Review: Belfast
This Oscar-bait memoir movie comes from writer/actor/director Kenneth Branagh who takes a look back at a defining year of his childhood. Branagh was just a 9-year-old boy in 1969, living…
Review: Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar
Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar is an extremely campy comedy that plays like an overlong skit on Saturday Night Live. It stars SNL alum Kristen Wiig (Wonder…
Review: Wild Mountain Thyme
Adapted from a play that director John Patrick Shanley (Moonstruck, Doubt) wrote about his own Irish family, Wild Mountain Thyme is a sweet and funny tale of a couple destined…
Quickie Review: Synchronic
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.…
Quickie Reviews: The Isle; Untogether
The Isle is for the horror flick lovers out there. It's set in 1846 on an island off the coast of Scotland that is shrouded in mist. Three survivors of…
Review: A Private War
You simply can't paint all journalists and all of journalism with the same broad brush. A Private War reminds us of that. The film follows the last ten years in…
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Arty Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download 2018
Another year at a fabulous festival! I wonder how long this little Virginia horse country festival can keep it up. It's sure to burst its seams soon. This year's slate…
Review: Fifty Shades Freed
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…
Fifty Shades of Grey
Oh, where to begin… I’m somewhat conflicted writing this review because the movie is actually better than I expected. Yet I am extremely bothered by the fact that it’s been…