Ryan Reynolds was not the most predictable choice to be a Valentine’s Day box-office leading man.
While the handsome actor is certainly capable of making hearts race, he’s better known for the sophomoric toilet humor he has dished out during less civilized times in his career (“Van Wilder,” “Harold and Kumar Go To White Castle”).
Starring with three gorgeous love interests and “Little Miss Sunshine” Abigail Breslin should give Reynolds enough of an estrogen boost to make “Definitely, Maybe” a chick-flick success, though.
Rachel Weisz, Isla Fisher and Elizabeth Banks play the ladies who each have a piece of Reynolds’ heart as his young daughter (Breslin) convinces him to remember his past in order to find true love.
The film’s title mimics the theme of confusion many people feel when it comes to love.
Should you see this flick with your Valentine? Certainly… well, kind of, if you feel like it.
Apparently the indecisiveness is contagious.
If lovey-dovey chick flicks sound about as appealing to you as a 24-hour marathon of “Murder She Wrote,” there are some interesting and diverse alternatives.
One of them is the spin-off of a 2006 dance-driven film, “Step Up 2 the Streets” features a different cast of characters than those featured in the original “Step Up.” The idea is pretty much the same, though: attract teenage audiences with street dancing and some ridiculous teenybopper melodrama.
Viewers looking for an action movie will be surprised to see Samuel L. Jackson starring in a fast-paced flick about a young man who struggles with his teleportation abilities.
Hayden Christensen, who recently shared the screen with Jessica Alba in “Awake,” is the main character in the film, who finds his unique ability isn’t necessarily all it is cracked up to be in “Jumper.”The action should be intense, as our teleporting protagonist finds conflict in a group of bad guys who don’t exactly appreciate just how awesome teleportation abilities can be. The film comes from director Doug Liman, who proved he has what it takes to make exciting action movies with flicks like “Mr. and Mrs. Smith” and “The Bourne Identity.”If your favorite Valentine is a little young for adult romance or an action thriller, you can still rev up their imagination with “The Spiderwick Chronicles.”Freddie Highmore (“August Rush”) plays both Jared and Simon, twins whose family settles into a creepy new home with some unbelievable secrets.A mysterious book opens up a mystical alternative world for the boys and their sister, whose adventure brings back memories of “Bridge to Terabithia” and “The Chronicles of Narnia.”
Look for similarly impressive special effects, too, as real and make-believe worlds collide once again.
