Little (2019)
“It needs to be big. It needs to make noise.” Much to my dismay, Little is a mostly mean movie which, for far too long before the story does a […]
Category Archives: Romance
Long Shot (2019)
“There’s no way the two of you work.” Long Shot is a decent romantic comedy with a likable identity when it decides to dig in and get a little dirty, […]
Someone Great (2019)
“When something breaks, if the pieces are large enough, you can fix it.” Someone Great knows how to have fun and how to work hungover. The script fears its presumptuously […]
After (2019)
“We’re all hardwired to desire.” After is a film that almost feels like a naive before, at times even a simple and virginal prelude, to the learned and kinky eroticism […]
The Perfect Date (2019)
“I don’t know which version of myself I’m supposed to be right now.” Instantly, and in the spirit of the film Jerry Maguire, Netflix’s latest Rom-Com The Perfect Date quite […]
Fools Rush In (1997)
“How can you be in love with someone you just met?” Quintessentially 90’s yet surprisingly progressive for its time, Fools Rush In is a smooth talking charmer of a film, […]
Five Feet Apart (2019)
“We’re breathing borrowed air.” Some people will like Five Feet Apart. I mostly didn’t, just to be upfront about it. The film’s informative, delivers a few decent laughs and a handful […]
Meet Joe Black (1998)
“Who knows? Lightning could strike.” Meet Joe Black is a glorious, supernatural, peculiar movie. An intimate epic about love, about loss, about life and death and the many moving, interchangeable […]
Alita: Battle Angel (2019)
“A warrior’s spirit needs a warrior’s body.” By alloying together the futuristic dystopia of Blade Runner with the flimsy romance elements of The Hunger Games, all while styling them both […]
The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)
“I didn’t think anyone noticed me.” The title alone says it all: The Perks of Being a Wallflower. So what are the advantages to being a straggler who finds a […]
