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As writer and director, the 31-year-old Australian wanted to "contemporize" romantic comedy for the '90s. According to Rosenberg, American romantic comedies tend to be subdued with too much talking. In Hotel de Love, he "wanted to take it a little bit further" for a more contemporary audience.

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Hackneyed Honeymoon Hotel Inspires Labor of Love | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

Rosenberg also turns the traditional romantic comedy on its head by switching the usual dynamics between men and women. In Hotel de Love "it is the guys running around the corridor yelling 'I love you' and trying to deal with their emotions," he says, "and it's the women who...

Author: By Rustin C. Silverstein, | Title: Hackneyed Honeymoon Hotel Inspires Labor of Love | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

Writer Leslie Bohem and director Roger Donaldson brush briskly through the standard scientific and romantic blather. They know that in movies like this, complexity is the province of the special-effects people. It's the same with the actors. Cool Pierce Brosnan and warm Linda Hamilton understand that their job...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: DISASTER PROOF | 2/17/1997 | See Source »

The Dudley House Co-op hosted a Multicultural Valentine's Day Extravaganza with mood-music, a reading of international love poems and a mix of romantic dances, foods, and art displays.

Author: By Paul M. Golaszewski, | Title: Love Hits Harvard Campus | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

National statistics list an increase in the break-up and divorce rates among couples during the festive Valentine season, in many cases due to one partner's failure to live up to romantic expectations. For those of us with a significant other (shoulder caddy though they may be) Valentine's...

Author: By Molly Hennessy-fiske, | Title: Sending My Love | 2/15/1997 | See Source »

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