Monday Movie Meme - Ms. Officer...

Named after a favorite Lil’ Wayne song, the theme for this week’s Monday Movie Meme is influenced by a crime drama I watched over the weekend that had me wondering if Boston has a shortage of female cops.

Out of sheer curiosity, I then tried to figure out how many female movie characters, who were members of the police force, came to mind. This was no easy task, which brings us to our Monday Movie Meme theme: Ms. Officer

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring your favorite or most memorable women who are a part of law enforcement. This includes patrol cops, detectives, correctional officers and related workers involved in making arrests.

Here are my selections for this week’s Ms. Officer theme.

Miss Congeniality

An FBI agent goes undercover as a beauty pageant contestant to stop a terrorist attack, in this comedy starring Sandra Bullock, Benjamin Bratt and Michael Caine.

Stuck!

A cruel prison guard works her best at keeping a group of restless prisoners in line, throughout this women-in-prison drama starring Stacy Cunningham and Karen Black.

Firecracker

A police chief investigates a murder in her small town where traveling carnival shows and white picket fences hide years of child abuse and other shocking revelations, in this mystery drama starring Susan Traylor and Mike Patton.

What movies feature YOUR most memorable female cops? 

Monday Movie Meme – Authentic Business Relationships

After a brief hiatus the Monday Movie Meme is back with a theme shaped by Travis Nichols’ discussion on authenticity: Risky Business.

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring people who take great risks or pass on a quick buck just to have more authentic business relationships.

Here are my selections for this week’s Risky Business theme.

It’s a Wonderful Life

A business man puts his dreams on hold and risks bankruptcy to save a town from an unscrupulous loan shark in this holiday film starring James Stewart.

Soul Food

 “I can find my own damn job!” Those of you who saw this movie know what I’m talking about and the dynamics of the environment, or rather…situation, surrounding this very moment.

On the Waterfront

A dockworker risks unemployment, death and community ostracism by standing up against the corruption of his bosses; in this drama film starring Marlon Brando.

What movies have YOU seen featuring people who take great risks or pass on a quick buck just to have more authentic business relationships?

Monday Movie Meme – Backyard BBQ

As the Fourth of July weekend approaches, the theme for this week’s Monday Movie Meme focuses on one of the most common Independence Day celebrations in America: Backyard BBQ.

Share on your blog or in the comments section, movies featuring cookouts, barbecues or whatever these casual parties are called in your neck of the woods.

The BBQ scene doesn’t have to necessarily be set in someone’s backyard but a character in the film must be firing up something on a grill. Here are my selections for this week’s Backyard BBQ theme.

Poetic Justice

A group of friends crash a family reunion, where they help themselves to barbecue food, drinks and new acquaintances in this romantic drama starring Janet Jackson, Tupac Shakur and Regina King.

Boyz n the Hood

Friends in an L.A. neighborhood discuss reading books, AIDS and letting women eat first, at a backyard cookout celebrating Doughboy’s return home from prison in this drama starring Laurence Fishburne, Ice Cube, Cuba Gooding Jr. and Morris Chestnut.

What movies have YOU watched featuring people cooking out at a barbecue?