Broken English
This is the epitome of a chick flick: Nora is 30-something single woman in New York City, friends are all partnered up, she only meets loser guys, she is feeling…
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
My six-year old co-critic and I are agreeing to disagree on this one. He gives it an enthusiastic thumbs up. Me, not so much. Don’t get me wrong; I am…
Public Enemies
Let me start by saying I am a big Johnny Depp fan. I loved him in "Chocolat" and "Finding Neverland", even the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy. He's one of…
Away We Go
I really enjoyed going along for the ride with Away We Go. Maya Rudolph and John Krasinski, who both give great performances, play Burt and Verona, a long-time couple about…
Perhaps Love 如果·愛
If you're looking for a good musical romance in Chinese, Perhaps Love is your movie. It stars Asian heart throb Takeshi Kaneshiro and Superstar singer Jacky Cheung in a love…
Pass the Tissues for “My Sister’s Keeper”
(Updated Note: I just found out to what extent the movie ending is different from the book ending, and I must say, I'm disappointed that the producers/directors/writers didn't stay faithful…
Amelia
Since I was a kid, I have loved Amelia Earhart's story. And when I heard they were doing a film, I was excited. But I am not sure this looks…
Goodbye Solo
"Goodbye Solo" is a rare film. A true indie gem. It is a quiet story that begins with a cabbie being asked to drive his passenger some days in the…
Ten Best Picture nominees… Really? What do you think?
When the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced it’s doubling the number of Best Picture nominees to ten, my first thought was “gawd, that means the Oscars will…
Food, Inc.
Go see this movie. But be forewarned, it could quite possibly alter the way you and your family eat. This is a well-done documentary about the Food Industry in America.…
Nine
I think musicals by their very nature are chick flicks, and "9" is a great one. I saw it on Broadway when it came out in 1982 with Raul Julia…
Chick Flick rules the Weekend
This weekend, a chick flick took over the top spot at the box office for the first time since... when was the last big chick flick? I think it says…
The Proposal
The Proposal is the kind of movie you can take your mother to. In fact, I did, and we both enjoyed it. A pretty standard romantic comedy, it was a…
The Hangover
Is “The Hangover” a chick flick by standard definition? Certainly not. Did this chick laugh her ass off? Hell yes. Just because it’s a “guy” comedy about a bachelor party…
The Road Home 我的父亲母亲 (1989)
"The Road Home" is a fantastic chick flick, a 3 hankie love story set in a small village in north China sometime during the Cultural Revolution though you'd never know…