The Time Traveler’s Wife (2009)
I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry about this movie. It’s one of those romantic movies based around an extreme conflict that the couple somehow overcome to still stay together. The problem that threatens to tear their love apart in this case is quite unusual.
It seems Henry suffers from some kind of rare genetic disorder that causes him to hurdle through time uncontrollably at any given moment. No, seriously…the guy lives on some kind of constantly shifting timeline and the couple never knows how long they will be seperated when he is gone or how much time they will have together when he’s back….and you thought YOU had problems with your man!! lol
The Time Traveler’s Wife stars Rachel McAdams (The Notebook) as Clare and Eric Bana as Henry. Continue on to watch this chick flick now!
Brittany Murphy Tribute (2009)
December 20, 2009 by chickypoo
Filed under Romance, Tearjerkers
Brittany Murphy was a very talented actress who suddenly passed away today at the young age of only 32 of cardiac arrest. There’s no official word yet on what caused her death, but I thought it would be fitting to post a chick flick starring her in it, and I chose her recent TV movie, the Nora Roberts’ Tribute romance.
It’s the story of Cilla McGowan (Murphy) who was a former child star and now loves to restore old houses. She begins working on her grandmother’s home, to save it from falling apart, but is haunted by dreams of her and how she died many years ago.
As this tale unfolds, she becomes romantically involved with her hunky neighbor, Ford Sawyer (cool name!) and the passion begins…
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The Cake Eaters (2007)
Directed by the incredible Mary Stuart Masterson, The Cake Eaters isn’t just a great chick flick, but a great movie overall. Kristen Stewart (Twilight) plays Georgia, a young woman with Friedreich’s ataxia – a disease that causes nerve damage and eventual heart disease – beautifully and it’s impossible not to love Elizabeth Ashley as Georgia’s free spirited grandmother. I absolutely loved this movie, although there was one serious flaw, so let’s get to that now.
The Cake Eaters was written by Jayce Bartok who also plays the completely unnecessary role of Beagle’s older brother Guy. I kept waiting for something to happen with his character that factored into the story, but it never amounted to anything. He shows up, does his thing and is in the final scene of the movie, but he really has no impact on the movie at all. Jayce gave a great performance in the movie and wrote a great script but his character seemed to be written in as an excuse to cast himself in the movie.
Aside from that, I really have no complaints about the movie. Some people are frustrated by the ending (which I won’t ruin here) but I love a movie that doesn’t wrap everything up in a neat package and lets you draw your own conclusions. If that isn’t your thing, you might want to skip The Cake Eaters.
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Dirty Dancing (1987)
“Nobody puts Baby in a corner.”
Legendary line from a legendary movie. Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Gray had a special kind of magic that rarely happens on screen. She was adorable and innocent. He was hunky and rugged – were the perfect on screen couple.
Dirty Dancing will go down in history as one of the best chick flicks ever made. It’s the perfect date movie because, secretly, guys like it too. They might not admit it, but it’s a proven fact. Proven by who? Who cares!
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Romeo + Juliet (1996)
September 13, 2009 by kitten
Filed under Romance, Tearjerkers
It’s hard to choose a favorite Romeo and Juliet remake because there have been so many great versions of this Shakespeare classic, but it I had to pick just one, it would have to be the 1996 version with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes starring as the ultimate tragic lovebirds.
Baz Luhrmann’s Romeo + Juliet is bold and visually stunning. Taking the actual Elizabethan dialogue and setting it against a modern backdrop was a brave step, but it works fantastically. There is nothing lost in translation here and that might be the biggest reason this film works so well.
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Titanic (1997)
September 13, 2009 by kitten
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Legendary – a classic. I don’t really know what to say about Titanic. We’ve all seen it and we all love it. This is a movie that gets better every time you watch it.
Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet have the kind of chemistry that sets the screen on fire. We lose ourselves in Jack and Rose. Leonardo and Kate don’t exist. They play their roles flawlessly. It’s no surprise no one believed they weren’t a couple off-screen.
Titanic really has everything a girl could ask for in a chick flick – romance, drama, action, a cute boy and a weep-inducing ending. There is nothing about Titanic that doesn’t work and that’s why we all love it so much.
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The Lake House (2006)
Keanu Reeves and Sandra Bullock together again and this time, in a proper love story. I loved them in Speed. They had such amazing chemistry and that’s true of The Lake House as well.
The Lake House is a classic love story with a twist, which I’ll leave for you to find out by watching the movie. What I will stay is both Sandra and Keanu give incredible performances. You believe that they’re in love and you genuinely want them to find a way to be together.
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The Notebook (2004)
September 10, 2009 by kitten
Filed under Featured, Romance, Tearjerkers
The Notebook is the ultimate chick flick. Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams – what incredible chemistry. You believe in their love and you want so badly for it to work for them.
The Notebook may very well be perfect. You connect on a deeply emotional basis with the characters and in the end, you’re left feeling moved. If you don’t have a box of tissue on hand for this movie, you’re a fool. You will need it.
The cast is incredible all the way around with heartbreaking performances by James Garner and Gena Rowlands. I really can’t say enough good things about The Notebook. It’s just an incredible movie that every woman needs to watch at least once. Just don’t be surprised when you find yourself going back for seconds – and thirds, and fourths…
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Bride Wars (2009)
Friend or foe, do not mess with a woman’s wedding because there is nothing more frightening than a pissed off bride. People don’t seem to understand this, but in order for the term Bridezilla to exist, there had to be a reason for it. Bride Wars gives us two examples of that reason.
Anne Hathaway and Kate Hudson are two of my favorite actresses in the whole world and they were phenomenal in Bride Wars. Their chemistry is fantastic and watching them on the screen, you really believe they’ve been friends since childhood. Even though everything goes horribly awry (which is naturally has to or we wouldn’t have a movie) you can still feel the love between them. Add Candice Bergen to the mix and you have cinematic gold.
I consider Bride Wars to be a love story above all else, but not in the boyfriend/girlfriend sort of way although there are those elements. I see it as a movie about love between best friends and how no matter what happens, the bond in that sort of relationship is forever.
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Sex and the City: The Movie (2008)
Carrie. Samantha. Charlotte. Miranda. The four fine and fierce females from Sex and the City are back with Sex and the City: The Movie, and it’s about time! I have only been waiting for this since the first whispered rumors that the ladies would be coming to the big screen, but never in my wildest dreams imagined that it would actually happen. Yet here it is – the movie I’d been waiting for. Was it everything I hoped it would be? Definitely!
The addition of Jennifer Hudson was brilliant. I love that girl like I love kittens, and I am a girl that likes her kittens. She fit in perfectly. As always, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kim Cattrall, Kristen Davis and Cynthia Nixon were delicious as the big city ladies we love so much.
Sex and the City: The Movie proves it’s possible to take a brilliant tv show and make a movie out of it without making it feel like more of the same or losing anything that made the originator so special. I can’t wait for the sequel.
