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  Chick flick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The term chick flick is slang for a movie that appeals mainly to women or young girls, either by design or popular consensus.
One key element of chick flicks is a respectable female lead struggling with a romantic predicament.
Due to the focus on romance or relationships, chick flicks are typically categorized as romances or romantic comedies.
en.wikipedia.org.cob-web.org:8888 /wiki/Chick_flick   (195 words)

  
 Chick Flick.com.au - Queensland's Most Rocking All-Girl Band
Chick Flick play an all ages/licensed show at QUT guild with a gigantic wrapped up pressie of local bands including Soulframe, The Eight Colour,Ameline, A Year to Remember, Ceremony.
Chick Flick are rocking the Alley Bar this special halloween Friday night 27 October with hot rockin' boys from Sydney - Hell City Glamours.
Chick Flick searched high and low in speedy time to bring you a big night of rock to celebrate our new band members and first gig back in ages.
www.chickflick.com.au   (455 words)

  
 Chick Flick.com.au - Biography
“…Chick Flick are exactly what’s been missing from all-girl rock outfits doing the rounds the last few years, all with teased hair fishnets and lycra.
Chick Flick’s assault on the original scene has emerged showcasing a combining mixture often described between the likes of a young Motley Crue and ACDC vibe with catchy lyrics, rock strut and heavy tease factor rolled into surges of action packed kickin’ tunes.
Early 2005 Chick Flick was handpicked for a spot on independent original music program 'Base TV' currently being aired on local community television Australia wide providing a glimpse of glitter and glam notorious to the Chick Flick live experience.
www.chickflick.com.au /biography.html   (328 words)

  
 Chick flick
The use of 'chick flick' to describe the films with appeal to women began in the early 1990s.
For a few years prior to that 'chick flicks' were the sexually exploitative films, like those made by directors like Russ Meyers, which were designed to appeal to male sexual fantasy.
Prior to settling on 'chick flick' as the standard term for this genre of film, several alternatives were used.
www.phrases.org.uk /meanings/chick-flick.html   (331 words)

  
 The Collegian Online: Pick-a-chick flick   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The majority of "chick flicks," as they are called, are sappy romances with mediocre acting and recycled plots.
Chick flicks are those cute little movies where the guy gets the girl, there's a little bit of comedy, and they almost always have a happy ending.
A chick flick is a romantic movie, but not a romance.
www.utulsa.edu /COLLEGIAN/article.asp?article=668   (686 words)

  
 notcoming.com | Chick Flicks
Although the aforementioned films empower, star or were at least targeted toward women, the present day chick flick seems to fall into place as a separate genre, a sort of illegitimate offspring of its forbearers.
Within popular film criticism, the chick flick has yet to gain recognition beyond the glib and dismissive jargon reviewers of both sexes typically attach to this much-maligned subcategory.
Chick flicks are undoubtedly a phenomenon – one that Hollywood has banally carved into a marketable niche with occasional bursts of intelligence and originality coming out from under the radar – but perhaps it is the overshadowing of these lesser-known gems that encourages critical reevaluation.
www.notcoming.com /chickflicks/index2.php   (1730 words)

  
 Chick Flick: review, discussion, hints, tips and walkthrough at Jay is Games
Chick Flick is an action game of rescuing little chicks by bouncing them on a trampoline up into the safety of their nest.
A model casual game, Chick Flick incorporates a simple and accessible gameplay mechanic that will be immediately familiar to anyone who has played Breakout or related games, and yet there is surprising depth to enjoy here.
As is the case with all of Nitrome's games, Chick Flick sticks to the compelling and successful formula of presenting multiple levels to unlock, which gives the player an easily identifiable goal and reward structure.
jayisgames.com /archives/2006/06/chick_flick.php   (1078 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Features -- Gender gap
Chick flicks are movies made about women for women – and a few sensitive guys.
Even though the term is relatively new, chick flicks have been around since movies were invented.
Since then, chick flicks have grown into their own genre with many complicated levels of subgenres.
www.signonsandiego.com /news/features/20031219-9999_mz1c19chick.html   (1141 words)

  
 MSN - Movies
Chick-Flick Elements: Perhaps I'm a bit cynical, but only in a chick flick would the slightly overweight girl with ridiculous parents, "verbal diarrhea" and absolutely no knowledge of current events or social manners have to make the onerous choice between spending her life with Hugh Grant or Colin Firth.
Like any good chick flick should, the movie glosses over the details of the girl's terminal illness, including no gruesome or specific details about her disease.
Yet because this movie is a girly chick flick, she eventually falls prey to becoming just like every other leading lady: pretty, polished and in love.
movies.msn.com /movies/dvd/chickflicks   (2085 words)

