I’m in a continuous struggle with the cinematic complexities and nuances of Hot Frosty. On the one hand, it’s a big box of dumb… on the other hand, it’s inoffensive and sometimes it made me laugh. It’s the kind of … Continue reading
Maybe I was in a crabby mood because I was supposed to be at theater watching a very different movie instead of a generic overlit Christmas rom-com… but I really had a long time watching this flick. A bad time … Continue reading
Girl Haunts Boy was a possibility for spooky season since, y’know: Ghosts. But it looked more like a dopey rom-com so I put it off. But Netflix beckons and on my way to catching up with all the non-spooky movies … Continue reading
Your Monster is a weird one. For one thing, it should be called My Monster <shakes tiny fist at uncaring universe>. But it’s also a horror/comedy… but no, it’s actually a horror/rom-com… even if I think the horror bit was … Continue reading
Find me Falling is a light-weight romantic comedy filmed in Cyprus… so between its locations and pretty cast, at least it looks good. The film itself is pretty harmless but it suffers from an uninteresting plot and kind of boring … Continue reading
Bad Newz is an Indian rom-com released theatrically in the US. I went in knowing only that it was a comedy… and a workplace comedy at that (it wasn’t, actually). Instead it takes a full hour plus to get to … Continue reading
A Family Affair is a Netflix romantic comedy with a cast that perplexes me. Not because they are bad, but because they don’t fit… and yet it’s a pleasant, fluffy, and reasonably cute rom-com anyway. It shouldn’t work (and I … Continue reading
Glen Powell kind of proved revelatory to me in Hit Man. Not just a pretty face and a casual, sly grin… I’ve been mentally stuck on his Top Gun: Maverick personality but this flick scrubs that impression clean. The guy’s … Continue reading
Mother of the Bride is an inconsequential and rather uninspired Netflix rom-com that, to my mind, has one interesting thing in it: Brooke Shields. Not that I’ve been biding my time for her return, but it is nice to see … Continue reading
How to Date Billy Walsh is a teen romantic comedy that’s a bit much when a little less would do. It has the trappings of a better movie and, indeed, is sometimes kind of funny and cute but there’s a … Continue reading