Subject: Romance Films

• Pretty Bridesmaid

  With My Best Friend's Wedding, Julia Roberts finally recaptures the bouquet

  June 19, 1997

• O'Bleak

  Derivative Matchmaker serves up moor tripe

  October 2, 1997

• Phoenix Film Festival: The Answer Man

  April 2, 2009

• Patrick Dempsey tries to win over his engaged gal pal in Made of Honor

  May 1, 2008

• Spain Check

  Romantic comedy Spanish Fly sinks under weight of American neurosis

  December 2, 1999

• I Love You, Man Brings Bromance to its Pinnacle

  March 19, 2009

• Chafing dishes

  February 14, 2008

• Fluff Done Right

  Life and art meet sweet in breezy French comedy

  March 29, 2007

• Dreams of Syndication

  June 1, 2006

• Weighting . . .

  Ryan Reynolds recalls his fat years

  November 24, 2005

• A Dork Has His Day

  Our hero is a boring loser. It could be worse

  September 22, 2005

• Puppy Love

  John Cusack and other endearing mutts

  July 28, 2005

• Just One Hitch

  The date doctor is in, but the prognosis is not good

  February 10, 2005

• Flying Bland

  Cast against type, Juliette Binoche and Jean Reno get mired in stale formula

  July 10, 2003

• Crap Out

  Loosely based on The Gambler, Alex & Emma, sadly, takes no risks at all

  June 19, 2003

• Greek Out

  Distributors still don't honeymoon with small romantic comedies

  June 12, 2003

• Cosmic Debris

  Dancing, porn, foul language – even with all that going for it, The Guru fails

  January 30, 2003

• Gauche Busters

  The Taste of Others is a foreign flavor worth savoring

  May 3, 2001

• Notting Special

  What happens when two pretty movie stars fall in love? Uh, got us!

  May 27, 1999

• Matthew McConaughey Is Scary Bad in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past

  April 30, 2009

• The Proposal: Once More Down the Aisle

  June 18, 2009

• (500) Days of Summer: Love Hurts, but In a Good Way

  July 23, 2009