Hello, Goodbye, and Everything In Between (which has an Oxford Comma, Letterboxd… just sayin’) is a teen romance featuring two pretty bland teens who fall in like over the summer before college. She’s not so much into long-term, he’s very … Continue reading
Good Luck to You, Leo Grande is a wonderfully charming and surprisingly sweet movie about an older woman who hires a sex worker. Not exactly a plot you’d normally describe as sweet and charming, but there you have it. I … Continue reading
There’s a moment near the end of Cha Cha Real Smooth where the heart of this sweet coming-of-age movie grows three sizes in emotional maturity. A young man, not quite fully emotionally mature, facing a romantic and personal crisis, has … Continue reading
As the literal (literal!) 811th Cinderella adaptation (and Disney’s 85th), Sneakerella makes a valiant effort at being relevant. It isn’t always successful due mainly to familiarity and a grueling run-time, but its cast is appealing and its colorful musical numbers … Continue reading
Along for the Ride is a pleasant, reasonably mature and thoughtful teen romance. It’s not an amazing flick but it’s nice that a Netflix original adapted from a YA novel isn’t silly, cringe, or dumb. Or, more to the point, … Continue reading
The previous 360 Days ended on a cliffhanger that this movie just hand-waves away. Whatever drama they were setting up? Nah. Now we have these two lovers getting married and we’re supposed to forget, I guess, all the kidnapping and … Continue reading
I skipped this one back in 2020, but with its sequel racing up the ratings charts (in reverse), I figured it was time to see if this movie actually earns all those half star reviews. It does. It very much … Continue reading
Kicking Blood: A Vampire Love Story is a vampire flick that’s not particularly interested in being a vampire flick. Instead, it’d rather – quite flatly – wants to be an exploration of addiction and recovery. And its not terrible at … Continue reading
I hesitated and delayed and just kept passing up the opportunity to check this flick out. I know the story and I like Peter Dinklage but something about a musical version was turning me off. Then it came out on … Continue reading
I didn’t know much about this film going in… just that it has great ratings, a lot of people seem to be watching it, and that’s it’s a French comedy. But something got lost in expectations… it’s not French, for … Continue reading