Fa La La Land
The High Note by George Wolf Since rising to fame on Black-ish, Tracee Ellis Ross has apparently been biding her time, patiently waiting for the right vehicle to showcase her…read more →
romantic comedies
Ghost Writer
Yesterday by George Wolf Hey, baby boomers (yes, my hand is up), thanks for still buying CDs! Now please enjoy the latest installment in your Musical Movie Memories Tour, Yesterday.…read more →
We Can’t Quit You, Rom-Com!
Isn’t It Romantic by George Wolf Every time someone on your social media thread pokes fun at the latest Hallmark Christmas special, you can get some pretty good odds they…read more →
An Unfortunate Movie Mixtape
Juliet, Naked by Brandon Thomas Movies that mix music and quirk tend to punch me right in the feels (is a 36-year-old allowed to say “feels”?). Once, Begin Again and…read more →
Underwhelmed
Overboard by Hope Madden More than 30 years ago, Garry Marshall directed one of those Eighties films: good-heartedly hateful and contrived in that colorfully rom-com way, Overboard. It is the…read more →
Me Be Pretty One Day
I Feel Pretty by Hope Madden Trainwreck, the 2015 big-screen break out for comic Amy Schumer (and LeBron James and John Cena) offered a wise about-face for the rom-com. Written…read more →
Jiggidy Jog
Home Again by Hope Madden Let’s say you love Nancy Meyers’s movies – you know, those fantasies like It’s Complicated or Something’s Gotta Give where late-middle-aged women land all the…read more →
Table of Misfit Toys
Table 19 by Matt Weiner If you sit a group of strangers together at a wedding reception, you’ll find out that each one of them is a brain… a basket…read more →
Bridget Jones, Back in Medium-Rare Form
Bridget Jones’s Baby by Matt Weiner It’s been over a decade since Bridget Jones last went through an embarrassing series of personal and professional mishaps on the way to learning…read more →
How to Borrow Liberally
How to be Single by Hope Madden Upending rom-com clichés has become its own cliché, and yet, with the right minds and talent, it can still be a fresh and…read more →