Going the Distance : Frustrated Lovebirds Pine From Afar in Romantic Comedy

Among the fundamental elements critical to the enjoyment of a romantic comedy are: an engaging plot, authentic chemistry between the romantic pair, and enough laughs to make you forget that it’s all leading to a predictable “happily ever after” resolution.

With 'Hereafter,' Clint Eastwood contemplates what's next

The director's 32nd feature film, which will screen at the Toronto film fest, looks at people who have touched the other side of death. — On a recent misty morning, if you were standing in the right spot, you could have looked up to see a helicopter emerge from the pale heavens above this coastal enclave and a famous face squinting in concentration from the pilot's seat. Clint Eastwood is 80 but ...

The best of adultery cinema

Romance movies run to every extreme of the rose-strewn gauntlet. There's the simpering stuff that's too-cute-for-words and showcases the starlet of the moment. There's the recent trend towards bongs and raunch as favored by Judd Apatow, and the tamed stuff for tweens. And then there are films that take ...

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PROFESSIONAL THEATERSARASOTAMURDERS SHE WROTE: Comic dinner theater mysteries with audience

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