The Wedding Plan
In this fun little chick flick from Israel, Michal (Noa Kooler) is finally getting married. She has the fiancé, the wedding hall, and has invitations ready to go out for…
Gifted
Gifted is admittedly schmaltzy and formulaic, but it fits a current void in our cinematic options for chick flick dramas. It plays a bit like a Nicholas Sparks movie –…
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast represented near-perfection for an animated musical when it competed for Best Picture honors in 1991. So it’s hard to imagine that any reimagining of the “tale…
Toni Erdmann
This father-daughter dramedy/farce from German director Maren Ade may clock in at 162 minutes, but I never got bored and it certainly didn't drag. The film starts with a familiar…
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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…
Table 19
Table 19 is a so-so romantic comedy that practically screams CHICK FLICK from the get-go. We haven’t had one of those in a while, so for anyone craving the genre,…
Hidden Figures
How did we not know about this story before now?! That’s the biggest question I had after watching Hidden Figures, what I venture to call the best feel-good movie to…
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Mainstream Chick’s Top Picks of 2016
It's that time of year - when friends, family, and strangers in the elevator ask, "Hey, Did you see [fill in the blank]? Is it any good? What's your favorite…
Passengers
Passengers is basically Castaway in space – with a bit of Gravity and The Martian thrown into the mix. Only it’s not as good as the aforementioned titles, mostly because…
La La Land
Believe the buzz. La La Land IS the best movie of 2016. It's certainly my top pick for top honors in the Oscar pool. But here’s the twist. I had…
Mainstream Chick’s Quick Takes: Office Christmas Party; Miss Sloane; Jackie; Lion
Comedy. Drama. Suspense. History. Politics. Lots to choose from at the box office this weekend. And it’s all pretty good, even awards-worthy. Except for Office Christmas Party. That one’s just…
A Man Called Ove (En man som heter Ove)
This adaptation of Fredrik Backman's bestselling novel is one of my favorite films of the year. Written and directed by Hannes Holm, it's 'a Swedish curmudgeon finds his humanity' story…
Bridget Jones’s Baby
Welcome back, Bridget. As sequels go, this movie is entertaining enough to satisfy most fans of the franchise that chronicles the life of an insecure single woman in London trying…
The Light Between Oceans
Some people (particularly those who hate melodrama) may scoff at the manipulative nature of The Light Between Oceans, with its sweeping score and dramatic pans of crashing waves and remote…
Mainstream Chick’s Quick Takes: Pete’s Dragon; Florence Foster Jenkins; Hell or High Water
Good news, mainstream movie fans: There really is something for just about everyone at the Box Office this weekend. First, however, I must confess that I missed the screening of…