For cynical (yet nonsensical) reasons, I was sure I was gonna give this Lucy Hale rom-com a fairly low score. Despite the fact I willingly rented the damn thing and like Lucy Hale. So I was at war with myself … Continue reading
Sadly, Upgraded is not the sequel to Leigh Whannell’s 2018 sci-fi film Upgrade… but is instead a mashup of standard rom-com tropes with a spiritual successor to The Devil Wears Prada (not a single cyborg implant in sight!). It stars … Continue reading
I spent the majority of time wrestling with the tone of Lisa Frankenstein… did I like it? Was it too much? Was it not enough? Was ’80s Tim Burton looking over shoulders, deciding if he’s gonna sue? What was this … Continue reading
I think this movie came out last month and was called The Family Plan… aa happily married couple’s routine is disrupted when one of them turns out to be a secret international kille. How many times will this Mr. and … Continue reading
If not for a surprisingly romantic scene in the middle of this movie, I’d have slapped a lower rating on this review. But that moment in sight of the Sydney Opera House and the character driven moments while hanging in … Continue reading
I swear this movie exists… though I also swear you shouldn’t try to prove it. But it popped up on (HBO) Max a couple weeks ago and I watched about half of it, groaning the whole way. When I checked … Continue reading
As far as holiday movies go, Christmas As Usual is one of the most singularly unpleasant ones I’ve watched. It’s ostensibly a culture clash rom-com where a Norwegian girl and Indian guy living in Los Angeles get engaged and head … Continue reading
If You Were the Last is a sci-fi rom-com that people seem to like… as someone who doesn’t understand hu-mans, I’m at a bit of a loss. I didn’t think much of this film or its two leads… I didn’t … Continue reading
What Happens Later is a Meg Ryan film… she directed it and co-wrote the screenplay so good on her. Too bad she wasn’t able to wrangle one of her old co-stars to be in it with her… such a person … Continue reading
In analyzing this latest Netflix rom-com, I asked myself “Good cliché or bad cliché” and then “Good generic or bad generic”. And then I got introspective… “was I feeling like a chump or a cynic?” But I think the most … Continue reading