Apr 24 2009
Film review: Firelight (1997) Grade: A- Genre: romantic period drama (UK/USA) Dear William Nicholson, I was challenged to find and review a period romantic film that isn’t an adaptation. I was all for it until I discovered finding the task wasn’t as easy as I thought. All I could find were the adaptations of [...]
Apr 17 2009
Grade: B Genre: Vampire (US) Dear Kathryn Bigelow, Not long ago, friends and I had a discussion about romantic vampire films including two current DVD releases, Twilight and Let the Right One In. I passed around my list of the most enjoyable romantic vampire films: Nosferatu the Vampyre (1979), Let the Right One In [...]
Apr 10 2009
Film revew: Ladyhawke (1985) Grade:B Genre: Historical romantic fantasy (US) Dear Richard Donner: I really enjoyed your 1980 film Inside Moves, a romantic black comedy about a young man who, after a failed attempted suicide, acquires a permanent disability that takes him into an underworld of people with disabilities and a dark sense of humour. [...]
Apr 9 2009
Earlier today I read this report Photos and Video From the National Federation of The Blind’s Kindle 2 Protest at the technology news blog, Gizmodo, about a street protest held by members of the National Federation of the Blind against the Author’s Guild. As Gizmodo reports: "Basically the story is this: the Author’s Guild raised [...]
Apr 3 2009
Grade: B+ Genre: Romantic Comedy (1997) Certificate: 15 Dear Theodore Witcher, A few days ago, someone suggested I should review Bridget Jones’s Diary. I searched for it in my DVD library and found your film love jones instead. love jones – which you’ve also scripted – is a simple and predictable romantic comedy and yet, [...]
Mar 27 2009
Maili, an old friend of the blog (and truly a vanguard of romance reader bloggers) has extensive film knowledge and offered to write a review of a romantic film every Friday. I was delighted to accept. Henceforth, every Friday, we will feature a film review so that if you aren’t sure what to do on [...]
May 23 2006
From the desk of guest reviewer, Jaili. Dear Ms. Leigh, When I saw that Kiss of Heat is Book 3 in Feline Breeds series, I assumed that it would be a standalone, anyway, just enough for me to get into the story easily. I mean, how hard could it be to catch up? Pretty easy, [...]
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