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Fast-Paised review: ‘Date Movie' (Metromix.com) - Big question : This spoof targets "romantic comedies," including "Meet the Parents," "Wedding Crashers" and "Mr. and Mrs. Smith." Um, were any of those really meant to be date movies to begin with?

Book Review: Godwin fans rejoice: a juicy novel plus her journals (San Antonio Express News) - Fans of best-selling novelist Gail Godwin have two reasons to celebrate this season: a big, atmospheric new novel and the first installment of Godwin's journals.

Review: 'Date Movie' could be the worst of the year (Detroit Free Press) - When judging a scattershot genre spoof, it’s all about the numbers. For all the jokes thrown up at the screen, what percent come even close to sticking?

Review: 'Imagine Me & You' (Tucson Citizen) - "Imagine Me & You" is a little like watching "Four Weddings and a Funeral" on a magic TV that has been slightly more esoterically calibrated. A click on the remote, a slight turn of the knob, and ah, here we go: "Two Lesbians and a Wedding."

Fringe Review: Playing Miss Havisham (Scoop.co.nz) - In Charles Dickens's Great Expectations, Miss Havisham is the elderly woman who has spent 30 years shrivelling in a draughty mansion after being jilted at the altar by a scoundrel.

Fringe Review: Heavenly Burlesque (Scoop.co.nz) - The show begins at 9.30 in the foyer, moves into the theatre around 10, and back to the foyer at 11. No two evenings are the same; the performances reviewed here were enjoyed the evening of February 17th.

Western press biased in disaster coverage: study (New Kerala) - New Delhi: The Western media failed to provide due coverage to recent natural disasters in Asia and gave more editorial space to Hurricane Katrina than to the tsunami or the Kashmir earthquake, says a study.

Review: 'Date Movie' could be the worst of the year (Detroit Free Press) - (one star)

SO SAPPY TOGETHER (Lexington Herald-Leader) - Ang Lee made a weepy love story about two cowboys, so why can't Ol Parker make Imagine Me & You, a Richard Curtis-style romantic comedy about two lesbians?

Date Movie (filmcritic.com) - A note to readers: Before Pete Croatto wrote his review for Date Movie , he wrote an impassioned letter (listed below) to Christopher Null, the editor in chief of filmcritic.com. Because of site policy, he was not able to write a review.