  
 What constitutes a "Chick Flick" ??? - DVXuser.com -- The online community for filmmaking
Someone told me recently that he hadn't been interested in seeing The Hours -- http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0274558 -- because it was a "chick flick." I would definitely disagree, but because it starred three women, that's how he classified it.
In the case of King Kong, if you look past all of the eye candy its a complicated relationship and is probably more of a chick flick than anything but will never recieve that designation because it has action and CGI fx in it.
Chick Flicks: trite, sappy, emotional, soap-opera-ish, cliched, melodramatic, weepy, and trivial...
www.dvxuser.com /V6/showthread.php?t=45691   (1008 words)

  
 Forget chick films -- try these femme flicks
The modern category of chick flick is actually a hodgepodge of elements.
To call them chick flicks is to equate Amy Tan with Danielle Steel.
Make no mistake, in many of my favorite femme flicks, the heroine does get a good man. But in every occasion, you get the sense that she would have been just fine if she walked off into the sunset alone.
www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/04/30/LVG70IF6J71.DTL   (900 words)

  
 Great Chick Flicks
Chick flicks have often been put down as trite, sappy, emotional, soap-opera-ish, cliched, melodramatic, weepy, and trivial.
From the following list, it appears that 'chick' flicks have become a prominent staple of films beginning in the mid-1980s and after.
"chick flick", chirrupy and upbeat, sings a different tune, more defiant and ironic, postmodern and post-feminist, like the growling braggadocio of "grrrl power".
www.filmsite.org /chickflicks.html   (925 words)

  
 AskMen.com - Survive a chick flick
After all, Jerry Maguire may be considered a chick flick by many, but with its profile on a sports agent, choice of actors and overall storyline, any guy can reasonably survive this one… The English Patient, on the other hand, is another story altogether...
If there is anything more annoying than sitting through a chick flick, it's sitting through a chick flick in a crowded theater.
If you go see a chick flick, she owes you something: a ballgame, a "macho movie," or any other creative thing you can come up with.
www.askmen.com /dating/dating_top_ten/44_dating_list.html   (583 words)

  
 Top 5 Chick Flicks
It is so hard not to love this chick flick and not just for Drew's breasts.
A fine chick flick in that it isn't exclusively a chick flick.
Saying this didn't wind up being a chick flick is like saying "Batman and Robin" didn't wind up gayer than "La Cage Au Faux." Just not what you'd expect from the source material.
www.danger-seekers.com /top5/chickflicks.htm   (909 words)

  
 Chick Flick? [Archive] - Film Threat Back Talk
Maybe your friends are having trouble differentiating between a chick flick and a quality drama or comedy with a female lead.
All kidding aside there is a phenomena that I call the 'Macho Chick Flick.' These are films that use many of the elements found in so-called 'Chick Flicks' but are geared toward a male audience.
I've seen Chick Flick defined as a movie you can take a 17-25 year old female to and be sure to get laid after.
www.filmthreat.com /forums/archive/index.php/t-442.html   (2635 words)

  
 Chick Flick Game - ArcadeTown.com
Chick Flick is completely addicting action game fun.
In Chick Flick, you control a pair of intrepid squirrels trying to safely bounce falling chicks back into their nest.
The trick to Chick Flick is learning where on the trampoline to bounce the chicks to make them go where you want.
www.arcadetown.com /chickflick/game.asp   (185 words)

  
 Chick - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Chick could also be a reference to one of the following:
Chick appears in these other article titles, but would not by itself ever be a reference to these topics:
Chick flick, slang for a movie made for, or appealing primarily to, women
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Chick   (183 words)

  
 The Chick Flick - An all female wakeboard video by David Cervenka & Joe Umali
The Chick Flick is the first all-female feature length Wakeboarding film of the century produced by David Cervenka and Joe Umali.
Some cool The Chick Flick pictures posted by West Coast Walt.
April 18, 2006 - A lot of the featured riders in The Chick Flick are heading out for the World Cup in Qatar which will be held on April 22/23.
www.thechickflick.com   (2607 words)

  
 Chick Flick - Miniclip Games - Play Free Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It's too soon to leave the nest, but try telling that to adventurous chicks.
Click here to open your default mail program and send Chick Flick to your friends.
There are 3 different ways of posting Chick Flick to your blog or website.
www.miniclip.com /games/chick-flick/en   (228 words)

  
 Word Spy - chick flick (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
It's hard to put chick flicks in a single category: how do you square the outlaw vulnerability of Thelma and Louise with the soapy wisdom of the Ya-Ya sisters turned gaga gran'mas?
And if The Sweetest Thing is a chick flick — and most reviewers have labelled it one — then why isn't Miss Congeniality, a movie starring Sandra Bullock as a klutzy cop who enters Miss Universe to catch her man (or in this case, woman)?
There are whole web sites devoted to arguments among movie fans and rival lists of top chick flicks.
www.wordspy.com.cob-web.org:8888 /words/chickflick.asp   (267 words)

