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Starring: Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth
Director: Julie Anne Robinson
Category: Romance
Rated: PG

Miley Cyrus shines as the star of this heartwarming coming-of-age movie that will strike your emotional chords. Based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks (“Dear John”, “The Notebook”), “The Last Song” follows Ronnie (Cyrus) and her estranged father as he tries to restore the loving relationship they once had. But reconnecting with his rebellious daughter isn’t easy, so he chooses the one thing they still have in common – music. Complete with not-to-be-missed bonus features – the Miley Cyrus music video “When I Look At You”, exclusive interviews with the actress and more – this uplifting and touching drama about family, first loves and second chances is a heartfelt story to you won’t soon forget. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: none (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner
Director: Mark Waters
Category: Romance
Rated: PG-13

Connor Mead is the kind of guy who dumps three girlfriends. At the same time. By teleconference. So when he attends his brother’s wedding he has a single goal: score with the only bridesmaid he somehow missed. But the ghost of his departed Uncle Wayne – who taught him to love ‘em and leave ‘em – has another goal in mind: restore Connor’s lost faith in true love, a tough assignment requiring the services of many, many “Ghosts of Girlfriends Past”. Matthew McConaughey, Jennifer Garner and Michael Douglas and director Mark Waters (“Mean Girls”, “Just Like Heaven”) uncork a romantic romp as bubbly as wedding-toast champagne. It’s the perfect comedy for anyone who believes in laughs and love. Or needs to. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: **1/2 (out of four)
Rolling Stone: * (out of four)
USA Today: ** (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

Starring: Jon Foster, Peter Sarsgaard
Director: Rawson Marshall Thurber
Category: Romance
Rated: R

Set in Pittsburgh in the early eighties, the story chronicles the last true summer of Art Bechstein’s (Jon Foster) youth. Stuck in a dead-end job working for his eccentric sometime girlfriend Phlox (Mena Suvari), and forced into an endless series of airless dinners with his mobster father (Nick Nolte), Art begins to believe that perhaps he doesn’t even exist at all. What begins as a mundane summer is quickly interrupted when he encounters a beautiful debutante (Sienna Miller) and her lusty, no good hoodlum of a boyfriend Cleveland (Peter Sargaard). Together they reveal a side of Art and Pittsburgh that he has never known. As the summer boils on and their adventures darken, Art decides to risk everything to preserve his new-found paradise, and thrusts himself headlong into the blurring boundaries of family, friendship, and love. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: *1/2 (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)

Starring: Jennifer Aniston, Scarlett Johansson
Director: Ken Kwapis
Category: Romance
Rated: PG-13

Remember that really cute guy who said he’d call…and didn’t? Maybe he lost your number. Maybe he’s in the hospital. Maybe he’s awed by your beauty, brains or success. Or maybe “He’s Just Not That Into You”. An all-star cast – Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Drew Barrymore, Jennifer Connelly, Kevin Connolly, Bradley Cooper, Ginnifer Goodwin, Scarlett Johansson and Justin Long – looks for love and finds laughs in this savvy, sexy, right-now romcom. Based on the runaway (like some guys you know) bestseller by “Sex And The City” series writers Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo, “He’s Just Not That Into You” sparkles with zingy ‘aha’ moments any survivor of the dating wars will recognize. See it with someone you’d like to love. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: *1/2 (out of four)
New York Post: ** (out of four)
Rolling Stone: *1/2 (out of four)
USA Today: **1/2 (out of four)

Overall: ** (out of four)

Starring: Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut
Director: Lance Rivera
Category: Romance
Rated: PG

Laughter, love and a just a hint of magic make for “The Perfect Holiday” a fun-filled comedy romance starring Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams, Faizon Love, Terrence Howard and Queen Latifah. All Nancy Taylor (Union) wants for Christmas is to meet a nice man. So when her little girl shares Mommy’s wish with smitten shopping mall Santa, Benjamin Armstrong (Chestnut), he does his best to make her dream come true in this delightful holiday treat the entire family will enjoy. (Publisher)

Summary of critic reviews:

Chicago Tribune: ** (out of four)
New York Post: * (out of four)

Overall: *1/2 (out of four)