Rented the 2019 film Portrait of a Lady on Fire the other day on iTunes (it’s also streaming on Hulu). This movie got on a ton of best of the year lists (but was shut out of the Academy Award … Continue reading
Checked out the new Netflix teen romance movie All the Bright Places. This one is based on a YA novel I haven’t read but shares a lot of DNA with the book and film version of John Green’s The Fault … Continue reading
Also checked out the latest film version of the book Emma. This one is called Emma. with a period. There’s a period in the title of the film Emma…. that’s not a period or ellipses in my sentence. The film … Continue reading
Checked out the one actual Valentines Day movie released on actual Valentines Days: The Photograph. This flick is the real deal as far as romance movies go. Not a romantic comedy… just a movie about adult humans meeting and falling … Continue reading
Checked out the new big anime theatrical release Weathering With You. This is the follow-up to the same Japanese writer/director’s utterly amazing film Your Name. That was one of the best movies of its release year, regardless of animation style. … Continue reading
Watched the new Netflix original Noah Baumbach film Marriage Story. Not a completely accurate title for a movie. With that title, you might suspect something happier, more romantic, or maybe even cute. This movie ain’t those things at all… but … Continue reading
Also checked out Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, the five-year-later sequel to the pretty good Disney live-action-but-flipped-on-its-head remake of Sleeping Beauty. That movie was pretty early in the Disney live action remake routine and, as such, actually tried to make a … Continue reading
Checked out the new teen romance movie The Sun Is Also a Star. Wasn’t familiar with the book its based on or the actors involved, though I know the guy is on Riverdale. But the trailer was cute and seemed … Continue reading
Also went to see the movie After. I had the feeling it was based on a YA novel but I’d not see a trailer nor read the synopsis on the book. So, hey, nice to see a movie blind and … Continue reading
Checked out the latest in a weird new subgenre of “sick teenage girl is special because she’s sick” romances called Five Feet Apart. I know there’s always been dying person romance movies, but there’s been a glut of them since … Continue reading