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An Officer and a Gentleman (1982)
An Officer and a Gentleman: Special Edition
Grade: B
Genre: Drama (U.S.)
Dear Taylor Hackford,
Although I had heard of An Officer and a Gentleman (who hasn’t?) and seen many parodies of the legendary ending, I never got around to seeing it until I watched Searching for Debra Winger (2002) last week.
The Rosanna Arquette directed [...]

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 works by Jane Austen, the Bronte [...]

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 (2008), Vampyr (1932), Love [...]

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.
In spite of [...]

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 issue with [...]

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, not as straightforward as other [...]

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 [...]