At the beginning of Laura O’Shea’s “Match,” I was reminded so much of why I love independent films as medium.…
Browsing: romance
Netflix’s latest installment in their determined effort to revitalize the rom-com is “Always Be My Maybe.” While it offers nothing…
“If Beale Street Could Talk” is one of the most visually beautiful films of the year. It is a crime…
“The Breaker Upperers” opens on a scene of apparent tragedy. Two police officers console a woman sobbing uncontrollably. They appear…
What do you get when you take the “Parent Trap,” a dash of Netflix’s aggressively cheesy “A Christmas Prince” and…
It seems impossible, but in my years of reviewing indie cinema, I’ve yet to see an out-and-out comedy. Now I…
Judd Apatow has a way of introducing topics for comedy that run the risk for sophomoric humor or cynicism and…
Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman star in “Someone Like You…” – a romantic comedy basked in stereotypes that tries not…
A romantic comedy/drama, 2000’s “Down to You,” while predictable, has a less ambitious arc than films like “Hitch” or “Pretty…
“Ewww” is a date movie – I guess. Written and directed by Alexei Slater (producer on the indie film “The…