Split top and bottom screen of Debbie and Peter lying on pillows, both smiling looking at camera. In the center are words in yellow Your Place or Mine.
Rachel Comedy, Distressing, Movie, Netflix, Rom-Com, Romance

YOUR PLACE OR MINE (2023): I’ll Just Stay Home, Thanks

Hello? Netflix customer service? Yes, I'm calling to let you know about a glitch with Your Place or Mine (2023), one of your recent rom-coms . What? Yes, that's right. The one with Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher. Exactly. It's just that you seem to have left out all the "romantic" and the "comedy" bits … Continue reading YOUR PLACE OR MINE (2023): I’ll Just Stay Home, Thanks

Title image for Enola Homes. A teal door with a dappled glass window, which Enola is standing behind with her arms crossed. On it are the words Enola Holmes Detective Agency. At the bottom is the title.
Rachel Bliss, Comedy, Drama, Movie, Netflix, Romance

ENOLA HOLMES 2: The Second Installment Nearly Outshines the First

Having settled into its characters and found its audience with the first movie, Enola Holmes 2 hits the ground running (literally and figuratively) and, in many ways, outshines its already wonderful predecessor. It’s a rare find in a sequel, and an even rarer find in a movie that runs a hair over two hours, but … Continue reading ENOLA HOLMES 2: The Second Installment Nearly Outshines the First

Against a green floor with a yellow line down the middle, there are similar ornate rugs on either side of the line. An older, well-dressed woman is lying on each side of the line, reaching across grabbing the woman by the hair and screaming. In red font at the top: THE BEST FAMILIES A film by JAVIER FUENTES-LEON. At the bottom of the poster: FAMILY CAN BE A BATTLEFIELD.
Rachel Bliss, Comedy, HBO Max, Movie, Spanish

LAS MEJORES FAMILIAS (THE BEST FAMILIES) (2020): A Deliciously Dark Comedy

Is there a word specifically for stumbling across a movie that delights you in wholly unexpected ways? If not, we should coin one. Then, I would immediately apply it to Las Mejores Familias (The Best Families)—a black comedy about the upheaval that ensues when two intertwined upper-class Peruvian families unearth decades old secrets at a … Continue reading LAS MEJORES FAMILIAS (THE BEST FAMILIES) (2020): A Deliciously Dark Comedy

Eli and Auden standing on a beach at night looking at each other while fireworks explode in the sky. Along for the Ride A Netflix Film is in white letters in the sky. "Tomorrow Begins Tonight." is in the lower left corner.
Rachel Comfortable, Movie, Netflix, Rom-Com, Romance

Review: I’m Glad I Went ALONG FOR THE RIDE (2022)

If you're a fan of coming-of-age stories and you like your romances without the usual mountains of misogyny then you should probably hop on board for Along for the Ride. No, it's not as winsome as To All the Boys I've Loved Before, to which it will inevitably be compared because Sofia Alvarez is the … Continue reading Review: I’m Glad I Went ALONG FOR THE RIDE (2022)

LOVE IS MESSY AF: hulu CRUSH Gabriela, Paige, and AJ shown against a white brick wall.
Rachel Comedy, Comfortable, Drama, Hulu, Movie, Rom-Com

Review: CRUSH (2022) Is An Intimate and Charming Teen Rom-Com, If You Ignore the Adult Blather

Crush is a charming, sweet, and intimate teen rom-com where the central characters are queer and it's the best friend who's the token straight boy. Well, it's charming if you ignore the mostly overwritten, tryhard dialogue from the adult characters, but I have faith in you. And yes, the story is clumsy in some ways, … Continue reading Review: CRUSH (2022) Is An Intimate and Charming Teen Rom-Com, If You Ignore the Adult Blather