Tag: love actually
Love Actually Is All About the Desperation Invoked By Loneliness
In the years since Love Actually was released, it’s been analyzed in hundreds of different ways. Not least of which is the shudder-inducing, super creepy [Read More…]
“Last Christmas” Finally Gets Its Deserved UK Christmas Number 1 Spot
In what might be deemed a cruel irony, George Michael died on Christmas Day of something that prompted the Grinch himself to live a much [Read More…]
When It Comes to Heart Transplant Rom-Coms, Stick With Return to Me, Not Last Christmas
In the annals of heart transplant “rom-coms,” there are very few to choose from. Arguably beginning with 1993’s Untamed Heart starring Christian Slater and Marisa [Read More…]
The Master-Slave Model of Romance in Love Actually
As time moves further away from 2003 and the accepted flagrant sexism that came with it–paraded with perhaps the most glee of all in film [Read More…]
A (Semi) Practical Defense Against the Latest Rom-Com Study
The latest study on the detriments of watching rom-coms have revealed results that one may find somewhat surprising. Rather than, say, proving that ingesting a steady [Read More…]