Aug
11
It Ends With Us
I wasn’t sure what to expect from It Ends With Us as I hadn’t read the book or seen a trailer. I knew it starred Blake Lively and, rumor has it, got a writing punch up from her hubby Ryan … Continue reading
Tag Archives: Romance
Jul
31
Humanist Vampire Seeking Consenting Suicidal Person
This vampire film is almost impossible to classify… is it a romance? a comedy? A Romantic Comedy? A horror movie? Not really any of those… even with all the vampires. It’s also not as quirky as the title suggests… it’s … Continue reading
Jul
05
Drawing Closer
If you have a stony, cynical heart, you might hate this schmaltzy film. If you love a doomed romance involving sick and dying teens, you’ll love it. If you are like me, a little more cynical, a little more reserved, … Continue reading
May
03
Turtles All The Way Down
Turtles All The Way Down on (HBO) Max may have, for some, a rough, borderline cringe feel to its comedy and I get it. The flick sometimes does feel a bit much… plus it has a weird Nancy Drew subplot … Continue reading
Apr
25
Challengers
Challengers is a sexy sexy drama about a trio of tennis player over a decade. As a guy who is forever perplexed by the rules of tennis, I can say that the film is about as much about tennis as … Continue reading
Apr
16
Greatest Hits, The
The Greatest Hits is a more mature, less YA version of the film Press Play from 2022. Both are lite-Sci-fi romance/rom-coms about a girl who discovers she can travel when she hears certain songs. She then tries to prevent her … Continue reading
Apr
11
Tearsmith, The
If you want to watch at torrid, florid, overwrought romance where the guy rends his shirt to expose his passion, crying and scowling and sneering at his one true love, then maybe The Tearsmith is the earnest, overly-serious red-blooded Harlequin … Continue reading
Feb
24
Float
Float is a romance starring Andrea Bang as a Chinese-American good daughter who decides not to spend her summer at the residency her traditional parents set up for her. Instead, she runs away to spend time with her artsy auntie… … Continue reading
Feb
23
Through My Window 3: Looking at You
Welcome back to “Why do you do this to yourself theater”… this week it’s the final part in the Through My Window trilogy. Netflix promises this is the end so I’m going to believe them and get this turkey franchise … Continue reading
Feb
15
Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy
I loved Drive My Car from Japanese director Ryusuke Hamaguchi so I was curious about his other films. Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy has a title that sparked my interest so it was a good spot to take a second … Continue reading