Spring Chick Flicks, with a Bookish Slant
June 28, 2015
Spring Chick Flicks, with a Bookish Slant
Age of Adaline, The
(2015) - 110 min - PG13
Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Another close call on taking a date. Some men will enjoy The Age of Adaline but the romance and story are true Chick Flick material. I liked it…and I cried a bit. The story is a fantasy yet... More
Aloha
(2015) - 105 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Bradley Cooper is always cute (as are Rachel McAdams and Emma Stone), but focusing on the eye candy, Bradley Cooper turns in another good performance in this relatively light, somewhat complicated... 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
Clouds of Sils Maria
(2014) - 124 min - R
Drama
In some ways Clouds of Sils Maria is a multi layered movie with overlays of innuendo and meaning. Sils Maria is the small Swiss area where Maria Ender's mentor, Wilhelm Melchior, the playwright,... More
Danny Collins
(2015) - 106 min - R
Comedy/Screwball, Drama
Lovely story with some humor about Danny Collins (Al Pacino) who at his birthday party is given a framed letter written to him by John Lennon after reading an interview with Collins when he was just... More
Dior and I
(2015) - 90 min - Nr
Documentary
Take a date if he is interested in the business of fashion. This is a fascinating documentary showing the two months between the announcement that Raf Simons, a Belgian, would be the new head... 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
Hot Pursuit
(2015) - 87 min - PG13
Action, Adventure, Comedy
Sophia Vergara and Reese Witherspoon join up to escape assassination from a drug cartel. Vergara's husband has turned government witness and must get to Dallas to testify. Witherspoon, the daughter... More
I’ll See You In My Dreams
(2015) - 92 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama
First, Don't take a date unless he has a softer side. Blythe Danner plays a widow who wonders if there is more to life than her routine of walking, golfing, and playing bridge with the girls who... More
Love & Mercy
(2015) - 121 min - PG13
Biography, Drama, Musical
Beach Boys…Great Music…Right? Well, do not expect to hear lots of Beach Boys hits in this movie which drags on for over two hours. Yes we hear a couple of partial hits and the theater may be... More
Madame Bovary
(2015) - 118 min - R
Drama
Take a date if he likes historical novels…especially tragedies. Emma leaves a school in a convent to marry a country doctor. She finds the life boring and interminable. When the local dry goods... More
Me and Earl and The Dying Girl
(2015) - 105 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama, Teen/Coming of Age
Greg has been trying to stay under every group's radar in high school. Into his senior year, he has been successful until his mother badgers him into visiting a friend's daughter, Rachel, who has... More
Pitch Perfect 2
(2015) - 115 min - PG13
Comedy, Musical
I know our younger members love the Pitch Perfect Movies. Bless you! However, unless you adore mechanical, percussion rap music, I advise you to save your money. I must have looked at my watch 20... More
Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The
(2015) - 122 min - PG13
Comedy, Drama
Because the first movie, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, was so good entertaining, you may be disappointed with The Second Exotic Marigold Hotel. We see Sonny, the owner, and Maggie Smith driving... 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
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
Water Diviner, The
(2015) - 111 min - R
Action, Drama, Romance, War
This movie will be a bit of a surprise. It is actually a war movie as much as the ordeal of a grieving father to find his sons' bodies and to bring them home to Australia for burial. After his... 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
