Disclaimer: I haven't read the book. This review is based solely on the movie. Obviously, there's no chance I'm going to steer you any way but toward watching Nicholas Galitzine, well, full stop, but, in this case, from watching him make sparks fly with Anne Hathaway as she plays the December to his May, as … Continue reading THE IDEA OF YOU (2024): Is It Cake?
BOTTOMS (2023): Everything and More
You know how sometimes you don’t even know you need something in your life, and then you stumble across it and you can't imagine how you EVER lived without it? That’s how I feel about the movie Bottoms (2023). Yesterday, I hadn’t really considered if my life needed a movie about two queer and unpopular … Continue reading BOTTOMS (2023): Everything and More
ANYONE BUT YOU (2023): To Watch or Not to Watch Is Obviously the Question
One of my (many) working theories about rom-coms is that it's generally not the best sign when they start throwing quotes from dead white men on the screen early in the drama. Often it's an attempt to prove that "this" movie is somehow smarter and superior to all those "other" rom-coms. Anyone But You (2023), … Continue reading ANYONE BUT YOU (2023): To Watch or Not to Watch Is Obviously the Question
LOVE, DIVIDED (PARED CON PARED) (2024): A Rom-Com With Pros, Cons, and a Cat
Even while watching Love, Divided (Pared con pared) (2024), I went back and forth about how much I liked it. And yes, I'm sure some of that was due to my now very distant memories of Blind Date (2015), the French movie from which it was adapted. "Misty water colored memories…" Honestly, I don't even … Continue reading LOVE, DIVIDED (PARED CON PARED) (2024): A Rom-Com With Pros, Cons, and a Cat
NO PRESSURE (Nic na siłę) (2024): A Middling Rom-Com With Appropriate Footwear and Goats!
Rambunctious goats aside, the trailer for No Pressure (2024) didn't look particularly intriguing. You could say I didn't feel particularly…pressured to watch it right away. Sorry. No. That was awful. But this movie is actually not totally awful for a comfort-watch mediocre rom-com. Sure, the plot is sometimes muddy, the runtime outstrips the amount of … Continue reading NO PRESSURE (Nic na siłę) (2024): A Middling Rom-Com With Appropriate Footwear and Goats!
IRISH WISH (2024): Mediocrity Can Be Fun! (Within Reason)
It’s difficult to convey the enjoyment derived from watching a movie like Irish Wish (2024) to the uninitiated. Halfway through, I took a break to regale my husband with some of the most egregious moments thus far— defining the word “wish” at the beginning, water mixed with water having more chemistry than the leads, the … Continue reading IRISH WISH (2024): Mediocrity Can Be Fun! (Within Reason)
DAMSEL (2024): Less of a Delight Than Expected (Updated)
I was pretty excited to watch Damsel (2024) because: 1. Millie Bobby Brown is a delight, 2. I’m a huge fan of maidens saving themselves, and 3. I love a good dragon redemption story. But! After a decent start, the movie just slid deeper and deeper into a chasm of stereotypical ideas about scorned women, … Continue reading DAMSEL (2024): Less of a Delight Than Expected (Updated)