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
DINOSAUR (2024-): I Haven’t Laughed This Hard In Ages
The biggest disappointment about Dinosaur (2024-) is that I've run out of episodes to watch. Do you think if I just keep furiously refreshing the page it will make a second season appear? I'm going to try. Meanwhile, allow me to regale you with my thoughts on this show, which squeezes more comedy, poignancy, delightful … Continue reading DINOSAUR (2024-): I Haven’t Laughed This Hard In Ages
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!
BOAT STORY (2023): A Funny, Compelling, Wildly Violent, and Very Human Story
As of two days ago, the series Boat Story (2023) wasn't even on my radar. I thought I'd just check out a bit of the first episode and, just like that, I was carried away on a strong tide of outsized and sometimes gruesome violence, dark and idiosyncratic comedy, compelling characters, pitch-perfect narration, and a … Continue reading BOAT STORY (2023): A Funny, Compelling, Wildly Violent, and Very Human Story
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