01.10.09

Review: Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day

Posted in Reviews, The 2000s at 4:29 pm by Chick 1

Chick 1 says:

I love a movie where a makeover solves everything. That’s my kind of chick flick. While there’s more to this movie than just a makeover, it definitely captures the spirit of the story. 

What I Liked: I caught this movie at the theater when it opened in March 2008 and enjoyed it. Watched it on DVD with a friend last night & enjoyed it even more the second time. Done in the style of a 1930s screwball comedy, it is never boring, moving along at a madcap pace.  Read the rest of this entry »

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Quote of the Week

Posted in Movie Quotes at 3:30 pm by Chick 1

“Hi Katarina.  Make anyone cry today?”

“Sadly, no.  But it’s only 4:30.”

Walter & Kat Stratford (Larry Miller & Julia Stiles)

10 Things I Hate About You (1999)

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01.06.09

I Can’t Wait: The Long Cold Winter

Posted in I Can't Wait! at 11:56 pm by Chick 1

Let’s face it.  January and February are the nuclear waste dump of Hollywood.  A period when movies whose releases have been pushed further and further back because they couldn’t compete with whatever else was being released, movies that have disappointed studio execs, movies that studios don’t know what to do with, and movies that just have no one to believe in them find themselves finally showing to audiences.

Add to this the romantic comedy season leading up Valentine’s (a genre I’ll talk about in an upcoming blog) and choices at the theater can seem kind of bleak. Read the rest of this entry »

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01.02.09

Quote of the Week

Posted in Movie Quotes at 10:55 pm by Chick 1

It’s time to separate the wheat from the chafe, the men from the boys, and the awkwardly feminine from the possibly Canadian.

Cotton McKnight (Gary Cole)

Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004

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