Posts Tagged ‘teen romance’

Short Take: Definitely the most interesting of the series thus far

Director: David Slade (30 Days of Night)

Screenwriter: Melissa Rosenberg (Twilight Saga, Step Up)

Cast: Kristen Stewart (Twilight Saga, The Runaways, Adventureland), Robert Pattinson (Twilight Saga, Remember Me), Taylor Lautner (Twilight Saga, Valentine’s Day)

Length: 2 hours 4 minutes

Synopsis: When last we left Bella Swan (Stewart) in New Moon, she was deciding between vampire boyfriend Edward Cullen (Pattinson) or werewolf and best friend Jacob Black (Lautner).  Bella spends much of Eclipse weighing her options.  On the one hand, she could spend eternity as a vampire with Edward, though that would mean giving up important human experiences like aging and having a normal family. Choosing Jacob would allow her life to continue unchanged, except that she would have to lose Edward.  On top of this love triangle an army of recently turned or “newborn” vampires is after Bella, and Jacob and Edward must put aside the rivalry between their warring families to protect her. Read the rest of this entry »

Short Take: Largely romantic and surprisingly clever

Director: Gary Winick (Bride Wars, 13 Going on 30)

Screenwriters: Jose Rivera (The Winged Man, The Tape Recorder), Tim Sullivan (Flushed Away, Jack and Sarah)

Cast: Amanda Seyfried (Dear John, Mamma Mia!), Christopher Egan (Resident Evil: Extinction, Eragon), Vanessa Redgrave (Atonement, Eva), Gael Garcìa Bernal (Rudo y Cursi, Blindness, Y Tu Mama Tambien)

Length: 1hr 53mins

Synopsis: When aspiring journalist Sophie (Seyfried) and fiancé Victor (Bernal) go to Verona, Italy on a pre-wedding honeymoon, she discovers a group of women called the Secretaries of Juliet who respond to letters lovelorn women write to William Shakespeare’s fictional character Juliet.  While working with the secretaries, Sophie discovers a letter written 50 years prior by a woman who ran away instead of eloping with her Italian lover, Lorenzo.  Sophie responds to the letter and is startled when the woman, Claire (Redgrave), and her handsome but uptight grandson Charlie (Egan) come to Verona to find Lorenzo.  So, Sophie decides to aid them as they search for Claire’s first love. Read the rest of this entry »