Slap Her, She’s French (2002)
Director Melanie Mayron, who has spent the last 15 years starring and acting in a variety of television series, continues her style with an off-the-wall comedy which almost feels like a long pilot for...
Category: Romance
A Walk to Remember (2002)
Raise the number of stars by one if you are female and another two if you are under 16. This is yet another example of filmmaking by emotion over substance that makes my salty...
Little Women (1994)
I’ve never read Louisa May Alcott’s classic book nor have I seen any of the multitudinous other film adaptations of it so I can’t honestly say if the film does the book justice or...
Love on a Diet (2001)
After having struck gold with their wildly successful Hong Kong release, Needing You, director Johnnie To and screenwriter Wai Ka-Fai attempt to repeat their magic with Love on a Diet. To do this, they bring together the...
Rich and Strange (1931)
Rich and Strange is probably a film that will only appeal to Alfred Hitchcock completists, and as such, it’s a hit-and-miss affair which has an entertainment value that will vary greatly depending on the reasons why...
Serendipity (2001)
The Hollywood idea of love: the less you know about the person you find attractive, the more in love you are. It’s really ok to throw away that close relationship you have with a...
Someone Like You… (2001)
After watching Someone Like You, you might wonder why they slapped on such a generic title when the title of the book it’s based on is called “Animal Attraction” (which is also what the film...
Get Over It (2001)
The unfortunate thing about most teen comedies is that 99% of them are content to stick to a tried and true formula rather than tell a compelling tale of teen angst and heartbroken romance....
America’s Sweethearts (2001)
As good an actress as Julia Roberts may be, she has done about as many bad films as good during the span of her career. Following what may have been her finest performance in...
10 Things I Hate About You (1999)
Hey, I guess anybody can make a movie nowadays. It’s quite a simple formula. First, take a time-honored story from a great writer — Shakespeare, for instance. Update it to modern times so people...