(Spoiler-free) Review: Thor: Ragnarok
What exactly is Ragnarok? I’m not quite sure and I don’t really care. What I do know is this: Thor: Ragnarok is a very funny superhero action-adventure sci-fi fantasy movie…
Review: Suburbicon
Clooney. Damon. Moore. The Coen Brothers. Sounds like a slam-dunk, no? Well, not quite. George Clooney's Suburbicon is entertaining, to be sure, but ultimately it can't quite seem to decide…
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Arty Chick’s Middleburg Festival Download
What a great festival! It's my first year at Middleburg, now in its 5th year, but I was truly impressed by their selections. It's a small festival, as yet pretty…
Review: Faces Places
Looking for a quirky fun film? How about a film where an 80-something-year-old New Wave film director takes an art filled road trip around France with a famous young muralist?…
Review: I Am Another You
Nanfu Wang is a very gutsy documentarian. In her previous film, Hooligan Sparrow, she put herself in extreme danger by documenting one of China's most famous women’s rights activists taking…
Review: Thank You for Your Service
If you’re feeling inspired to see a movie similar to American Sniper as Veterans Day approaches, then Thank You for Your Service definitely fits the bill. It represents a worthy…
Quickie Reviews: Only the Brave; Marshall
Only the Brave is a solid, engaging drama that is all the more impactful in light of the recent wildfires in California. Fire is as much a character in Only…
Review: Victoria & Abdul
20 years ago Judy Dench was nominated for her role as Queen Victoria in Mrs. Brown, a retelling of the Queen's unconventional relationship with her Scottish groom. Victoria & Abdul…
Review: Lucky
Indie flick alert! Don't go to see Lucky expecting a real story. Not much happens in it. Go expecting a series of scenes with quirky characters saying meaningful things. And…
Review: Te Ata
Te Ata was the stage name Mary Thompson Fisher took on in 1919 when she left her Chickasaw home in Oklahoma to pursue a career in acting. The film is…
Review: Professor Marston & The Wonder Women
All I knew going into Professor Marston & The Wonder Women was that it was an R-rated drama about the American psychologist who created the Wonder Woman comic book character.…
Review: Blade Runner 2049
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…
Review: The Mountain Between Us
There’s plenty to mock and ridicule and dislike about The Mountain Between Us. And yet… there’s a certain entertainment value in watching a combination meet-cute/disaster flick when it stars Idris…