Checked out Amy Schumer’s new movie I Feel Pretty. This one is not, surprisingly, written by her but by the team who wrote such rom com classics as Never Been Kissed, How to be Single, He’s Just Not That Into … Continue reading
Also watched the new Netflix original romantic comedy / time loop movie When We First Met. It’s mainly a (very broad) romantic comedy that merges that sequence in Groundhog Day where Bill Murray tries to replicate the perfect day with … Continue reading
Incidentally, I checked out the new Reese Witherspoon romantic comedy last weekend. And, no, it’s not 2003. This type of romantic comedy has been dead for years but suddenly Home Again is out as kind of counter-programming to the release … Continue reading
Checked out the new romantic comedy The Big Sick. Stand-up comedian / actor Kumail Nanjiani (the Pakistani guy from HBO”s Silicon Valley) stars as himself in a mostly true retelling of how he started dating a white woman, breaks up … Continue reading
Caught up on the indie comedy(?) romance (?) sci-fi (?) film The Lobster – available on Amazon Prime. This is a rather… odd… movie starring Colin Farrell, Rachel Weisz, and John C. Reilly (in a small roll). What’s it about? … Continue reading
Checked out the third Bridget Jones movie Bridget Jones’s Baby (or Bridget Jones’ Baby as civilized people would punctuate it). It was ok, I guess. It was fine, I suppose. It’s a movie that happened, kind of bored me but … Continue reading
Also rented the movie Mr. Right starring Anna Kendrick, Sam Rockwell, and Tim Roth. It’s a little movie about Kendrick, bouncing back from a bad breakup, running into a wacky weirdo played by Sam Rockwell. Rockwell tells her he’s an … Continue reading
Checked out My Big Fat Greek Wedding 2, the sequel to the (oh jeez) 19 (!!) year old original film written and starring Nia Vardalos. Everyone is back in this film – all the old crazy relatives are older and … Continue reading
Went to see How to be Single, perhaps a movie for which I was not the target demographic. Or maybe I was just grumpy, or tired, or having an existential crisis. But there were moments in this romantic comedy where … Continue reading
The new Amy Schumer written and starring movie Trainwreck (directed by Judd Apatow) is a raunchy but funny but overly long romantic comedy. Schumer trades off her comic and tv persona here to tell a story of a rather mean … Continue reading