Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum Rediscover the Magic of the Rom-Com and the Moon Landing
DIRECTOR: GREG BERLANTI/2024
NASA has a publicity prob...
The End. Or Is It???
I'm done. I've watched 50 holiday rom-coms since the beginning of November: a few good, a lot bad, almost all cheesy. I have seen mo...
The Banality of Christmas
The sameness really gets to you after a while. A few basic plots are rehashed over and over. The lead actors and actresses look ...
In Praise of Older Leading Ladies
You know one thing I appreciate about Hallmark rom-coms? It's not unusual for the female leads to be in the 30s, 40, or e...
New and Improved! Now includes Hanukkah!
This subtitle is a bit bogus since last year's rom-com-athon included one movie about an interfaith couple and some...
The Worst Kind of Recount
Well, oopsie daisy! I've just realized that I jumped straight from #26 to #28 in counting my movies, so that's a bummer. At this ...
"How Did You Decide To Watch That?"
Among the questions I get most often - especially after watching a real stinker - is how I decide which movies to watch....
The Completist's Dilemma
The problem is, there are too many movies. You see, I am a completist. When I become interested in something, I move pretty quic...
The Good, the Bad, and the Series
This week I watched an entire holiday rom-com series without intending to, but I have no regrets. It was a real pick-me-up...
Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti Star in a (Mostly*) Fresh Take on the Romantic Comedy
DIRECTOR: MAX BARBAKOW/2020
Remember when everyone was trying ...
