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Quick Takes: Never Look Away; Transit; Woman at War

March 10, 2019 0 Comments

With Arty Chick off to parts unknown to direct a documentary, it’s possible her reviews will be fewer and farther between for a while. So I will try and highlight…

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Review: Captain Marvel

March 7, 2019 0 Comments

I'll tread carefully here, though I don't think there are many actual spoilers to worry about. That’s because Captain Marvel is an origin story meant to set the stage for…

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Quickie Review: How to Train Your Dragon – The Hidden World

February 22, 2019 0 Comments

I must confess: I did not see the first How to Train Your Dragon movie in 2010. And I found the 2014 sequel to be rather dark. Regardless, both films…

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Quickie Review: In Like Flynn

January 29, 2019 0 Comments

In Like Flynn is all about swashbuckling Errol Flynn in the days before he became a star, when he was traveling around the South Seas looking for adventure and getting…

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Quickie review: Don’t Come Back from the Moon

January 17, 2019 0 Comments

This quietly meditative indie sells itself on James Franco's involvement, but truth be told, he's only in it for a moment before he, like all the other fathers in town,…

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Review: The Upside

January 14, 2019 0 Comments

The Upside is a good movie. But it’s an American remake of a better movie called The Intouchables. So I’m in a bit of a conundrum. My preference would be…

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Mainstream Chick’s Top Picks of 2018

January 1, 2019 0 Comments

It’s insanely difficult to do a “Top 10 Movies of 2018” list when you’ve seen about 200 movies in 365 days – everything from blockbusters, to arthouse films, to documentaries,…

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Quickie Reviews: Ben Is Back; Bumblebee; Vice

December 27, 2018 0 Comments

I know - these are three very different films. But I'm playing catch-up with my reviews! So I'll start with my favorite of the three (though Bumblebee comes in a…

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Quickie Review: Border (Gräns)

December 19, 2018 0 Comments

You probably won't see a more satisfyingly strange film this year than Border. The main character is Tina, a Swedish customs agent with an extraordinary talent. She can smell fear…

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Review: Mary Poppins Returns

December 18, 2018 0 Comments

Emily Blunt (A Quiet Place, The Girl on the Train) is practically perfect in every way as the practically-perfect nanny Mary Poppins in the long-awaited sequel, Mary Poppins Returns. The…

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Review: If Beale Street Could Talk

December 14, 2018 0 Comments

If Beale Street Could Talk is a beautiful series of vignettes that tell the story of a young black couple in the early 70s in New York. Directed by Barry…

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Quickie Review: Dumplin’

December 7, 2018 0 Comments

‘Tis the season to squeeze in a few guilty-pleasure movies alongside the “art” that is your straight-up Oscar bait. Dumplin’ may not win any big awards, but it will warm…

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Review: Can You Ever Forgive Me?

November 19, 2018 0 Comments

We're so used to Melissa McCarthy being the funny actress, that's it's hard to imagine her otherwise. But nobody's going to question her acting chops after her turn as Lee…

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Quickie Review: The Girl in the Spider’s Web

November 12, 2018 0 Comments

To call this an adaptation is an insult to all other adaptations. I was wary when I read that another author was continuing "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" series…

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Mainstream Chick’s Middleburg Film Festival Download (2018)

October 25, 2018 0 Comments

Despite a few (hotel reservation and RSVP) potholes on the road to this year’s Middleburg Film Festival, all’s well that ends well! And what an ending it was. The closing…