Romance Reviews

Romance

The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby

You either love Baz Luhrmann’s over-the-top Technicolor style, or you don’t. Personally I loved loved LOVED his sensory-overload musical romance Moulin Rouge, but I know several people who hated...

Linda
Strictly Ballroom

Strictly Ballroom

It’s hard to believe that the goofily funny, charmingly romantic, and gloriously, outrageously Australian Strictly Ballroom was Baz Luhrmann’s first film. To hear from the DVD extras, it was...

Linda
Not Suitable For Children

Not Suitable For Children

Ever since we listened to Marisa Tomei’s biological clock ticking like this: STAMP! STAMP! STAMP!, I’ve kind of been over the whole fertility crisis comedy genre. There’s something about...

Jennifer
Arthur Newman (2012)

Arthur Newman (2012)

Wallace Avery (Colin Firth) is a boring middle-aged man with a boring life. He has a nice, boring relationship with his girlfriend (Anne Heche) and his estranged teen son...

Linda
Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

Twilight Samurai (Tasogare Seibei)

It is the 1860s, the samurai are now practicing using guns as well as swords, and the empire is in disarray. Simply put, Edo Japan is nearing the end...

Linda
A Star is Born (1954)

A Star is Born (1954)

According to the extras on A Star Is Born (the Deluxe Edition), by the time this film was made in 1954, Judy Garland had already gone through two divorces,...

Linda
Lover Come Back (1961)

Lover Come Back (1961)

After watching Rock Hudson make a complete goon of himself in Giant, I felt compelled to give him another chance. I was advised that he’s cute in light comedies...

Jennifer
Warm Bodies

Warm Bodies

Anyone who knows me knows that I love the current trend of Young Adult fantasy/horror/supernatural/dystopian stories that have flooded pop culture, first invading bookstores, and now movie theaters. I...

Linda
Devdas

Devdas (2002)

Last week I confessed that I had no knowledge of Bollywood films or conventions, and thus had difficulty reviewing the self-explanatory Bollywood/Hollywood. This week I have no trouble reviewing...

Eric
Flashdance (1983)

Flashdance (1983)

True Confession: I love the 80s in a way that could be described as sick, but hadn’t see Flashdance until this year. I know! It makes me want to...

Jennifer
Mrs. Miniver

Mrs. Miniver

The Minivers are your average middle-class family in England. That is, the classic Hollywood-type of “middle class”, where Mother is gorgeous and looks like Greer Garson, Father smokes a...

Linda
The Vow

The Vow (2012)

In the film, which is “inspired by true events,” Tatum is Leo, an extremely charming and likeable fellow, who falls head over heels in love with Paige (Rachel McAdams),...

Vickie