Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, when men are expected to take their gals to see chick flicks like

Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day, when men are expected to take their gals to see chick flicks like “The Vow.” But these films can be dangerous to your relationship. They have handsome leading men who are unafraid of commitment, and are penned by screenwriters with an endless supply of cute things to say and do. The trick is to find something you both find rewarding. Something with true love and true grit. Here are the five most guy-friendly romantic movies:

v “The Terminator”: A man travels through time to save the woman who will give birth to the man who will save the world from cyborgs, and ensures that she does by actually fathering the child.

v “Die Hard”: Why does Bruce Willis kill every member of a global assortment of terrorists who take over an office tower? For love, of course.

v “Say Anything”: You have to have writer-director Cameron Crowe on this list. He’s popular with both genders because he plays fair with male and female characters. “Jerry Maguire” would work, or even “Singles,” but we need something here for the teenagers.

v Anything by Ron Shelton: He’s known as a guy who makes movies about sports, but he really makes movies about love and sex — “Bull Durham,” “Tin Cup,” “White Men Can’t Jump.”

v “Shaun of the Dead”: Yes, it’s a zombie movie, but the zombies are really a backdrop for the story of a backsliding boyfriend trying to win back the girl he doesn’t deserve.

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Entries are sought for mural project

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Youngstown Playhouse is seeking entries for a mural project in the Glenwood Avenue area.

Interested artists should send a letter with how they would approach it, examples and explanations of past work on a CD file, r sum with three references and contact information.

Send to Youngstown Playhouse, 600 Playhouse Lane, P.O. Box 11108 Youngstown, OH, 44511. Deadline is March 23.

The mural artist will be selected in April, the design in May, and installation will be in June and July.

For information, go to yndc.org.