waikiki which is premiering today at the…

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Quickie Review: Kajillionaire

September 23, 2020 0 Comments

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…