Blogcritics Category: Video: Romantic

Movie Review: Let the Right One In

Arlo J. Wiley — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 13:02:11 EST

The most offbeat vampire romance you'll see all year.
Let the Right One In is a disarmingly quiet film. Violence, and the possibility of violence, lurk around every corner, and yet there is curious lack of passion throughout. The violence serves as a backdrop, building up a wealth of somber dread.The complex relationship at the film's forefront is between a boy named Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant)...

Movie Review: Nights in Rodanthe

Christy Shuler — Sun, 9 Nov 2008 20:31:28 EST

Another Sparks story full of warmth and love.
In Nights in Rodanthe, author Nicholas Sparks finds a new way to pull on the heartstrings of unsuspecting viewers. Though this film did not hold all the passion of The Notebook, it carried with it a different significance. Instead of two young and naive lovers, we now have two mature adults with entirely different priorities and a whole new set of...

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The Case for Pushing Daisies

Jo L. — Thu, 6 Nov 2008 07:22:19 EST

I feel compelled to speak up for this unique show.
I feel compelled, both by my love for its fanciful adult fairytale overtones and my deep, girlish devotion to Lee Pace, to speak up for Pushing Daisies.This is, simply put, the most original television show on prime time these days. It revolves around Ned, a pie-maker played by Lee Pace, who can magically bring people back to life with his touch....

Movie Review: Zack and Miri Make a Porno

A.J. Hakari — Mon, 3 Nov 2008 13:06:24 EST

Kevin Smith is back with a comedy whose mouth is as foul as its heart is big.
In recent years, Judd Apatow has made a killing churning out crass comedies with a hefty dose of heart. But lest we forget that it wasn't so long ago that cult filmmaker Kevin Smith introduced viewers to such a style. But don't look upon the man's latest picture, Zack and Miri Make a Porno, as some sort of attempt to reclaim this...

Movie Review: Death Defying Acts

A.J. Hakari — Sun, 2 Nov 2008 12:09:56 EST

Harry Houdini bonds with a woman out to con him in this piddling period romance.
The problem with most movies "based on a true story" is that a lot of the time, it's a bunch of baloney. But while Death Defying Acts is drawn from real events, it doesn't purport to be the real deal, ensuring viewers that a number of liberties have been taken in telling its tale. It's best to keep this in mind while watching...

Movie Review: The Visitor(2008)

Louis Boram — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 15:57:58 EDT

Strange bedfellows...
On the stuck-up heels of Smart People comes another aloof-trumps-affected characterization, an allegedly edifying higher-learning chapter from Sideways (2004) producer Michael London—released one week after People—called The Visitor (2008). Again, the scholarly and indifferent college professor protagonist is an aimless widower with a...

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Movie Review: Nights And Weekends

Tania Patti — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:13:43 EDT

24, 7, 365... the films greatest achievement is its perceptive portrayal of how real relationships work.
In a Q & A session after the screening of Joe Swanberg’s latest production with longtime collaborator Greta Gerwig, Swanberg stated that he likes to make films that fill the voids left by others; he had not seen a film that dealt with the reality of long distance relationships in any authentic way and hence Nights And Weekends was born. ...

DVD Review: The New World - Extended Cut

Aaron Peck — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 20:00:22 EDT

The fact that there are no special features included in this set make it definitely not worth buying.
The ShowTo say that The New World: Extended Cut is hard to follow would be an understatement. From the editing to the voiceovers, this movie is nearly incomprehensible. The camera shifts back and forth with quick edits that confuse rather than entertain. There are constant voiceovers from different characters that interfere with the movie’s...

DVD Review: Affairs of the Heart - Series One

Jen Johans — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 02:13:41 EDT

Dirty Sexy Money circa 1900-- Henry James Style.
Based on the seven addictive episodes packed into the Acorn Media release of Affairs of the Heart - Series One, it’s not outrageous to believe that if American born, British novelist Henry James were alive today he may have become a staff writer on Dirty Sexy Money, The Young and the Restless, or General Hospital. Although, with James in the...

Under the Radar: The Go-Getter

Jen Johans — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:33:56 EDT

Only in the movies can you steal a car and wind up with a girlfriend instead of jail time.
It’s become nearly common sense to say that anything you see in the movies you shouldn’t try at home but when it comes to writer/director Martin Hynes’ critically acclaimed Sundance Film Festival indie hit, The Go-Getter, it’d probably be best to extend that warning to your local car wash and parking lots. Running out of...

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