The lucky one

• The new romance The Lucky One, starring Zac Efron as a weary Marine and Taylor Schilling as a beautiful stranger, is the latest in a line of film adaptations of Nicholas Sparks weepy novels.
(Los Angeles Times)
• "Of course they killed someone," I overheard a young woman say to her friend after a screening of "The Lucky One." "It's a Nicholas Sparks movie." And how. This is the seventh of Mr.
(New York Times)
• Audiences wanted to "Think Like a Man" on Friday: Sony's Screen Gems comedy well exceeded expectations on Friday, grossing an estimated $12.2 million at domestic locations to surpass fellow romantic newcomer "The Lucky One" on opening day.
(TheWrap)
• LOS ANGELES — Sony's "Think Like A Man," the screen adaptation of Steve Harvey's best-selling dating book, and Warner Bros.
(Washington Post)
• LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - The Hunger Games will surely lose its box-office crown this weekend - and its going to be to a romance.
(YAHOO!)
• Ever since the "High School Musical" series concluded, Zac Efron has been trying to distance himself from his days as a teen pinup. But his first major drama, 2010's tear-jerker "Charlie St.
(Los Angeles Times)
• This weekend comes with two new wide releases that will go up against The Hunger Games.
(The Celebrity Cafe.com)
• The African-American ensemble comedy won Friday with $12.2 million followed by The Lucky One with $9.1 million to both topple Hunger Games; Disneys nature documentary Chimpanzee pleased with $3.5 million.
(Hollywood Reporter)
• Though he is mildly prolific and beloved by many, most critics agree that author Nicholas Sparks is about as edgy as a basketball. Critic Roger Moore was the unlucky one who had to review this movie.
(Columbus Dispatch)
• I don't know if Nicholas Sparks has tried to trademark his pop-fiction formula. But he should. The plucky woman. The soulful man. The picturesque locations along the Southern seaboard.
(NJ.com)