Romance Reviews

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Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren) (2001)

Anita Takes a Chance (Anita no perd el tren) (2001)

I think Rosa Maria Sardà has been in perhaps every Spanish movie ever made in recent years, probably most visibly in Pedro Almodovar’s All About My Mother, playing Penelope...

Linda
Teknolust

Teknolust (2002)

Where is our society headed technologically? How will that technology affect our lives? Is artificial life possible? What role will it play in our ongoing evolution? Is advancing technology...

Linda
About a Boy (2002)

About a Boy (2002)

One of the most enduring images of Hugh Grant in Bridget Jones’s Diary is when his character first emerges from an elevator, with a smirk on his face and...

Linda
Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere)

Italian for Beginners (Italiensk for begyndere) (2000)

Don’t be fooled by the movie poster for Italian for Beginners. With an image of the canals of Venice and a woman’s legs sexily kicked back in a gondola,...

Linda
Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain) (2001)

Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d’Amélie Poulain) (2001)

With her slightly ruffled pixie haircut, big blinking eyes, deep black pupils, porcelain skin, slightly ducky overbite, and big clunky shoes, Amélie looks like she should be sharing a...

Linda
Julie Johnson (2001)

Julie Johnson (2001)

This film came very close to a recommendation from me. I can’t quite put my finger on what was missing from Julie Johnson, because I actually did like the...

Linda
A Family Affair (2001)

A Family Affair (2001)

I have to admit when the title of this movie popped up on screen with the word “Family” written in a rainbow of letters, my eyes rolled. In the...

Linda
Drift (2000)

Drift (2001)

Do you ever wonder how your life would be different if you had made different choices along the way? In Drift, three divergent destinies play out from one pivotal...

Tim
In the Mood for Love (2000)

In the Mood for Love (2000)

The setting: 1960s Hong Kong. On the same afternoon, Mr. Chow (Tony Leung) and Mrs. Chan (Maggie Cheung) move into rooms they’ve rented in neighboring apartments. Their respective spouses...

Linda
The Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem Schuss) (2000)

The Legend of Rita (Die Stille nach dem Schuß) (2000)

The Legend of Rita is a fictionalized story of one such terrorist, a woman named Rita Vogt (Bibiana Beglau) who in the early 1970s robs banks with her boyfriend...

Linda
Aimee & Jaguar (1999)

Aimée & Jaguar (1999)

Berlin, 1943: A headstrong, sassy young Jewish woman, Felice (Maria Schrader), is working for the underground resistance movement while boldly earning a living working for a Nazi newspaper. Through...

Linda
Anna and the King (1999)

Anna and the King (1999)

I wasn’t ever bored (despite the grumblings of those who say that it is long and dull). Jodie Foster is fine as Anna, though I don’t think it will...

Linda