Destination Wedding (2018)
“Anybody wanna trade seats?” A dark romantic comedy best suited for masochists, Destination Wedding celebrates the immense amount of pain that it imparts on the audience. It’s the furthest thing from romantic, […]
Category Archives: Romance
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
“That’s quite a mouthful.” Everything about The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society is, incontestably, sorely overlong. The title itself is an abomination. Can you imagine if this had played […]
To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018)
“My letters are my most secret possessions.” To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before didn’t give me a very good first impression. The opening is rather stilted, feeling less like […]
Crazy Rich Asians (2018)
“Pursuing one’s passion…how American.” Crazy Rich Asians breaks barriers. It’s compelling, it’s heartbreaking and is even hilarious in turns. But most importantly, it’s just a flat-out excellent film. This is […]
Set It Up (2018)
“We can get them to do anything.” What a radically brave notion it’s become for a romantic comedy to feature two insanely likable leads that those of us in the […]
Adrift (2018)
“Will you sail around the world with me?” Fueled by the altruistic fate of requited love and the oceanic odyssey demanded to navigate and survive Mother Nature’s harshest elements out […]
On Chesil Beach (2018)
“I need to know your worst side.” Similar to one of those awkward sex ed high school classes, On Chesil Beach means well with its message whilst mostly fumbling the entire delivery. […]
Overboard (2018)
“Most of us only know the world we’re born into.” Better than you might expect while just as easily forgettable, Overboard seeks to reinvent a formula that never went stale or got […]
Love, Simon (2018)
“I’m just like you.” We all have secrets, some huge and some small, some relatively light and others incredibly dark. And if we hold on to them for too long […]
When We First Met (2018)
“Fate is a tricky lady.” Similar to a lackluster first date in desperate need of greater chemistry and a stronger curb appeal, When We First Met doesn’t exactly check all of the […]
