The struggle was real. The struggle, in this case, was to enjoy this very rocky, wildly uneven, tonally chaotic, and weirdly overacted Amazon Prime comedy. Because sometimes it was perfectly sweet and funny and more of the time it was … Continue reading
The first half of this somewhat generic holiday romantic comedy is nigh on insufferable. Complete with pratfalls and over-the-top comedy acting, I was gritting my teeth and wallowing in my anti-Christmas rage. But once it settles into its formulaic and … Continue reading
Rosaline is what you get when you borrow the concept of Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead and move it from the dour tragedy of Hamlet to the bird-brained hyper-romantic Romeo & Juliet. Out with Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s erudite philosophizing when … Continue reading
The scariest thing about Ticket to Paradise is how they stuffed it with such charismatic actors and made such an uncharismatic movie. Not an ugly movie and not a movie without bits of charm strewn about, but just a rather … Continue reading
Somehow – probably through voodoo – Billy Eichner and the gang made an accessible mainstream gay romantic comedy that is also super duper out-of-the-closet gay. I don’t know how they got the mixture right… but I didn’t come away thinking … Continue reading
That’s Amor is a new Netflix romantic comedy about a recently single (and unemployed) woman who takes a cooking class and catches the idea of the Spanish cooking instructor. That’s kind of literally it. There isn’t a gimmick, nobody is … Continue reading
Wedding Season is largely that same romcom you’ve seen before… but it’s a good one of those and it’s on Netflix. Charming couple, good side characters, and reasonably romantic and moderately funny. The flick is about an Indian-American career woman … Continue reading
While I’m not the target audience for a gay rom-com, I’m still human and this Hulu original was charming and occasionally funny. I’m sure I missed out on some nuance and in-jokes and the politics of various gay male subgroups … Continue reading
Well, I guess I enjoyed Tall Girl 2 more than the scintillating original. Which is to say, I didn’t particularly like it but at least I found it more relatable. A little more cliché too, I suppose. The titular tall … Continue reading
I like to kick puppies and give silly little trifles like Crush bad reviews. I’m a monster… neither puppies nor this film deserve hate, but sometimes the movie is just mediocre despite its best charm offensive. The dog doesn’t deserve … Continue reading