Romance

The Ups and Downs of 'Valentine's Day'

2/26/2010
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Though featuring an impressive cast, the romance flick fails to develop key plot issues
Ellen Stodola

In case you're still on the fence about seeing Valentine's Day, here are some interesting points that you should know about. Be prepared for a few plot spoilers.

First of all, the film clearly focused too much on the number of stars that they cast rather than developing the plot. There were at least 15 big named stars in the two-hour movie, so if you do that math, that doesn't equal a lot of screen time for most of the people.

Leap Year

2/21/2010
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Christine Marar

By Irish tradition, a woman can propose marriage to a man once every four years... and Anna plans to do just that. Leap Year is a romantic comedy with a touch of Irish folklore.

Amy Adams plays Anna, an uptight real estate exhibitor from Boston. After her cardiologist boyfriend of four years, Jeremy (Adam Scott), presents her with diamond earrings instead of an engagement ring, Anna decides to take matters into her own hands. Following the old Irish tradition, she plans a journey to Dublin in order to propose to Jeremy on leap-year day, February 29.

Valentine's Day

2/19/2010
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Couples throughout the L.A. area experience the joy and heartbreak on the most romantic day of the year.
Kelcey Bridges

Plug your ears Valentine's Day cynics, there's a new V-Day movie in town. No, it isn't the overly hyped Nicholas Sparks romance, Dear John, instead this film actually has staying power. The film is oh-so-appropriately titled Valentine's Day, centering around numerous couples in the City of Angels, drudging through this crazy little thing called love.

The Twilight Saga: New Moon

11/21/2009
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A look at the anticipated sequel to Twilight
Justin Key

Final say: New Moon is an unbelievable movie.

No, really, it is. And that's the problem. Throughout, I continually asked myself: why don't I like this movie? As the film was nearing the end of its second hour that felt like its third, it hit me: I just don't believe in their love.

Reviewer Rating: 
3.00Stars

Secretary

9/3/2009
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Secretary is a love story for people who hate chick flicks, but enjoy a good spanking.
Rachel Kolb


Closeted sadomasochism hardly seems the stuff of love stories, but in "Secretary," James Spader and Maggie Gyllenhaal transform an inappropriate office romance involving red pens, mind games and spanking into a dark romantic comedy.

Lee (Maggie Gyllenhaal) has just been released from a mental health facility after cutting herself very deeply with a kitchen knife.

Reviewer Rating: 
4.50Stars

The Ugly Truth

8/22/2009
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Katherine Heigl
Alexia Nader

As I was choosing between "The Ugly Truth" and "500 Days of Summer" for the light romantic movie I was going to force my boyfriend to sit through, I thought about something interesting I had read in Us magazine.

Reviewer Rating: 
1.50Stars

She's All That

8/19/2009
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A movie review
Mamusu Tucker

Back in 1999, I thought this was the best movie ever made. I was young and thought any kind of romantic movie was great, especially one about the years during high school. But now, when I look back at this film, I do not know what I saw in it. "She's All That" was a romantic comedy directed by Robert Iscove and was written by R. Lee Fleming, Jr. It starred Freddie Prinze, Jr., Rachael Leigh Cook, Anna Paquin, and Paul Walker.

Freddie Prinze, Jr. played a teenager named Zack Siler.

Reviewer Rating: 
2.00Stars

The Time Traveler

8/16/2009
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Alexia Nader

I am sure the "Time Traveler's Wife" means to do one thing...make sure each member of its audience leaves the theater a crying, soppy mess. The plot, music, style of acting, scenery...you name it, it works towards this end. If the red eyes and wet sleeves of more than half of my fellow theatergoers were any indication, the film successfully achieved its goal. The great intensity of mood in "The Time Traveler's Wife," created mostly by the powerful acting and impressive scenery, pulls on the viewer's heartstrings and gets the film three quarters of the way to being a successful romantic drama.

Reviewer Rating: 
3.50Stars

The Time Traveler's Wife

8/16/2009
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Eric Bana and Rachel McAdams translate well in the film version of
Natalie Gregory

I'm inclined to refute the opposition towards the new Robert Schwentk film, "The Time Traveler's Wife." To me, the movie did great justice to the Audrey Niffeneger novel and captured the overall essence of this quirky love story. The film centers on Henry (Eric Bana), a librarian who uncontrollably travels through time. This creates difficulty for his wife, Claire (Rachel McAdams), and a certain uniqueness to their relationship. For instance, when Henry first meets Claire, she explains that she has known him all her life, since he has visited her later in his.

Reviewer Rating: 
4.00Stars

He's Just Not That Into You

8/14/2009
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Really, he's just not that into you. . . .
Tracy Elledge

With the widespread success of the novel of the same name, it was only a matter of time before the pages made it onto film. The stacked cast of Jennifer Connelly, Jennifer Aniston, Ben Affleck, Drew Barrymore, Bradley Cooper, Scarlett Johansson, Justin Long, Kevin Connolly and Ginnifer Goodwin delivers a host of intertwining story lines about the relationships that matter, the ones that fall apart and the ones that just happen along the way.

Gigi is hopeless with men.

Reviewer Rating: 
3.00Stars
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