Review: Stealing Chaplin
This dark comedy is based on a true incident. In 1978, a couple of thieves dug up Charlie Chaplin's body in Switzerland and unsuccessfully tried to extort ransom from his…
Review: Nine Days
Nine Days is quite the contemplative film. It dabbles in some high-concept existentialism and evokes themes explored in both 1998’s observational psychological drama The Truman Show and this year’s Oscar-winning…
Review: Jungle Cruise
Is it safe to cruise again? Cinematically speaking, yes. Jungle Cruise is a fun ride, thanks in large part - okay, almost entirely - to the likability of its stars,…
Review: Lorelei
At the center of this working class drama is Wayland (Pablo Schreiber, First Man, "Orange Is the New Black"), just out of prison after 15 years and looking to go…
Review: Broken Diamonds
They don't make a lot of films that deal with mental illness for good reason. It's a tough subject to portray realistically. Sure there are plenty that have that one…
2fer review: Settlers and Cousins
I watched these two indie films back to back. Both of them deal with a girl growing up with just about every kind of obstacle thrown in her way. One…
Review: Joe Bell
Mark Wahlberg (Lone Survivor, Deepwater Horizon, Patriots Day) is back at it as yet another flawed, working-class hero type based on a real guy. This time around, he’s Joe Bell,…
Review: Pig
Pig is a quest film and a really good one at that. Nicolas Cage plays Rob a self-exiled hermit in the Oregon wilderness whose beloved truffle-hunting pig is violently abducted,…
Review: Black Widow
It's been a looooong time coming to get Russian spy-turned-Avenger Black Widow aka Natasha Romanov's backstory onto the big screen. And now Marvel fans can breathe a sigh of relief.…
Quickie Review: The Tomorrow War
Hey, look - it’s Chris Pratt! In a sci-fi movie! With big mean monsters! How… familiar! The biggest difference between The Tomorrow War and some of Pratt’s other big action…
Review: The Boss Baby: Family Business
“What happens on the playground stays on the playground.” Lines like this are what made the first Boss Baby a cute little hit in 2017, and what makes its sequel,…
AFIDOCS 2021: Arty Chick’s Download
This year was a distance festival. There were opportunities to be in the theaters in DC, but I chose to watch everything online from afar, on my couch. That’s a…
Quickie Review: 12 Mighty Orphans
12 Mighty Orphans is one of those inspiring underdog sports movies inspired by real events subject to Hollywood tinkering to condense time, amalgamate characters, and boost tension - as with…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 15
What a group of films I have for you this week! There’s an end of the world love story set in Los Angeles and a twisted sister rivalry in old…
Review: Truman & Tennessee: An Intimate Conversation
Tennessee Williams and Truman Capote were two of mid-20th century America's greatest writers. They were also close friends, though at times not so close. This new documentary examines that friendship,…