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Arty Chick’s Seven Picks: Week 8

January 25, 2021 0 Comments

This week's picks include classics and cult faves. There's only one foreign film in the bunch for a change of pace. Two of the films come from the same director,…

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Review: Enola Holmes

September 23, 2020 0 Comments

Raise your hand if you knew legendary fictional detective Sherlock Holmes had a sister? I didn't. But then again, I grew up in the Nancy Drew era. I wasn't aware…

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Review: Ocean’s 8

June 6, 2018 0 Comments

As expected, Ocean’s 8 is Ocean’s Eleven – with women. Not that there’s anything wrong with that. Ocean’s Eleven was a smart and entertaining heist flick with a strong ensemble…

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"Have courage, and be kind" and you might (spoiler alert!) live happily ever after. That’s the gist of this perfectly pleasant, Disney-meets-Downton adaptation of the fairy-tale classic, directed by Kenneth…

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Les Misérables

December 19, 2012 0 Comments

I’ve been somewhat obsessed with Les Misérables ever since I saw the show on Broadway circa 1987. And again in London. And Chicago. And Atlanta. So to say I was…

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Dark Shadows

May 29, 2012 0 Comments

I remember all too well running home from school to catch Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins in the original vampire soap Dark Shadows. All my girl friends and I had…

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The King’s Speech

December 26, 2010 4 Comments

Last year, Colin Firth blew me away with A Single Man. This year, he’s done it again, with The King’s Speech. This guy can act. He says as much –…

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Alice in Wonderland

March 11, 2010 0 Comments

With his Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton is back with a film that may look in some ways like one of his others but in a lot of ways is…

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Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince

July 19, 2009 1 Comments

At two hours and thirty-three minutes in running length, Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince could easily grow tiresome. But somehow, I was surprised when it ended. That is…