Romance Reviews

Romance

The Fault in our Stars

The Fault in our Stars

For anyone who hasn’t yet been caught up in the zeitgeist, TFiOS is based on John Green’s bestselling young-adult novel of the same name, and centers on the relationship...

Vickie
Funny Face

Funny Face

Audrey Hepburn charms as bookshop clerk Jo Stockton, whose life is turned upside down when fashion magazine editor Maggie Prescott (the fabulous Kay Thompson) bursts into her shop with...

Linda
Sabrina (1954)

Sabrina (1954)

Audrey Hepburn, youthful and glowing in the beginning of her film career, plays Sabrina, the daughter of a chauffeur. Her daddy (the lovable John Williams) works for the very...

Linda
Hank and Asha

Hank and Asha

Hank and Asha is a romance that is one step ahead of You’ve Got Mail, while holding back slightly from watching two people chat via Skype. Our two titular...

Linda
I Capture the Castle

I Capture the Castle

When a beloved book is made into a movie, I always anticipate it with a mixture of trepidation and excitement. Part of me thinks, “What could be better than...

Jennifer
Winter's Tale

Winter’s Tale

A centuries-spanning fantasy romance, Winter’s Tale stumbles across head-scratching issues almost immediately. In 1895 New York City, an infant is dropped into a model ship into the Hudson River...

Linda
Kissing Jessica Stein

Kissing Jessica Stein

Jessica Stein, a typical neurotic Jewish Princess New Yorker (who, for some reason, movies have always thought are much more interesting than Gretel, bland farm girl from Kansas), has...

Linda
Step Up 2: The Streets

Step Up 2: The Streets

We’ve all seen this plot before: Outsider rebel kid gets in trouble one too many times. S/he is going to get sent off to reform school/Japan/Texas unless… said kid...

Linda
Step Up 3D

Step Up 3D (2010)

It’s kind of funny that there is a formula to dance movies. Doesn’t anyone out there just, you know, dance for fun? To have a good time? Instead, dancing...

Linda
The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

The Bridges of Madison County (1995)

The first time I saw The Bridges of Madison County I got swept up in the romance of it all. I loved that you could experience the affair of...

Jennifer
About Last Night

About Last Night

Let me preface this review by saying: I am not a fan of blue comedy. I don’t find “talking dirty” to be particularly compelling (or hilarious) entertainment, and I...

Linda
Her

Her

Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) is a sweet, gentle man who excels at a job that is perfect for sweet, gentle people. In this very near-future world, Theodore works at a...

Linda