  
 Chick flick boyfriends: Guys gone mild
But amid a renaissance of female-dominated films, and at a time when more than a dozen actresses command $10 million or more for a movie, there's a new archetype on the screen - and this time the cardboard-cutout character is The Guy.
You can't have a chick flick, after all, without someone for the Chick to pine for, or banter with, or flee from the villains with, or bid farewell from her deathbed.
What is it about these Guys, and why do they always end up holding the door while the Chick kickboxes or pratfalls her way into America's heart?
www.azcentral.com /ent/movies/articles/0507boyfriends07.html   (926 words)

  
 The Warfields.com
Clearly these criteria are not exhaustive, but they should serve you in good stead if you wish to classify a movie as a Chick Flick or Guy Flick.
Contact: One of the few Science Fiction Chick Flicks known to exist.
Tedious, but girls can enjoy them a lot more and the film industry can overcome the fact that they are frequently bankrupt of any inspiration whatsoever.
www.thewarfields.com /ChickFlick.htm   (606 words)

  
 Charmed: Chick Flick - TV.com
However the hat mysteriously reappears and disappears on his head before he is actually vanquished.
This is a reference to the term "chick flick" meaning a film primarily designed for women viewers, like a romance film.
Tell the world what you think of Chick Flick, write a review for this episode.
www.tv.com /charmed/chick-flick/episode/1083/summary.html   (573 words)

  
 Chick Flick, Action & Arcade Game - Shockwave
As the chicks drop helplessly from their nest, guide two little squirrels carrying a trampoline to bounce the baby birds back up into their tree.
Use either your mouse or arrow keys to move the trampoline around and bounce chicks into the basket.
Chick Flick fans also like these great Shockwave games:
www.shockwave.com /gamelanding/chickflick.jsp?tab=HighScores   (679 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: The Ultimate Chick Flick Soundtrack: Music: Original Soundtrack   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Chicks out there must agree with this selection!
A proper chick wont be flicking this CD off in a hurry......
This is an essential item for a girls night in, or driving in the car.
www.amazon.co.uk /Ultimate-Chick-Flick-Soundtrack/dp/B0000657UU   (678 words)

  
 Chick Flick: Julia
From The Mighty Chick Flick in the July 2004 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine.
On the eve of World War II, a well-off American writer risks her safety for a beloved girlhood friend in Europe who has become a resistance fighter.
The chemistry between Jane Fonda and Vanessa Redgrave lights up this gripping film about the kind of friendship that enlarges one's life.
www.oprah.com /omagazine/200407/slide/omag_200407_slide_flick_07.jhtml   (64 words)

  
 FlickFilosopher.com | Bias Meter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
• 10 years of Flick Filosopher: railing against unromantic not-comedies
• 10 years of Flick Filosopher: no matter how cynical you get, you can’t keep up
• 10 years of Flick Filosopher: dancing in the dark
www.flickfilosopher.com   (473 words)

  
 Chick Flick - Nitrome - Play Free Online Games
Chick Flick - Nitrome - Play Free Online Games
Use either the mouse or left and right arrow keys to move the squirrels left and right.
Bounce the chicks into the safety of the nest.
www.nitrome.com /games/chickflick   (62 words)

  
 Moviehole.net - Eli Roth penning Chick Flick
Through the existence of this Italian hostel, Roth plans to reveal that the Slovakian stopover from the first flick is actually part of a chain — kinda like a Motel 6, but with decapitations instead of a continental breakfast.
Hernandez will express his mental collapse in some of the tossing-and-turning scenes Roth is composing.
"You know, when they have a sequel, and you see the guy and he's having nightmares and can't sleep and is going crazy," the filmmaker said, sounding as if Hernandez might finally turn into the villain Roth wanted him to become in an early draft of the original flick.
www.moviehole.net /news/20060613_eli_roth_penning_chick_flick.html   (576 words)

  
 Chick Flicks vs. Macho Movies
A chick flick always includes child actors so they can add humanity and warmth to the story.
A macho movie includes child actors so they can be kidnapped and add suspense to the story.
The chick flick will feature at least one scene where the lead character interacts with her mother.
members.aol.com /KShaskan/chickflick.html   (415 words)

  
 Chick-Flick Video Rentals
Bridget Jones's Diary - Since they've made a modern chick flick from almost every Jane Austen book already (did all of them star Gwyneth Paltrow?) they've started doing homages to her instead.
Chubby Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger puts on the pounds) sets off on an ambitious self-improvement plan to change her life and get a man. Colin Firth is Mr.
Down with Love - There is a selection of fabulous Doris Day/Rock Hudson flicks on the classics page, and any one would be a perfect warm-up to this retro remake starring Renee Zellweger as Doris and Ewan MacGregor as Rock.
www.stasek.com /flicks/video.html   (2282 words)

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