‘How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days’ is one of those completely predictable movies, but one I can watch over and over and not get bored with it.
Really, there’s not much you can do with the romantic comedy formula, so it all comes down to the chemistry of the two leads. Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey have plenty of it.
Ben (McConaughey) makes a bet with his boss that he can get a woman to fall in love with him in ten days to land a valuable advertising campaign. Andie Anderson (Hudson) is the "How To…" columnist …read more

Movie: When in Rome * Official Site
In Theaters: Jan. 29, 2010

Runtime: 91 minutes
Directed by: Mark Steven Johnson

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some suggestive content
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“When in Rome” is one of those movies that’s cute while you’re watching it, but that you’ll probably forget within a couple of days. But in a sea of apocalyptic and doomsday movies out right now, its light-hearted nature is a nice change of pace.
It stars Kristen Bell as Beth, a young, ambitious New Yorker who’s focused on her career and has never had much luck in the romance department. She’s all but given up on …read more

I’m meeting some friends to see “When in Rome” on Friday. It just looks like a fun romantic comedy that’s perfect to see either with friends or your main squeeze.
Here Kristen Bell and Josh Duhamel talk about filming the movie, about a young, ambitious New Yorker whose completely unlucky in love. But all that changes on a trip to Rome, where she impulsively steals some coins from a reputed fountain of love, causing her to be aggressively pursued by a band of suitors.
Now I’ve got “Three Coins in a Fountain…” stuck in my head. Not a bad thing, though. …read more

Movie: Leap Year * Trailer * Official Site
In Theaters: Jan. 8, 2010

Runtime: 97 minutes
Directed by: Anand Tucker

MPAA Rating: PG for sensuality and language
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“Leap Year” isn’t the best romantic comedy ever made. The plot is about as predictable as they come, and the two leads have zero chemistry. You have to wonder if this is one of those movies where about half-way through, the cast and crew realized it just wasn’t working, but had to forge ahead because there was no turning back.
Ok, that’s the bad stuff. The good stuff is that despite all that, the story …read more

I’m just heading out to see “All About Steve,” the romantic comedy starring Sandra Bullock, Bradley Cooper, and Thomas Haden Church. I’ll report back later with a review – I hope it’s good!
In the meantime, here’s a little video from ReelzChannel with the stars talking up the movie.

You can tell that people have this abiding love for Sandra Bullock, and that she can take it as well as dish it out. She just seems like she’d be a lot of fun, whether you’re working on a film or having a beer with her. And yeah, she definitely seems like a beer drinker rather than a frou-frou alcoholic beverage drinker. 
Here, Bradley Cooper, her co-star in the upcoming “All About Steve,” talks about how tyrannical she is to work with, while Sandra explains that it’s impossible to explain the movie in 10 seconds. Makes sense to me. Go …read more

I loved “Duplicity,” because it’s like a throwback to all of those great film noir flicks of the 1940’s, 50s and 60s, with the sexual tension and rat-a-tat banter between Clive Owen and Julia Roberts.
The story is all about corporate intrigue, spies and secrets, but it’s more light-hearted than you might think at first glance. Instead of missiles and terrorists, we’re dealing with something more benign, along the lines of body lotion, hair gel and pizza crust. The great Tom Wilkinson and Paul Giamatti also star in this fun caper, written and directed by Tony Gilroy.
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Yes, it’s a movie about a turkey baster. Specifically, a turkey baster which Kassie (Jennifer Aniston) turns to in order to get pregnant. She’s unmarried and 40-something, and running out of time.
But seven years later, it all goes either oh-so-wrong or oh-so-right when it turns out that her best friend Wally (Jason Bateman) replaced the sperm sample with his own!
Directed by Josh Gordon and Will Speck (co-directors on “Blades of Glory”), on a screenplay by Allan Loeb (“21″), “The Baster” is set for a 2010 release date. Here’s a photo with the two leads rehearsing on the movie set. I …read more

Movie: Duplicity * Trailer * Official Site
In Theaters: March 20, 2009

Runtime: 125 minutes
Directed by: Tony Gilroy

MPAA Rating: PG-13 for language and some sexual content
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I’ve been excited to see “Duplicity” since I first heard about it. Not only does it pair Julia Roberts and Clive Owen in a movie with lots of snappy banter and intrigue (they did “Closer” together in 2004), but it also teams them with Tony Gilroy.
Gilroy earned a place in my heart with films like “Michael Clayton,” which he wrote and directed, and the “Bourne” movies, for which he wrote the screenplay. He also wrote …read more

Movie: "New in Town" * Trailer * Official Site
In Theaters: Jan. 30, 2009

Runtime: 96 minutes
Directed by: Jonas Elmer

MPAA Rating: PG for language and some suggestive material
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Sometimes you just need a nice, non-scandalous romantic comedy to set things right in your world. "New in Town" is just that movie. There’s nothing too remarkable about it, but the characters are cute, the dialogue is fun, and the ending beautifully predictable. 
"New in Town" stars Renee Zellweger as Lucy Hill, an uptight, corporate suit with a big company in Miami. Lucy is given the task of going to the frigid town …read more