Topic: The Notebook

Safe Haven Proves That Nicholas Sparks Totally Got Lucky With The Notebook

Safe Haven Proves That Nicholas Sparks Totally Got Lucky With The Notebook

Whenever people criticize Nicholas Sparks movies for being glorified Lifetime movies, someone brings up The Notebook. Mostly because it’s a romantic movie with solid acting and an interesting-enough plot. Also people get all emotional about it because old people dancing. But after seeing Safe Haven with Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel, I’m 100% positive that Nicholas Sparks totally lucked out with the casting in The Notebook. Because when you put actors as blah as Julianne Hough and Josh Duhamel on screen, it becomes embarrassingly clear just how empty his stories are on the big screen.
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Watching Magic Mike, Admiring Ryan Gosling And Other Things Guys Can’t Do

Watching Magic Mike, Admiring Ryan Gosling And Other Things Guys Canât Do

Unless a movie is cholk-full of explosions and car chases, men stigmatize each other from seeing it.  The only way it would have been acceptable for me to see Magic Mike alone would have been if Channing Tatum’s penis had exploded mid dance, and even then it would have been borderline.  Maybe if Matthew McConaughey’s penis had also exploded and then he drove through town wildly, smashing cars and buses along the way, I would have been okay. More »

Video: The History of Kissing, Set to Famous Movie Smooches

Video: The History of Kissing, Set to Famous Movie Smooches

You’ll want to watch this video twice — once to get all the relevant facts about kissing, and again to actually enjoy the excerpted movie moments. Apparently deciding that the best way to explain kissing was through visuals, online magazine GOOD created this sweet video for philematologists (those who study the science of smooching) and the tenderhearted alike. From The Notebook to When Harry Met Sally to various Disney classics, they’ve got all the bases covered. (Or first base, at the least.) More »