Valentine’s Day–Rom-Coms (aka Chick Flicks) Anyone?
It’s that time of year again, when guys dread having to let their female partner/friend/spouse choose the movie while they fight back tears having to pass up another testosterone-charged action film (like “Drive” or “300”). Well, guess what? There are a few I thought are just right for snuggling together on the couch with a chilled glass of wine. They have witty, lightweight scripts, without the cringe-inducing mawkish, saccharine dialect of films like “The Ugly Truth (2009). To me comedy is the most difficult to write, since humor is a very delicate but...