THE LEFT LANE
Chick flicks with Mom

Advertiser Staff

"Mother-Daughter Movies: 101 Films to See Together" suggests titles that authors Rosemary Rogers and Nell Rogers Michlin say are fun to watch and lend themselves to discussion. If you're interested in tackling family relationships, try "The Joy Luck Club" (1993) or "Moonstruck" (1997); if you want to address peer pressure and popularity, pop in "Never Been Kissed" (1999), pictured right.

The book summarizes each movie's plot and then rates its "bonding potential," the hunk factor and the hankie factor — both things than can bring moms and daughters together. There also is a "squirm-in-your-seat" rating to indicate how uncomfortable things might get if there's a sex scene (1999's "Cruel Intentions" and 1976's "Saturday Night Fever" both get a 9 out of 10 ranking).

On the warning list of movies mother and daughter should not see together are "Basic Instinct" (1992) and "Body Heat" (1981).

Rogers and Michlin are a mother-daughter team who have been watching movies together for more than two decades.

I LOVE U, Mommie!

More than 1,000 Mother's Day cards, created by students from Honolulu elementary schools for their mothers and grandmothers, will be on display at the mall's Center Court from April 30 to Mother's Day, May 9.

There will be an awards ceremony and live music 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 8, honoring the best of the cards' creators — and their moms.

Information: 732-7736 ext. 13.

The newlywed fame

If you live in Hawai'i and have gotten married in the past two months, you have a chance to let the world know in our weekly Love Stories feature that runs each Sunday on the 'Ohana page in Island Life.

More than just announcing your nuptials, we'll tell the story of how you met, fell in love or got engaged.

If you'd like to share your love with readers, write to relationships writer Tanya Bricking Leach at Love Stories, The Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802, or e-mail tbricking@honoluluadvertiser.com. Be sure to include your name and daytime phone number. Photos are welcome.