Novocaine is a movie that works on so many levels. It's action-packed. It's funny. It makes viewers tense up like they are watching a Final Destination movie. It's also surprisingly sweet and romantic ...

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 ...