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Quickie Reviews: Annihilation; Game Night; The Party

February 23, 2018 0 Comments

Annihilation is interesting and weird, slow and methodical, and dare I say, bordering on boring. Hyper-sensitive fans of the film may ream me for not fully grasping or appreciating the…

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Quickie Reviews: Paddington 2; The Commuter

January 14, 2018 0 Comments

Paddington 2 - “If you’re kind and polite, the world will be right.” If only it were that simple. In Paddington’s world, it is. That’s why kids and adults could…

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Quickie Reviews: The Glass Castle; Wind River; The Fencer; A Taxi Driver

August 12, 2017 0 Comments

I’m generally a fan of (or maybe a sucker for) movies based on real people and events, so that could be why I had a pretty good week at the…

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Quickie Reviews: Atomic Blonde and Landline

July 30, 2017 0 Comments

Atomic Blonde is set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1989. As the Cold War appears to be nearing its end, the spy game…

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Baby Driver Review

June 25, 2017 0 Comments

Wow, what a ride. Baby Driver is one of those movies that truly defies description and genre pigeonholing. It's a pulsating, frenetic, stylish, clever, violent, romantic, heartbreaking, hopeful, tense, and…

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Life

March 26, 2017 0 Comments

Life begins as a space drama reminiscent of The Martian or Gravity and morphs into a horror movie that’s more like Alien. It’s a mash-up that didn’t really work for…

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Mainstream Chick’s Quick Takes: The Great Wall; A Cure for Wellness

February 17, 2017 0 Comments

This is a really great week to catch up on one (or more) of those Oscar-nominated movies that are still in theaters or available on DVD or VOD. Why? Because,…

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Cinema Clash: Split; xXx: Return of Xander Cage; The Founder

January 25, 2017 0 Comments

Mainstream Chick faces off with her cinematic nemesis Charlie over: M. Night Shyamalan's creepy psychological thriller Split starring James McAvoy as a guy with 24 alternate personalities who kidnaps three…

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Mainstream Chick’s Top Picks of 2016

December 28, 2016 0 Comments

It's that time of year - when friends, family, and strangers in the elevator ask, "Hey, Did you see [fill in the blank]? Is it any good? What's your favorite…

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Mainstream Chick’s Quick Takes: Office Christmas Party; Miss Sloane; Jackie; Lion

December 8, 2016 0 Comments

Comedy. Drama. Suspense. History. Politics. Lots to choose from at the box office this weekend. And it’s all pretty good, even awards-worthy. Except for Office Christmas Party. That one’s just…

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Allied

November 22, 2016 0 Comments

Allied is a good ol’ fashioned romantic thriller starring Brad Pitt and Academy-Award winning actress Marion Cotillard (La Vie en rose) as Max and Marianne, a Canadian intelligence officer and…

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Arrival

November 10, 2016 0 Comments

Arrival is very… cerebral. It’s about a linguist (Amy Adams) who is recruited by the military to help translate communications from aliens that have landed in Montana and 11 other…

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The Accountant

October 16, 2016 0 Comments

There’s a whole lot going on in The Accountant, but somehow it all adds up to a surprisingly entertaining action movie with an interesting story, some well-timed comic relief, and…

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The Girl on the Train

October 7, 2016 1 Comments

Forgive me if I call this one Gone Girl on the Train. But comparisons will be made, and understandably so, between The Girl on the Train and 2014’s Gone Girl.…

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Snowden

September 18, 2016 1 Comments

Unless you never watch the news or have been hiding under a rock for several years, you've probably heard of Edward Snowden. A gripping documentary called Citizen Four was made…