Current Reviews (Heard Saturday at 9:30am with Steve Bertrand) Nick's Top Five "Tough Chick" Movies: 1. Michelle Yeoh & Zhang Ziyi - CROUCHING TIGER HIDDEN DRAGON 2. Barbara Stanwyck - FORTY GUNS & CATTLE QUEEN OF MONTANA 3. Linda Hamilton - TERMINATOR 2 4. Pam Grier - COFFY & FOXY BROWN 5. Karen Allen - RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK And, on a recent Nick at Night show, contributor Erik The Movieman gave his picks for "Tough Chicks in Movies" here is that very expansive list: THE ESSENTIALS Sigourney Weaver (Aliens) Linda Hamilton (Terminator 2) Karen Allen (Raiders of the Lost Ark) Jeanette Goldstein (Aliens) Angela Bassett (Strange Days) Franka Potente (Run Lola Run) Carrie Anne-Moss (The Matrix) Carrie Fisher (Return of the Jedi) Michelle Pfeiffer (Batman Returns) Michelle Yeoh and Zhang Ziyi (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) YOU'RE UNDER ARREST, SUGAR! Jamie Lee Curtis (Blue Steel) Pam Grier (Foxy Brown, Coffy, Jackie Brown) Frances McDormand (Fargo) Jennifer Lopez (Out of Sight) GOING TO WAR Meg Ryan (Courage Under Fire) Demi Moore (G.I. Jane) LOOK OUT!!! BEHIND YOU!!! Heather Langenkamp (Nightmare on Elm Street) Neve Campbell (Scream) Jodie Foster (Silence of the Lambs) THE NOIR GODDESSES Anjelica Huston and Annette Bening (The Grifters) Kathleen Turner (Prizzi's Honor or Body Heat) Linda Fiorentino (The Last Seduction) Jennifer Tilly and Gina Gerson (Bound) Barbara Stanwyck (Double Indemnity) Simone Signoret (Diabolique) Gene Tierney (Leave Her to Heaven) THE EVERYDAYS Susan Sarandon and Geena Davis (Thelma and Louise) Rachel Ward (Fortress) (HBO Movie) Bonnie Bedelia (Die Hard) - Don't think so? Ask Walter Peck! TOUGH BUT FUNNY Amanda Peet (The Whole Nine Yards) Christina Ricci (The Opposite of Sex) Marisa Tomei (My Cousin Vinny) Princess Fiona (Shrek) CHICKS WITH GUNS Anne Parillaud or Bridget Fonda (La Femme Nikita or Point of No Return) Adrienne Barbeau (Escape from New York) Amy Madigan (Streets of Fire) Sharon Stone and Rachel Ticotin (Total Recall) Dina Meyer (Starship Troopers) Rene Russo (Lethal Weapon 3 & 4) Natalie Portman (The Professional) Nancy Allen (Robocop) Faye Dunaway (Bonnie and Clyde) XENA WHO? Sandahl Bergman (Conan the Barbarian) Grace Jones (Conan the Destroyer) Rachel Weisz and Patricia Velasquez (The Mummy Returns) THE OLD WEST Brandon Merrill (Shanghai Noon) Sharon Stone (The Quick and the Dead) Claudia Cardinale (Once Upon a Time in the West) HOPEFULLY JUST SCIENCE FICTION Daryl Hannah (Blade Runner) Sissy Spacek (Carrie) Natasha Henstridge (Species) Mathilda May (Lifeforce) Rebecca Romjin Stamos (X-Men) THE BOND GIRLS Maud Adams "Octopussy" (Octopussy) Famke Janssen "Xenia Onatopp" (Goldeneye) Honor Blackman "Pussy Galore" (Goldfinger) P.M. AAAARRRGGGGHHHH!!! Amanda Plummer (Pulp Fiction) Betsy Palmer "Mrs. Voorhees" (Friday the 13th) Kathy Bates (Misery) Theresa Russell (Black Widow) Rebecca DeMornay (The Hand That Rocks the Cradle) Glenn Close (Fatal Attraction) Jennifer Jason Leigh (Single White Female) Sharon Stone (Basic Instinct) Madchen Amick (Dream Lover) THE ANTI-CONAN Jane Fonda (Barbarella) Brigitte Nielsen (Red Sonja) Tanya Roberts (Sheena, Queen of the Jungle) Tawny Kitaen (The Perils of Gwendoline in the Land of the Yik-Yak) 80s & SLOPPY SECONDS Linda Fiorentino (Gotcha) Kristy Swanson (Deadly Friend) Wendy O. Williams (Reform School Girls) Leslie Easterbrook (Police Academy 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7) Hilary Swank (The Next Karate Kid) A FEW GOOD WOMEN? Lea Thompson and Jennifer Grey (Red Dawn) Julia Nickson-Soul (Rambo: First Blood Part 2) Valeria Golino (Hot Shots Part Deux) FUTURE LEATHER Pamela Anderson (Barb Wire) Joan Severance (Black Scorpion) Lori Petty (Tank Girl) Melanie Griffith (Cherry 2000) GREAT TRASH!!! Betsy Russell (Angel) Lucinda Dickey (Ninja 3: The Domination) Marilyn Chambers (Angel of H.E.A.T.) Cynthia Rothrock (China O'Brien) Anna Nicole Smith (Skyscraper) Shannon Tweed (No Contest) Any chick with a gun in an Andy Sidaris flick THANK YOU, MR. CORMAN Barbara Hershey (Boxcar Bertha) Angie Dickinson (Big Bad Mama) LAST, BUT NOT LEAST Anthony Perkins (Psycho) Sweet Home Chicago Site Map