Review: IT
I get it now. The creepy clowns. The red balloons. The yellow slicker. The references to “You’ll float too.” All things I'd be privy to had I read “IT” (the…
Quickie Reviews: I Do… Until I Don’t; Crown Heights; Polina
Nothing gets you pumped for the start of the Fall movie blitz quite like the final weeks of summer at the box office. Bring it on! I'm ready for Awards…
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Quickie Reviews: The Glass Castle; Wind River; The Fencer; A Taxi Driver
I’m generally a fan of (or maybe a sucker for) movies based on real people and events, so that could be why I had a pretty good week at the…
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Quickie Reviews: The Dark Tower; Brigsby Bear; Detroit; Step; An Inconvenient Sequel; Escapes
The Dark Tower. I’m not a Stephen King purist so I didn’t go into this movie with the same high expectations as those who’ve read the series of books that…
Review: Lady Macbeth
No, it's not Shakespeare's play. But the lady in question does end up with a lot of blood on her hands. The film Lady Macbeth is an adaptation of a…
Quickie Reviews: Atomic Blonde and Landline
Atomic Blonde is set against the backdrop of the fall of the Berlin Wall in late 1989. As the Cold War appears to be nearing its end, the spy game…
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Quickie Reviews: Girls Trip; Dunkirk; Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
This film is trippin’! It may not garner any Oscar nominations, but it’s definitely the most fun option of the week for anyone in the mood for a comedic escape.…
The Beguiled Review
When I heard this film was being done, my first thought was, "A remake of the 70s Clint Eastwood flick? Why?" But fortunately it's not a remake. Sophia Coppola has…
The Lost City of Z
The Lost City of Z (pronounced zed in the British fashion) tells the "true" story of the intrepid Lieutenant Colonel Percy Fawcett (Charlie Hunnam of Sons of Anarchy) who was…
The Zookeeper’s Wife
Just in time for Passover… a new Holocaust movie! It’s hard to believe that 80 years after Hitler hatched his maniacal plan to exterminate Jews, there are compelling stories of…
Frantz
French writer/director François Ozon has made some of my favorite films these last few years. With The New Girlfriend, In the House, and Potiche he's shown himself to be very…
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Cinema Clash podcast: Logan; Table 19; Before I Fall; Land of Mine; My Life as a Zucchini
On this edition of the Cinema Clash podcast with Hannah (Mainstream Chick) and her movie nemesis Charlie: A grim final farewell to Logan; Table 19 serves up some lukewarm wedding…
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Cinema Clash podcast: Get Out; Rock Dog; Kedi; Bitter Harvest; Punching Henry
On this edition of the Cinema Clash with Mainstream Chick and her cinema nemesis Charlie Juhl: The best movie of 2017 so far. You’ll want to Get Out and see…
Fifty Shades Darker
Defending this movie is like Donald Trump defending one of his executive orders. The built-in base will eat it up. Others will accept it, with reservations. And everyone else will…
A Dog’s Purpose
From the opening notes of the cinematic score (think: Nicolas Sparks movie) to the first frame of video, A Dog’s Purpose is designed to tug at the heartstrings and manipulate…