"(500) Days of Summer" is something seldom seen: an original romantic comedy. It bristles with energy, emotional and intellectual, as it flits about the dizzying highs and weeping-karaoke lows of a passionate entanglement. The film's many virtues include an unusual storytelling ...Read More
Unlike his "Sex and the City" character who had commitment issues, actor Ron Livingston took the plunge and became a married man last week. Livingston tied the knot with actress Rosemarie DeWitt in San Francisco on Nov. 2, People.com reports. Best known ...Read More
* Saudis seen keen to avoid deeper military involvement * Action reflects acute worry about instability in Yemen * Saudi forces needed on border until fence complete * Yemenis despair of early end to war in north BEIRUT, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia, ...Read More
Ice hockey? Sure. Tonsil hockey? Not so fast!
When it comes to Valentine's Day costar Taylor Lautner, Taylor Swift is choosing her words – and well-timed giggles – carefully.
The 19-year-old singer sat down with Ellen DeGeneres for an interview that is ...Read More
"New York, I Love You" is a cinematic salon where the topic is the serendipity of romantic possibilities to be found in Manhattan's coffee shops, restaurants, shops, bars and backrooms. Eleven directors (and even more writers) have turned up for ...Read More
Jessica Biel has now entered the "Twilight" universe, as she's co-starring with Taylor Lautner in the new romantic comedy "Valentine's Day," set to hit theaters early next year. So, now that Biel and Lautner have collaborated on the rom-com, could ...Read More
There are two major surprises this weekend, both good news for those involved. After weeks of four or more major releases opening over each weekend, this weekend inexplicably left but a single wide-opener, which led to bigger than expected numbers ...Read More
Greatly silly and unexpectedly wise at times, "Couples Retreat" opens with a credit sequence featuring David Bowie's single "Modern Love."
There's a good reason. This is less a romantic comedy than a timely maintenance comedy.
Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman and Jon Favreau ...Read More
"No one wants to see unreasonably handsome, clever people doing successful wonderful things. Who cares? Who wants to hear about how good someone else's life is? I want to see a struggle." Thus spake British comedian Ricky Gervais just about a ...Read More
HONG KONG—Fox Filmed Entertainment says it has invested in its first Chinese film, becoming the latest Hollywood studio to enter the booming mainland movie market. The Chinese-language romantic comedy "Hot Summer Days" will be a co-production between Fox International Productions, China's ...Read More
It just might be the hipster wedding of the year. Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard wed his longtime sweetheart, actress Zooey Deschanel, Saturday night, according to People.com. The indie couple tied the knot near Seattle, Washington, sources said. Gibbard, 33, whose ...Read More
It's official: Actress-turned-indie-rock-chanteuse Zooey Deschanel and Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard are married. The pair tied the knot near Seattle on Sunday, her rep confirmed to People. Deschanel, 29, and Gibbard, 33, got engaged last December, after dating for ...Read More
Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs is based on a 1978 children's book Animated 3D comedy Cloudy With A Chance Of Meatballs has topped the North American box office in its opening weekend, taking $30.1m (£18.6m). It easily beat The Informant! ...Read More
We all know Hollywood plays loose with truth, but Seattleites who watch the new movie "Love Happens" this weekend still might wonder: Can you really climb stairs to the deck of the Space Needle? "As far as my movie's concerned, yes you ...Read More
Sept. 18, 2009 | "Love Happens" isn't a romantic comedy, and maybe it would be more effective, or at least just livelier, if it were. Instead, it's a limp romantic drama that occasionally lifts its drowsy head to attempt a ...Read More
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - The generic title is a good indication of this movie's blandness and predictability. "Love Happens" might just as well have been called "Falling in Love" or "Love Affair," but those titles have been used. "Love Happens" ...Read More
Love Happens is an oddly upbeat title for a movie that is surprisingly sad. The ads would have you think this is a warm and fuzzy romantic comedy, but the plot focuses on facing death and loss. Sure, flowers, a surprise concert ...Read More
* "The Final Destination" tops Sandra Bullock's "Steve" * "Inglourious Basterds" drops to No. 3 LOS ANGELES, Sept 6 (Reuters) - Reigning champ "The FinalDestination" fended off a challenge from Sandra Bullock'slatest romantic comedy to lead the U.S. Labor Day holiday boxoffice ...Read More
There are few things more cinematically satisfying than Sandra Bullock in her wheelhouse. She's at her best in roles that understate her femininity, whether she's playing a spunky tomboy or a power-suited shrew, and that capitalize on her feisty, Everygirl ...Read More
Katherine Heigl is talking a prolonged leave of absence from “Grey’s Anatomy.” Gosh, is that applause we hear? She’s reportedly going to skip five episodes to shoot yet another romantic comedy, “Life As We Know It,” directed by Greg Berlanti . But this ...Read More
Seattle Grace is losing another doctor - at least temporarily. Katherine Heigl, 30, is taking a leave of absence from Grey's Anatomy to film a new movie, the romantic comedy Life as We Know It. An ABC rep cannot confirm the exact ...Read More
