October is generally popular for dark thrillers/horror or prestige dramas as award season is upon us once more. So seeing a rom-com set in the sunny tropical paradise of Bali is definitely a breath of fresh air. Starring movie star duo Julia Roberts and George Clooney, reuniting for the fifth time since Money Monster in 2016. …
Continue reading TICKET TO PARADISE (2022) Review – frothy, frivolous fun but devoid of substance
I had written this review in 2016 – I'm reposting this in honor of Chris Evans' 41st birthday. I mentioned this movie in this Five for the Fifth post, which sounds kind of like Richard Linklater's Before Sunrise trilogy (heh it even has the word 'before' in the title!). We first met Chris Evans' character …
Continue reading FlixChatter Review: Chris Evans’ directorial debut BEFORE WE GO (2014)
Sometimes you see a trailer of a movie and thought, ‘we’ve seen something like this before’ and that’s how I felt about The Valet. I had just seen Marry Me, where an ordinary, usually-invisible guy gets unwittingly roped into a high-stake ruse to avert a PR nightmare. This time it involves a famous movie star …
TALL GIRL 2 (2022) I haven’t seen the first film, but was intrigued to see the sequel as I’m a fan of Emily Ting’s work (notably Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong, which I highly recommend. Ava Michelle is back as tall girl Jodi and most of the cast are back as well, and it’s fun …
Continue reading Rom-Com Double Reviews: Tall Girl 2 and 7 Days
I was sold on the amusing premise that a Mexican book translator rewrite the entire story of an uptight English author’s novel into a steamy erotic fiction. That plot, albeit unrealistic, is a pretty hilarious setup for a rom-com and it certainly looks that way at first. I was quite intrigued by Spanish actress Verónica …
So I watched not one but TWO new rom-coms last week, which is unusual as I haven’t been too impressed with most modern rom-coms which tend to be a bit too edgy or cynical about love and romance for my taste. Well, if you read my review of Marry Me, that movie is definitely a …
From the first time I heard about this project at its conception last year, I wasn't psyched that my fave actor once again entered rom-com territory. Not because he isn't funny or charming enough to pull it off, but after the abysmal The Ugly Truth, the script is likely going to be another stinker. TUT …
Continue reading The Bounty Hunter review (a.k.a. my open letter to Gerard Butler)
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