Tag Archives: romcom

Crazy Rich Asians review — Traditional romcom with diverse approach

August 22, 2018 flawintheiris

Directed by John M. Chu | Written by Peter Chiarelli and Adele Lim, from the novel by Kevin Kwan | 120 min | On Demand First, lets all celebrate the arrival of a full-on, undeniably old-fashioned romantic comedy. Crazy Rich Asians triples down (is that even a thing?) on all the well-established cliches of the… Read More

Bridget Jones’s Baby review — Stale third outing from the famed singleton

October 18, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Sharon Maguire | Written by Helen Fielding, Dan Mazer, and Emma Thompson, based on the book by Fielding | 123 min | Crave, Hoopla Hugh Grant never gets much credit. The British actor's role as Daniel Cleaver, the quintessential dashing British cad, was an essential spice adding flavour to the first two Bridget Jones… Read More

Maggie’s Plan review — Awkward in New York

July 3, 2016 flawintheiris

Directed by Rebecca Miller | Written by Miller and Karen Rinaldi | 98 min | Amazon Prime |▲▲▲△△ Maggie (Greta Gerwig) is a New York academic who's decided to take fate into her own hands, as she explains to her friends Tony (the current MVP in modern American comedies, Bill Hader) and Felicia (Maya Rudolph).… Read More

Love & Friendship review — Jane Austen’s lighter side

June 9, 2016 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Whit Stillman | Adapting Jane Austen's Lady Susan | 92 min | On Demand | ▲▲▲▲△ Lady Susan Vernon (Kate Beckinsale) is a young widow, resigned to black lace and perpetual grieving. Not really though; she's far too busy manipulating everyone around her to waste time moping. She relies on the position… Read More

Aloha review — An imperfectly wonderful romantic comedy

May 29, 2015 flawintheiris

Written and Directed by Cameron Crowe | On Demand Aloha is a movie trying to do a lot. Maybe too much. Its plot rambles here and there without a lot of focus. Here's the question, then: If problems like that are dealbreakers for most frothy romantic comedies, how come I had such a good time… Read More

After The Ball review — A fashionable modern fairytale

February 27, 2015 flawintheiris

Directed by Sean Garrity, written by Kate Melville and Jason Sherman | Crave, Hoopla Having experienced the heavy-handed full-Disney-press of the new live-action Cinderella trailer lately, it was a real pleasure to discover this Montreal-shot picture that, with a delightfully light touch, uses the overly familiar story as a springboard to tell the tale of… Read More

Magic in the Moonlight review

August 13, 2014 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Woody Allen | Amazon Prime While there's a certain inevitability to a new Woody Allen movie—he's made one a year since the early 80s, and was pretty quick about putting them out in the years before that, too—going to see one of his pictures and reviewing it in 2014 nearly feels… Read More

About Time review

November 17, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Richard Curtis Dear Richard, I've very much enjoyed your work. Especially your writing, going back to Blackadder, The Tall Guy, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Notting Hill and The Girl In The Cafe. Your style is so identifiable—foul-mouthed and hilarious middle-class-to-posh Brits, bumbling, awkward leading men, bland American women, and a… Read More

Enough Said review

October 21, 2013 flawintheiris

Written and directed by Nicole Holofcener | On Demand Holofcener is the writer-director of a number of awkwardly funny American indie films. To call them comedies, or romantic comedies, is too reductive. They're independent films, and tend to avoid easy catagorization, but centre on urban relationships, about women and men and their friendships and love… Read More

Much Ado About Nothing review

July 17, 2013 flawintheiris

Directed by Joss Whedon Adapted for the screen by Whedon from the William Shakespeare play For those who have been suffering from heat exhaustion or the pummelling that accompanies seeing large-budget action movies every week through the summer, this is for you. Delivered by one of those self-same blockbuster directors—though it's pretty hard to imagine… Read More