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loaded question: what’s the most romantic movie you’ve ever seen?

Mon, Feb 14, 2022
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My choice is easy: the infinitely wise, moving, and — yes — funny Truly, Madly, Deeply, starring Juliet Stevenson and Alan Rickman.

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The Messenger movie review: voices from the other side

Wed, Sep 16, 2015
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This he-sees-dead-people drama slathers on the moping misery with a trowel, and indulges in a wishy-washy ambiguity that serves no purpose.

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question of the day: What movie would be the most horrifying one to adapt to a stage musical?

Fri, Oct 15, 2010
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The other day I lamented the West End arrival next year of Ghost: The Musical. Today in the Telegraph there’s a review of the new stage version of Flashdance, and it ain’t pretty…

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wtf: ‘Ghost: The Musical’ coming to the West End

Wed, Oct 13, 2010
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Someone make it stop…

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The Ghost Writer (aka The Ghost) (review)

Thu, Aug 12, 2010
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This is what I am profoundly grateful for: Roman Polanski’s elegant, gripping thriller The Ghost Writer is not about teenaged girls, not in any way at all.

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watch it: Patrick Swayze on the benefits of drinking deer blood in ‘Red Dawn’

Tue, Sep 15, 2009
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Cuz, sure, everyone’s talking about Dirty Dancing and Ghost, but let us never forget that Swayze also starred in the only 1980s kitsch flick about the Soviets invading America, and getting their Red butts kicked buy rednecks.

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The Time Traveler’s Wife (review)

Fri, Aug 14, 2009
11 comments

They didn’t ruin the movie, I promise. But some will disagree with me.

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Ghost Town (review)

Sat, Sep 20, 2008
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Maybe Ricky Gervais is a funny guy, but you’d never know it from this charmless excuse for a supernatural romantic comedy…

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Sarah Landon and the Paranormal Hour (review)

Wed, Sep 10, 2008
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I know this PG-rated ‘thriller’ is supposed to be aimed at kids, but honestly, Shaggy and Scooby-Doo and the gang got into spookier situations than this.

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