Best Chick Flicks of 2013
January 29, 2014
Best Chick Flicks of 2013
What were the best chick flicks in 2013? We carefully identified 13 movies that were the best for female audiences, though many were great for guys, too. Great to watch on DVD or Blu-ray. Many are still in theaters.
Book Thief, The
(2013) - 131 min - PG13
Drama, War
For me, this is perhaps the best movie of 2013. It touches many chords and sentiments with even some humor usually provided by Papa played by Geoffrey Rush or Liesl's best friend Rudy. As the years... More
Hannah Arendt
(2013) - 113 min - NR
Biography, Drama, History
This cerebral movie is one of the best of the year. However, when you see it, you must be in the mood to "think". Hannah Arendt was a philosophy professor married to a non Jewish German-also a... More
12 Years A Slave
(2013) - 133 min - R
Biography, Drama, History
This true and terrifying story is difficult to watch; yet you should see it. It is nearly impossible to believe that only 150 years ago we enslaved people and treated them worse than animals. Solomon... More
About Time
(2013) - 123 min - R
Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Domhnall Gleeson plays Tim to Rachel McAdams' Mary. Tim's father is played by Bill Nighy who tells Tim on his 21st birthday that the men in the family can go backwards in time and "redo" a moment.... More
Enough Said
(2013) - 96 min - PG13
Comedy, Romance
Pretty cute comedy and romance starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and James Gandolfini, in one of his last roles. Eva is a masseuse and works hard to support her daughter who is leaving for Sarah Lawrence... More
Gravity
(2013) - 90 min - PG13
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Suspense/Thriller
Wow, who could have guessed that this movie is a winner. Only two characters on screen, Sandra Bullock and George Clooney, no scenery except a distant earth, no fashion, no romance, but lots and lots... More
In A World…
(2013) - 90 min - R
Comedy
Well, this is my favorite comedy of the year. Lake Bell hits all the right notes in her writing, direction and as the star of this highly entertaining Indie Movie.
Carol is a voice coach in LA where... More
Love Is All You Need ( Den skaldene frisøn)
(2013) - 116 min - R
Comedy, Foreign, Romance
This charming Danish movie is one of my all time favorites. It opened in only a few theaters, but deserves a wider audience. Ida who lives in Copenhagen with her cheating husband goes to Italy for... More
Philomena
(2013) - 98 min - PG13
Biography, Drama, History
Judi Dench plays a different kind of role, although no less impressive, as a simple Irish woman who became pregnant as a young girl and was sent to an Irish Abbey where the nuns gave away the... More
Saving Mr Banks
(2013) - 125 min - PG133
Biography, Comedy, Drama
Who else could play Walt Disney…but Tom Hanks. In fact, Emma Thompson seems the perfect Pamela Travers, writer of the Mary Poppins books. She is terrified Disney will defile her beloved Mary... More
Secret Life of Walter Mitty, The
(2013) - 114 min - PG
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
This is a cool, charming movie starring Ben Stiller as Walter Mitty in this remake taken also from the original short story by James Thurber. Walter has an interest in a new employee, Cheryl, who... More
Side Effects
(2013) - 106 min - R
Crime/Mystery, Drama, Suspense/Thriller
This film was a delight from what I was expecting. I did not anticipate the twists which began to appear. Jude Law is, in fact, the star caught up in the case of a patient who harms her husband while... More
Way Way Back, The
(2013) - 103 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama
This delightful movie is funny and interesting. Young Liam James does a nice job as 14 year old, Duncan. Steve Carell plays a terrible guy with a wandering eye, and he is a bully of a particular sly... More
