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Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire Goes From From Rags to Pupees

Slumdog Millionaire Year after year,  I watch the Academy Awards ceremony. Often with disappointment because they seldom pick the movies I like for Best Picture. They never vote for popular, big blockbuster movies as Best Picture. Generally, they … [Read More...]

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The Chick Flick Girl Wants to Know Why Do Men Love Scarface?

Why Do Men  LOVE These Movies? It's date night and your man is taking you out for dinner and a movie. That's great, but dinner is probably going to involve some or all the parts of a cow. Steak, burgers or ribs. And the movie is going to … [Read More...]

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The Princess Bride: The Perfect Chick Flick

It is pouring rain on a Friday night and my cable TV is not working. UGH! This is an epic tragedy. I was planning a nice evening snuggled under a warm  blankie, with a glass of wine to watch old movies on TCM. Instead I turned to my collection of … [Read More...]

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Chick Flicks Goes ‘Green’: Irish Movies

In honor of St. Patrick's Day, Pierce Brosnan and the release of the new U2 CD, here is my list of my favorite Irish movies. The Matchmaker Janeane Garofalo stars as Marcy, the assistant to the bumbling Senator John McGlory who wants to get … [Read More...]

Vatasha Richardson

In Memory of Natasha Richardson

Just Chick Flicks offers our condolences to Liam Neeson and the family of actress Natasha Richardson. Natasha's Filmography Wild Child (2008)   -- Mrs. Kingsley Evening (2007)  --  Constance Haverford The Mastersons of Manhattan … [Read More...]

Duplicity

Just Chick Flicks Reviews Duplicity

du·plic·i·ty (n) 1: contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action ; especially : the be lying of one's true intentions by deceptive words or action 2: the quality or state of being double or twofold. The double cross 3: cool new spy … [Read More...]

Seven Pounds

New Chick Flicks On DVD: March 2009

Slumdog Millionaire If you missed this movie at the theater, please rent it and see why Slumdog Millionaire won the Academy Award for Best Picture. A simple story about  young man who grew up in the slums of Mumbai and becomes a contestant on … [Read More...]

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Just Fabulous Chick Flicks: I’ve Been Tagged

I have just been tagged by my friend and fellow blogger Gwen, who is a very talented and gifted artist. For years she made her living as a freelance commercial art and a muralist.  But now she is painting what she wants. Please visit her blog to see … [Read More...]

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New on DVD: More Oscar Winning Performances

Doubt If you missed Doubt at the theater, please rent it and see why all the actors received Academy Award nominations for their performances in this compelling movie based on the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning play.  Doubt is a … [Read More...]

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15 Great Chick Flicks Characters

The best thing about a really good  Chick Flick is the strong female character. Whether its the young girl looking for loving in a  romantic comedy or the poor sick girl in a really sad tearjerker, or a chick who can kick butt in an action chick … [Read More...]

Secret Life of Bees

Movie Adaptations or When Good Books Go Bad

Have you ever seen The Neverending Story?  OK, so  it is a children's movie, but I loved it. Not because of Falcor, the big, fluffy flying dog, but because it visualized in movie form,  my love of reading books. When I am really engaged in a good … [Read More...]

Star Trek 2009

Confessions of a Closet Star Trek Fan

Shsss....Don't Tell Anyone, But I Like Star Trek NO, I don't wear the pointy ears, have a USS Enterprise uniform nor can I do that "Live Long & Prosper" Vulcan thing with my fingers. But I do like Star Trek. Back in the 60's when the world was … [Read More...]