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Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/all_about_steve/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/09/04/all_about_steve/index.html?source=rss "All About Steve" can make a person long for those heady days of Kate Hudson-Matthew McConaughey vehicles By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/07/17/500_days_summer/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/07/17/500_days_summer/index.html?source=rss Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Zooey Deschanel charm the pants off us -- and each other! -- in this irresistible comedy By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/07/01/valentines_day/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/07/01/valentines_day/index.html?source=rss Nia Vardalos' big fat romantic stinker shows what happens when an actress overwhelms her own movie By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/19/whatever_works/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/19/whatever_works/index.html?source=rss Woody Allen and Larry David return to New York, bringing their crotchety self-mockery with them By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/19/the_proposal/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/06/19/the_proposal/index.html?source=rss Sandra Bullock and Ryan Reynolds try to skate around the law -- and genre clichés -- in this romantic comedy By Heather Havrilesky Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/03/22/cupid/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/tv/iltw/2009/03/22/cupid/index.html?source=rss When push comes to love: "Cupid" demonstrates the pitfalls of romance (and romantic comedies), "30 Rock" skewers love, and "Millionaire Matchmaker" presents a modern Cupid with a grudge to bear. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/03/20/i_love_you/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/03/20/i_love_you/index.html?source=rss Paul Rudd hugs it out -- and gives the finest performance of his career -- in this hilarious bromantic comedy about the unspoken codes of male friendship. By Thomas Rogers Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/02/13/confessions_shopaholic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/02/13/confessions_shopaholic/index.html?source=rss This garish and glossy romantic comedy is as empty as the brands it ogles. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/02/06/just_not_into_you/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2009/02/06/just_not_into_you/index.html?source=rss A self-help phenomenon turns into a star-studded date movie -- but is this a dead-end romance? By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/03/friends/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/10/03/friends/index.html?source=rss Simon Pegg is utterly charming as a troublemaking British journalist in this celeb-media sendup. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/30/conversations_sollett/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2008/09/30/conversations_sollett/index.html?source=rss "Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist" director Peter Sollett talks about young people looking for love on the streets of New York. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/31/midnight_kiss/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/07/31/midnight_kiss/index.html?source=rss Screwed-up strangers hook up for a last-minute New Year's date in the profane and delightful "In Search of a Midnight Kiss." By Mary Elizabeth WIlliams Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/05/09/vegas/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/05/09/vegas/index.html?source=rss This Ashton Kutcher-Cameron Diaz romantic comedy needs fewer sunsets and more lap dances and tequila shooters. By Andrew O'Hehir Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/engagement/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/btm/feature/2008/05/08/engagement/index.html?source=rss As a married woman meeting her ex-lover 25 years later, Juliet Stevenson transforms a Lifetime-level middle-aged rom-com into delirious comic magic. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/05/02/made_of_honor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2008/05/02/made_of_honor/index.html?source=rss This formulaic romantic comedy starring Patrick "McDreamy" Dempsey leaves us McCold. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/02/14/music/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2007/02/14/music/index.html?source=rss Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore make beautiful music together in this pleasingly hummable romantic comedy. By Rebecca Traister Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/12/16/menopause/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2003/12/16/menopause/index.html?source=rss The menopausal romance "Something's Gotta Give" beats "The Last Samurai" at the box office. Do chick-flick fans dare hope that the tide of guns, honor and big-ass boats is ebbing? By Charles Taylor Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/12/12/gotta_give/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/12/12/gotta_give/index.html?source=rss Why must every character in American films who revels in sexual pleasure realize he's been leading an empty life? Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton do their best, but can't redeem this irritatingly moralistic romantic comedy. By Charles Taylor Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/06/13/trouble_paradise/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/06/13/trouble_paradise/index.html?source=rss Ernst Lubitsch's 1932 masterpiece, the most sophisticated of all American romantic comedies, resurfaces at last, both on DVD and (yes!) on the big screen. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/01/17/guy_thing/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2003/01/17/guy_thing/index.html?source=rss A bachelor-party indiscretion with Julia Stiles leads to panties in the toilet tank -- but certainly no laughs. By Stephanie Zacharek Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/09/28/born_romantic/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/09/28/born_romantic/index.html?source=rss This English charmer is actually funny and romantic -- and it won't make men run out of the theater. By Jeff Stark Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2001/04/18/tao_steve/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/dvd/review/2001/04/18/tao_steve/index.html?source=rss In this smart and charming indie romance, a slacker guy gets wise to the shortcomings of serial conquests. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/11/05/bachelor/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/11/05/bachelor/index.html?source=rss Chris O'Donnell and Renie Zellweger face off in a tale that sets love against lucre. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/07/30/runaway/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/07/30/runaway/index.html?source=rss Richard Gere and Julia Roberts pair-up for a would-be "Pretty Woman" Part 2, but the thrill is long gone. By Mary Elizabeth Williams Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:09:00 PDT http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/03/19/reviewa/index.html?source=rss http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/1999/03/19/reviewa/index.html?source=rss Mary Elizabeth Williams reviews 'Forces of Nature,' starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.