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Mainstream Chick’s Top Picks of 2018

January 1, 2019 0 Comments

It’s insanely difficult to do a “Top 10 Movies of 2018” list when you’ve seen about 200 movies in 365 days – everything from blockbusters, to arthouse films, to documentaries,…

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Review: Mary Poppins Returns

December 18, 2018 0 Comments

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, The Girl on the Train) is practically perfect in every way as the practically-perfect nanny Mary Poppins in the long-awaited sequel, Mary Poppins Returns. The…

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Review: Creed II

November 22, 2018 0 Comments

“I wouldn’t be surprised to see a Creed 2 hitting theaters by 2018.” That’s the last line of my 2015 review of Creed, the solidly entertaining spin-off of the Rocky franchise starring…

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Review: Mission: Impossible – Fallout

July 24, 2018 0 Comments

Your mission – should you choose to accept it – is to check your plausibility meter at the door and enjoy watching Ethan Hunt (Tom Cruise, 56) run, jump, fly,…

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Review: Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again

July 19, 2018 0 Comments

Thank you for the music, the songs I’m singing. Thanks for all the joy they’re bringing. The story may be lame as heck, but who cares? Mamma Mia! Here We…

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Review: Ant-Man and the Wasp

July 1, 2018 0 Comments

As a sequel to a lightweight Marvel movie, Ant-Man and the Wasp does its job. It’s entertaining and finds a way to work in the necessary connections to the Avengers…

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Deadpool 2 has a lot in common with Deadpool 1: it’s irreverent, self-deprecating, cynical and sarcastic; incessantly mocking the superhero genre, while leveraging the very plot devices and character quirks…

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Review: Fifty Shades Freed

February 10, 2018 0 Comments

Seven years hence the release of “Fifty Shades of Grey", it’s time to close the book on the movie franchise that the popular and controversial novel helped procreate. If you’ve…

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Review: Pitch Perfect 3

December 22, 2017 0 Comments

Awards season is filled with a lot of complex, thought-provoking stuff that represents your cinematic meat and potatoes, with a side of veggies. Pitch Perfect 3 is your fluffy dessert.…

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Spoiler-free review of Star Wars: The Last Jedi

December 12, 2017 0 Comments

Don’t worry Star Wars junkies. You’ll love The Last Jedi. Problem is, I’m not a Star Wars junkie – I’m just a casual fan - so (gasp!), I wasn’t as…

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Review: Blade Runner 2049

October 6, 2017 0 Comments

Thirty-five years after the original Blade Runner comes a sequel. Wow! It is a continuation of the original story 30 years on, and it is amazingly faithful to the world…

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Quickie Reviews: The Dark Tower; Brigsby Bear; Detroit; Step; An Inconvenient Sequel; Escapes

August 6, 2017 0 Comments

The Dark Tower. I’m not a Stephen King purist so I didn’t go into this movie with the same high expectations as those who’ve read the series of books that…

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Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales

May 24, 2017 0 Comments

Argh. The fifth installment of the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise is, like many of the characters featured in the flimsy plot, simply dead on arrival. It’s a boring retread…

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Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2

May 11, 2017 0 Comments

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 does what a good sequel is supposed to do. It preserves the elements that made the first one a big success (intergalactic action and…

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Cinema Clash podcast: Logan; Table 19; Before I Fall; Land of Mine; My Life as a Zucchini

March 4, 2017 0 Comments

On this edition of the Cinema Clash podcast with Hannah (Mainstream Chick) and her movie nemesis Charlie: A grim final farewell to Logan; Table 19 serves up some lukewarm wedding…