Feb 14th  
The Notebook*  
(US 2004)
New Line/Gran Via. 124m. ws

Two elderly residents at a South Carolina nursing home tell the story of when they were young lovers in the 1940s.
Slushy romance on a grand scale but with most of the interesting characters and situations in the sidelines; as in the similarly trashy Titanic, the young lovers look winsome and modern within their period trappings, and the whole flashback is a possible fabrication from the notebook anyway. The veterans know how to carry off a decent drama in the film's poignant ending.

Written by: Jeremy Leven, Jan Sardi, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks.
Producers: Lynn Harris, Markm Johnson.
Director: Nick Cassavetes.
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner, Gena Rowlands, James Marsden, Joan Allen, Kevin Connolly, David Thornton, Sam Shepard, Jamie Brown.
Photography: Robert Fraisse.
Music: Aaron Zigman.

Preceded by:
Frozen Hearts
(US 1923. 25m. bw. silent; Flabby Tolstoy spoof from Laurel's early Hal Roach days, pre-Hardy.; d: J.A. Howe; s: Stan Laurel, James Finlayson, Mae Laurel, Katherine Grant, Pierre Couderc.)