XO, Kitty (2023) is a sweet expansion of the To All the Boys universe that manages to capture the often all-encompassing and multi-layered confusion of teenage matters of the heart, while still sometimes managing to strain, but never quite break, the limits of believability in other areas. Smartly, this series takes the characters outside the … Continue reading XO, KITTY: A Sweet Expansion of the TO ALL THE BOYS I’VE LOVED BEFORE Universe
SHORT REVIEWS: THE MOTHER (2023), ALONE TOGETHER (2022), STROMBOLI (2022), FOOD AND ROMANCE (TISDAGSKLUBBEN) (2022)
THE MOTHER (2023) ALONE TOGETHER (2022) STROMBOLI (2022) FOOD AND ROMANCE (TISDAGSKLUBBEN) (2022) THE MOTHER (2023) Hold up. Hold up. So Jennifer Lopez is supposed to be some kind of super-duper over-the-top elite killing machine soldier who got into a black-market arms deal with two shady guys Álvarez (Gael García Bernal) and Lovell (Joseph Fiennes), but … Continue reading SHORT REVIEWS: THE MOTHER (2023), ALONE TOGETHER (2022), STROMBOLI (2022), FOOD AND ROMANCE (TISDAGSKLUBBEN) (2022)
CLASS OF ’07 (2023): A Fairly Tasty Apocalyptic Series
At this point, it seems that apocalypse-themed series come in nearly every flavor imaginable. In the case of Class of '07, an Australian series that follows a group of women trapped at their Catholic boarding school when a world-ending wave makes landfall during their reunion, the results are, for me, a bit mixed. It's like … Continue reading CLASS OF ’07 (2023): A Fairly Tasty Apocalyptic Series
FARAWAY (2023): A Rom-Com That Says, Hell Yes Women Get Better With Age
The trailer makes Faraway (2023) look like it's going to be your standard Netflix assembly-line rom-com, written with the help of a random cliché generator, but it is, in fact, a much more unique, nuanced, and tender story about a middle-aged woman finding happiness, and yes, a second chance at love in the process. Please … Continue reading FARAWAY (2023): A Rom-Com That Says, Hell Yes Women Get Better With Age
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
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