Christmas, Again (2015)
“It’s just one month a year.” Christmas, Again comes to us in the midst of the holidays, and what a truly surprising, methodical, well-rounded gift it is. Should you turn on […]
Tag Archives: Romance
Brooklyn (2015)
“Home is home.” The thing about Brooklyn that lingers with you most is its honesty. A story with simple sensibilities, straightforwardly told, classically made. It may be a fictitious picture, but you […]
Crimson Peak (2015)
“Ghosts are real. This much I know.” I’ve put a lot of thought into this movie, because frankly, with a director I greatly admire making a film in a genre […]
Results (2015)
“Part of achieving excellence is delivering excellence consistently.” Results has good intentions with haphazard execution, a blemish and a wrinkle to cancel out any fluidity and smoothness that it shows. The […]
Man Up (2015)
“What are you waiting for?” The majority of romantic comedies are connected to a life support machine pumping them full of artery clogging cheesy affirmations and grossly tidy humor. So […]
The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015)
“Alienation is good for your heart.” Watching The Diary of a Teenage Girl feels intrusive. As if we snuck into the theater, with a world unfolding onscreen that was never supposed to […]
People Places Things (2015)
“Life sucks because my wife left me for an off broadway monologuist.” Anymore, it seems impossible to find a good romantic comedy. Too often do they careen into the territory of […]
6 Years (2015)
“Look me in the eye, and tell me.” Here’s a scenario for you: Game 7 of the World Series, bottom of the ninth, full count, go ahead run on third. […]
Spring (2015)
“Choose your poison.” Spring is a little horror movie with a little hint of romance that does well enough to make the grade. It passes. Visually though, this is absolutely stunning, […]
Paper Towns (2015)
“Everyone gets a miracle.” Papers Towns opens with the above quote, and over the course of the story rarely relents its optimism, vibrancy, or sense of hope. This is an upbeat movie […]
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