Tag: romantic comedies
Your Place or Mine Pulls From The Holiday and A Lot Like Love For a Banal Effect
It seems telling that the intro to Aline Brosh McKenna’s latest rom-com, Your Place or Mine, is set in the 00s. Namely, 2003. We’re hit [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…]
Why Do Modern Rom-Coms Make Us Cringe?
There was a time when rom-coms couldn’t be churned out fast enough. Now, one has to suck a studio exec’s dick (though, when doesn’t one [Read More…]
A Little Bit of Heaven: A Little Bit Like Just Like Heaven and Not As Bad As Everyone Says
Maybe the 2011 film A Little Bit of Heaven starring Kate Hudson and Gael García Bernal evaded you. Or maybe you assumed you already saw [Read More…]
The Horrible and the Miserable: Why Woody Allen’s Take on Humanity is Astoundingly Accurate
Woody Allen is famed for many quotes, including “80% of success is showing up.” But perhaps his most salient one comes from Annie Hall, in [Read More…]
