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West Side Story 2021

West Side Story (2021)

It was kind of presumptuous that anyone would dare think of remaking the Oscar-winning classic West Side Story. Not even a reimagining, but more like a massage of the...

Linda
Wild Mountain Thyme

Wild Mountain Thyme (2020)

Rosemary (Emily Blunt) has loved neighbor farm boy Anthony (Jamie Dornan) ever since they were wee children in the Irish countryside. But a misunderstood love rivalry with another girl...

Linda
Wander Darkly (2020)

Wander Darkly (2020)

We barely have met couple Adrienne (Sienna Miller) and Matteo (Diego Luna) before they get into a horrific car crash after an unpleasant date night. We know enough that...

Linda
Sylvie's Love (2020)

Sylvie’s Love (2020)

I’ll give credit where credit is due: Sylvie’s Love is a gorgeous-looking, gorgeous-sounding movie. It is a fresh twist on classic romantic melodramas, with an extremely attractive black cast...

Linda
Ammonite (2020)

Ammonite (2020)

In the same way that World War I and II movies always seem sepia-toned, movies from coastal England always seem perpetually awash in chilly and dim deep grays and...

Linda
The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

The Secret: Dare to Dream (2020)

Now, I knew nothing about the self-help book going into this film. I figured this was an adaptation of a schmaltzy romantic novel, where a strong single woman who...

Linda
Last Christmas (2019)

Last Christmas (2019)

Blessed with two fabulous leads – who have stellar chemistry with each other – and a screenplay co-penned by Oscar-winner Emma Thompson, Last Christmas is a movie made for...

Vickie
Crazy Rich Asians (2019)

Crazy Rich Asians (2019)

Rachel Chu (Constance Wu), is a university professor in New York, a successful independent woman with a gorgeous boyfriend named Nick Young (Henry Golding). Things get serious when Nick...

Linda
Life Itself (2018)

Life Itself (2018)

Remember when that certain type of commercial first debuted a dozen or so years ago? It would have a thoughtful yet warm voice over, shots of regular people doing...

Linda
Five Feet Apart (2019)

Five Feet Apart (2019)

In pop culture entertainment, success always spans copycats, and it seems especially so with young adult books and movies these days. From over-intellectualizing self-aware teens, to 16-year-olds struggling to...

Linda
Long Shot (2019)

Long Shot (2019)

I’m sure I’m not the only one to notice the sub-genre of romantic comedies where a completely neurotic, dorky, egotistical New York white male becomes romantic catnip to an...

Linda
A Star is Born (2018)

A Star is Born (2018)

I don’t really know why, but when the trailer for A Star is Born came out, I simply couldn’t look away. The trailer opens with the camera panning over...

Linda