Romance Reviews

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Four Christmases (2008)

Four Christmases (2008)

As I started watching Four Christmases, it seemed to me that the movie couldn’t possibly be as bad as everyone said it was. It had a full year to...

Jennifer
The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2009)

Unlike most Twilight fans, I’d consider myself Team Jacob (vs. Team Edward). And because of this, New Moon is probably my favorite of the books (like most who’ve read...

Linda
Gone With the Wind (1939)

Gone With the Wind (1939)

I know plenty of people that consider Gone with the Wind a snooze-fest (for its almost four-hour running length), or find it unwatchable because Vivien Leigh’s Southern belle Scarlett...

Linda
Bright Star (2009)

Bright Star (2009)

The setting is 1818 in Hampstead (a “village” outside of London). Being this era, and being a movie (vs. the reality), almost everyone we meet doesn’t seem to have...

Linda
To Catch a Thief (1955)

To Catch a Thief (1955)

To Catch a Thief is not remembered as being one of Hitchcock’s best… in fact the “mystery” is so obvious right from the start that the revelation at the...

Linda
(500) Days of Summer (2009)

(500) Days of Summer (2009)

The always-wonderful Joseph Gordon-Levitt stars as Tom, a mopey greeting-card writer whose heart swells when he meets perky but distant secretary Summer (Zooey Deschanel). Tom wants to be in...

Vickie
Adventureland (2009)

Adventureland (2009)

Don’t be misled by the resume of Adventureland‘s writer/director Greg Mottola. He is best known for directing the super-raunch-fest Superbad, the amazingly foul-mouthed comedy that took teen sex comedies...

Linda
A Walk on the Moon (1999)

A Walk on the Moon (1999)

A Walk on the Moon is in many ways the ultimate Viggo Mortensen movie. It takes place during the summer 1969, and focuses on the changing dynamics of the...

Jennifer
P.S. I Love You

P.S. I Love You

In the opening scene of the tear-jerking romance P.S. I Love You, we meet Holly and Gerry Kennedy (Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler). They got married young, and are...

Linda
Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

Confessions of a Shopaholic (2009)

What the hell, Hollywood? So far, 2009 blows for women in film. First, Bride Wars told audiences that women are selfish, superficial, vindictive hellions who care only about themselves...

Linda
American Son (2008)

American Son (2008)

American Son is a timely, thoughtful indie film about a young man named Mike (Nick Cannon) who is about to be deployed to Iraq.  Only a four-day Thanksgiving holiday...

Jennifer
Nights In Rodanthe (2008)

Nights In Rodanthe (2008)

Nicholas Sparks is clearly an agent of evil. Who else can write stories that are sappier than maple syrup and still win you over in the end? I made...

Jennifer