Best Chick Flicks of 2015
February 21, 2016
The Best of the Best
Here are my 13 Favorites
Bridge of Spies
(2015) - 141 min - PG13
Drama, History
Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks…Another very fine movie about a significant series of events during the Cold War. Those who are of a certain age, will remember when Gary Powers was shot down in a... More
Brooklyn
(2015) - 111 min - PG13
Drama, Romance
Charming story of Ellis Lacey who leaves her small Irish village as well as her sister Rose and her widowed mother. With no opportunities at home, she is welcomed to Brooklyn with the help of Rose's... More
Carol
(2015) - 118 min - R
Drama, Romance
Poignant Drama about a difficult romance between a sales clerk at a New York department store and a well to do married woman, Carol, who comes in to buy her daughter a Christmas present. The filming... More
Danish Girl, The
(2015) - 119 min - R
Biography, Drama
One of the best movies of the year. Redmayne may be headed for another Academy Award. Wegener, a noted Danish landscape artist, loves his beautiful wife Gerde but realizes one day while posing for... More
Far From the Madding Crowd
(2015) - 119 min - PG13
Drama
One of my brothers said he loved the movie, the other "not so much" so caution with taking a date but probably ok for many men. Bathsheba Everdeen is an orphaned young woman working on her aunt's... More
Joy
(2015) - 124 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama
Inspirational story based on the life of Joy Mangano who invented the Miracle Mop and eventually many other products, fights her family, her partners, her competition and herself to become... More
Little Chaos, A
(2015) - 117 min - R
Drama, Romance
Occasionally, we uncover a wonderful movie about which you might not otherwise know. A Little Chaos is one of these. Starring Kate Winslet and Matthias Schoenhaert(hopefully you saw him recently in... More
Martian, The
(2015) - 141 min - PG13
Action, Adventure, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy
Fabulous movie with a great sense of humor even in the face of insurmountable odds as Mark, played by Matt Damon, is left on Mars when the crew led by Jessica Chastain aborts the missionn because of... More
Room
(2015) - 118 min - R
Drama
Disturbing yet illuminating story of Joy who lives with her 5 year old son, Jack, in a shed prison called "Room" where she has been kept by her kidnapper of 7 years before. Brie Larson is clearly... More
Spotlight
(2015) - 128 min - R
Drama, History
Michael Keaton's career is officially resurrected! After being nominated for an Academy Award for best actor, I did not know when we would see him again. In Spotlight, he plays Robby Robinson head... More
Testament of Youth
(2015) - 129 min - PG13
Drama, History
Testament of Youth is based on the best selling novel of the true experiences of Vera Brittain during World War I. Vera desperately wants to go to Oxford and her brother, Edward, convinces their... More
Trumbo
(2015) - 124 min - R
Biography, Drama, History
Cranston, nominated for an Oscar for his portrayal, is fantastic as the real Dalton Trumbo. When the House Committee on Un American Activities begins to questions possible Communists from Hollywood,... More
Woman in Gold
(2015) - 109 min - PG13
Drama, History
You really should see this beautiful movie. If you were paying attention the last 20 years, you know something of the story of Maria Altmann's quest to recover from Austria the famous Woman in Gold... More
And Here are the Runners Up
And here are the 11 which are definitely worth seeing but did not quite make the top list!
Black or White
(2015) - 121 min - PG13
Drama
Close call on taking a date. There are some tear producing scenes in this movie but it is a good story well acted by Octavia Spencer and Kevin Costner. The movie opens with Elliot(Costner) at the... More
Cinderella
(2015) - 112 min - PG13
Adventure, Drama, Family
Yes you will see two Downton Abbey regulars in this new Disney version of Cinderella, Lily James(Rose) as Cinderella and Sophie McShera(Daisy) as Drisella. Cate Blanchett is an excellent step mother... More
Grandma
(2015) - 79 min - R
Comedy, Drama
This is a poignant drama masquerading as a comedy. Yes there are funny moments and Lily Tomlin is spectacular as Grandma, a once noted lesbian poet who has lost her partner of 38 years. Grandma... More
Intern, The
(2015) - 121 min - PG13
Comedy
This movie hits all the right notes even if it is a combo of "Moonlight Serenade" and "All About That Bass". Robert De Niro plays a 70 year old widower who has too much time on his hands. He... More
Learning To Drive
(2015) - 95 min - R
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Metaphor: a thing regarded as representative or symbolic of something else, especially something abstract(Google). First, and foremost "Learning to Drive" is a metaphor…in this case for the end of... More
Mr. Holmes
(2015) - 104 min - PG
Crime/Mystery, Drama, Mystery/British
What a pleasant surprise Mr Holmes, the movie is! Obviously, based on the Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Mr Holmes takes place shortly after the completion of World War II... More
Perfect Guy, The
(2015) - 100 min - PG13
Crime/Mystery, Drama, Romance, Suspense/Thriller
Well done thriller! Leah is a professional woman in Los Angeles who loves Dave, but Dave is not ready to commit. When they separate, she meets Carson, played by gorgeous Michael Ealy, who is a... More
Spy
(2015) - 120 min - R
Action, Comedy, Crime/Mystery, Suspense/Thriller
James Bond 007…Sean Connery, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig. Now substitute Melissa McCarthy and you have SPY. This movie is made to look just like a genuine spy thriller, except, of course,... More
Steve Jobs
(2015) - 122 min - R
Biography, Drama
Previous movies and documentaries as well as periodicals have all told the story of Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple who was a personally flawed genius. This movie tells the story by focusing on the... More
Suffragette
(2015) - 106 min - PG13
Drama, History
This is the mostly true story of how the women of Great Britain won the right to vote which they achieved before American Women did. It is not a pretty story, but it is largely accurate save for the... More
Trainwreck
(2015) - 125 min - R
Comedy, Romance
Amy Schumer is, in many ways, a genius. She wrote and stars in this comedy which turns the tables on the stereotypical young single guy. She sleeps around and cares little for the pleasure of her... More
