Review: My Octopus Teacher
With the Oscars just a few days away, I'm trying to catch up on all the ones that slipped by. I'd heard about My Octopus Teacher from friends, but thought…
Oscar Nominated Shorts 2021
The Academy Awards show will take place this year on Sunday, April 25th, much later in the year than usual after it was pushed back 2 months because of…
Review: Thunder Force
The latest action-adventure comedy from celebrity couple Ben Falcone and Melissa McCarthy is not exactly a Thunder Force to be reckoned with. It’s barely watchable. So don't be fooled by…
Review: Slalom
Competitive sports are hell on the body and the mind. Even more so when you're a teenager with no support system. In Slalom, Lyz (Noée Abita) is an ambitious and…
Review: Quo Vadis, Aida?
Talk about a film that's hard to watch! This Oscar nominee from Bosnia and Herzegovina tells the horrifying story of the days leading up to the 1995 massacre of 8,000+…
Review: TINA
To say that Tina Turner is a music icon is a huge understatement. She's the original Queen of rock & roll and a force of nature. I was too young…
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 12
This week I chose a comedy thriller, a political thriller, a classic screwball comedy, a wartime romance, a storybook romance, a Japanese existential drama, and a loving ode to an…
Review: Nobody
Don’t mess with ‘nobody’. He’s got skills - in a John Wick meets Taken sort of way. Nobody stars Bob Odenkirk (“Better Call Saul,” The Post, Nebraska) as Hutch Mansell,…
Review: Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal
We're all familiar with the celebrity-driven headlines: "Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman Busted for Paying Beaucoup Bucks to get their Kids into Prestige Colleges!" But they weren't alone. Dozens of…
Review: The Courier
This is another "based on true events" film. The story begins in 1960 as Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev is threatening to bury the West. The CIA and MI6 are scrambling for…
Review: Dark Web: Cicada 3301
This cyber-comedy/thriller takes its premise from a very real internet mystery. According to Wikipedia: "Cicada 3301 is a nickname given to an organization that, on three occasions, has posted a…
Quickie Review: YES DAY
Who can say no to a YES DAY? This movie is as simple as its premise, and that’s okay. It’s family-friendly entertainment that gives adults and kids alike pause –…
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Adaptation
Arty Chick
Award Winning
Comedy
Crime
Date movie
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Arty Chick’s Seven Flicks: Week 11
Most of this week’s films come from the 80s. There's a jewel heist, a race riot, a dystopian bounty hunter, an academia story, three murderers, a couple of divorces, and a…
Review: Keep an Eye Out
One of last year's most strangely entertaining films was Quentin Dupieux's Deerskin about a man's bloody obsession with a deerskin jacket. Dupieux is back this year with another black comedy, this…
Review: Coming 2 America
Hard to believe it's been more than 30 years since Crown Prince Akeem Jaffer (Eddie Murphy) and his sidekick Semmi (Arsenio Hall) fled the palace - and an arranged marriage…