There’s cheese aplenty in Netflix’s latest rom-com, but its Maori cast and Kiwi setting give it some unexpected charms.
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Richard Curtis envisions a world without The Beatles, then promptly ignores it in favor of yet another treacly love story.
Jack Quaid and Maya Erskine break long-standing rom-com modes in this refreshing, personable love story.
Full of racist jokes & sexual assault subplots, John Hughes’ teen rom-com classic has aged like bad cheese. But is there anything worth saving about it?
Rebel Wilson shines in a funny. insightful look at the rhythms of the rom-com.
Netflix’s sex-positive teen dramedy offers up raunch and affection in equal measure.
Seth MacFarlane’s space opera/workplace comedy The Orville kicks off a second season with a sedate premiere about the characters’ dating lives.
This piece was originally posted on Alcohollywood The Chicago International Film Festival keeps chugging along this week, and […]
The 36th annual LGBTQ+ film fest starts up this week in Chicago, and we talk about some of […]
Netflix updates Cyrano de Bergerac for the social media era in this clunky teen rom-com, which distastefully hinges […]
Mateo Gil’s Spanish rom-com mockumentary tumbles toward entropy with beautiful visuals, but a scattered story and weak protagonist. […]
Netflix’s latest dalliance in the teen rom-com genre is a real charmer, a sunny, bittersweet confection with plenty […]
While trying to chase both sentimentality and laughs, Ken Marino’s ensemble canine comedy ends up barking up the […]
The third entry in Sony Pictures’ kids’ films about animated monsters is fun, flighty and surprisingly layered, with […]
Amy Schumer’s comedy about the power of confidence mixes its messages about body image, but provides some laughs […]
