Blogcritics Category: Video: Romantic

Movie Review: Australia

Todd Ford — Wed, 7 Jan 2009 18:23:09 EST

His playful obsessions linger on, such as huge camera gestures, melodrama, loving homage to Hollywood movies, and lots of music.
Australia is not a great romantic epic, but it is a good popcorn romantic epic. It isn’t a big, serious attempt to make us laugh and cry while changing the world – and sweeping the Oscars. It is a light and frivolous and silly big movie that does make us laugh and cry and then sends us out to face the world it has helped us forget...

Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Ross Miller — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:48:51 EST

A vibrant, swiftly paced, full of life tale that's an utter joy to watch.
Slumdog Millionaire comes to us courtesy of Danny Boyle, who as a director seems to be able to go from genre to genre with ease. The majority of his films are really quite different from each other: Shallow Grave was a tense thriller, Trainspotting, probably his most well known film, was a gritty drama/dark comedy, 28 Days Later was a tremendously...

Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Todd Ford — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 16:13:26 EST

His tragedy is watching those he loves age normally, without him.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a movie about chance. It is about the incidents that shape a life. It is about the incidents that almost shape a life. It is about how timing determines which is which. And it is about all of these, brilliantly.Button uses indelible period detail, burnished and polished, to tell the tale of Benjamin, a...

Blu-ray Review: Ghost

tink — Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:49:01 EST

How does a classic romance stand up to the scrutiny of Blu-ray technology?
At the time that the movie Ghost (1990) was released in theaters, it was very well received. Since then, it's garnered quite a few nominations and awards including the ASCAP Film and Television Music Awards Top Box Office Films and two Academy Awards (Whoopi Goldberg, Best Supporting Actress and Bruce Joel Rubin, Best Writing, Screenplay...

Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Chris Beaumont — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 20:23:34 EST

Poetic, beautiful, and requires multiple viewings.
In 1921, F. Scott Fitzgerald published a short story called "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button." It was a tale of a child born with the body of an old man. As the child grew up his body grew younger. In the story, Benjamin's father forced his young, er, old son to disguise himself, so as to appear younger and help avoid...

Movie Review: Twilight (2008)

Todd Ford — Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:59:42 EST

I�ve never seen a movie so thoroughly lacking in conflict. It must�ve been intentional.
Nothing I could say would discourage Twilight’s target audience. The screening I attended was packed with teenage girls. They cheered when the staff began tearing tickets. There was a hush when the lights went down. And they laughed and swooned in all the intended places. The fans got their money’s worth, and some.This review is for...

Passport Cinema: Casque d'Or

A.J. Hakari — Sat, 3 Jan 2009 03:48:48 EST

A gun moll and a reformed crook fall for each other in this romantic French gem.
Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet may have set the standard for stories of star-crossed lovers, but by no means was it the first of its kind. It's a tale as old as time, surviving centuries of riffs and renditions thanks to the enduring quality of its core values. In 1952, filmmaker Jacques Becker (Le Trou) assumed the task of carrying on...

Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Arlo J. Wiley — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:45:07 EST

Brad Pitt grows younger as he gets older in this curiously charming film.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a flawed movie. It runs for almost three hours and could've easily run for two. It's filled with bizarre affectations, indulgences, and plot threads which are as frustrating as they are amusing. But you know what? The "amusing" part counts for a lot, and when I left the theater, I was smiling...

Movie Review: Slumdog Millionaire

Chris Beaumont — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 09:25:54 EST

A wonderful tale of fate, helping bring some magic back to the movies.
Slumdog Millionaire is the latest effort by director Danny Boyle, a man who never seems content to stick to one genre. His recent work spans science fiction (Sunshine), fantasy/drama (Millions), and horror (28 Days Later). Well, I guess Slumdog Millionaire could exist in the same genre as Millions, but they both approach the material from vastly...

Blu-ray Review: Ghost

The Masked Movie Snobs — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 01:27:42 EST

An enjoyable and touching love story.
Written by Senora BichoGhost has always been one of my fondest movie memories. My girlfriends and I saw it multiple times when it was in the theaters in hopes that one day we would find a love like Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore. Ghost came out in 1990 and was a big box office success and even earned Whoopi Goldberg an Academy Award for best...