Film – Page 5 – ChicksFlicks&Cocktails

80 FOR BRADY – A handful of laughs and four great older leading ladies couldn’t save this picture. Even Brady couldn’t save this picture. In fact, he was the major sap in this super sappy story. Skip it. Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.

BARBIE – Box Office Bonanza Barbie is a smash in the theatres, but a dud for Sandi and me. There are some cute bits, and I get the girl empowerment angle and the political agenda. There are also lots of stupid situations and dialogue. And again, it’s too long. The best parts of the filmContinue reading

OPPENHEIMER – Mirith, Mike and I agree this film will rake in buckets of Oscars. The performances are stellar. The director has an excellent reputation and body of work. The subject matter is historical, intriguing and relevant to today’s politics. There are powerful scenes that drive home the lessons to be learned from creating aContinue reading

SEE HOW THEY RUN – Fun spoof of Agatha Christie whodunnits! Engaging, light-hearted entertainment. Cheers! Boyfriends – 0; Girlfriends – 1.

THE OUT-LAWS – Puzzling why well-known, talented actors would sign on to this dud. It’s exceedingly stupid…the movie and their choices. Skip it. Cheers! Boyfriends – 0; Girlfriends – 1.

RENFIELD – Better than I expected. Campy, silly version of Dracula according to Renfield. Entertaining with some laughs. Nicholas Cage is over the top, but it works. Rest of cast is also quite good. Cheers! Boyfriends – 1; Girlfriends – 0.

THE FABELMANS – Written, directed, produced by Steven Spielberg, and about Steven Spielberg (loosely), how could this film be anything but great, right? Right!! Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.

THE LORD OF THE RINGS Fellowship of the Ring – Is there anyone who hasn’t seen the LOTR trilogy? Yes. Kelly and me, to name two. So when it dropped on NetFlix we watched it. Kelly and Van loved it. I liked it, but not enough to sit through two more 3-hour films to seeContinue reading

TÁR – And the Best Actress Oscar goes to Cate Blanchett for her masterful command of an extremely challenging role. She had to learn to speak German and French fluently, conduct an orchestra realistically, utter obscure symphony terminology and composers’ names in long pieces of dialogue…and she did it all with such proficiency I believedContinue reading

THE WHALE – And the Oscar for Best Actor goes to Brendan Fraser in this heartbreaking story of obesity and broken people. Cheers! Boyfriends/Girlfriends – 0.