Is there any other genre as alchemically enmeshed with the very nature of cinema as romance films? With all due respect to all the great movies that set out to make us laugh, scare us witless, rile us ...

When The Notebook hit the scene in 2004, it became a bit of a romance cult classic of sorts. With just a $29 million budget, the film brought in over $115 million at the box office. Based on Nicholas ...