Romance
The Last Letter from Your Lover review – an unearned romance
This review of the Netflix film The Last Letter from Your Lover does not contain spoilers. Fans of the romance genre will undoubtedly embrace The...
‘My Amanda’ Ending Explained – What Does The Ending Mean For TJ and Amanda?
It’s easy to see why the ending of My Amanda may confuse viewers as it essentially gives two different endings. When Amanda suffers heartbreak and...
‘My Amanda’ Review – A Middling Romantic Story With Good Performances
One of the striking messages that shines through My Amanda is this idea that being in love does not mean having those feelings leads to...
A Perfect Fit (2021) Review – A Perfect Love Story Begins With Perfect Shoes
The journey of a thousand miles begins with fabulous shoes. We often focus on choosing the perfect clothes that fit the moment and forget about...
Last Summer (2021) Review – Seaside Teenage Love in Turkish Drama Film
An understated Turkish romantic drama that focuses on the feelings a teenager has as they come to age. It’s a neat little story that follows...
‘Haseen Dillruba’ Review – The More She Reveals, The More The Truth Blurs
“If love doesn’t push you to the brink of insanity, then it is not true love.” Haseen Dillruba is a quirky, refreshing Bollywood story that...
Generation 56k season 1 review – a light-hearted Italian romantic drama
This review of Netflix’s Generation 56k season 1 does not contain spoilers. Many of us grow up wondering who was “the one” or if that...
‘Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway’ Review – Big-Robot Action On A Human Scale
Based on a series of novels nearly three decades old, which were themselves sequels to the climactic Mobile Suit Gundam: Char’s Counterattack from 1988, which...
Silver Skates review – a lavish Russian fairytale
Silver Skates has all the elements of a classic fairytale. It’s set in winter, among the frozen rivers and canals of Imperial Saint Petersburg at...
Sweet & Sour review – a breezy, long-distance rom-com with a big, necessary swing
This review of the Netflix film Sweet & Sour does not contain spoilers — the South Korean rom-com was released on the streaming service on...
‘Trippin’ with the Kandasamys’ Review – A Light Comedy on Faltering Marriages
At the heart of this film is a comedy led by two characters (Jennifer and Shanthi) who are unbreakable best friends; it vibes with this...
Summertime season 2 review – a young-adult romance that still struggles to stand out
This review of Summertime Season 2 is spoiler-free. I found the first season of Netflix’s Summertime, an Italian young-adult drama with lovely scenery but uninteresting relationships,...
‘Sardar Ka Grandson’ Review – A Potential Story Wasted By Bad Writing and Performances
Netflix’s Sardar Ka Grandson is the story of a 90-year-old grandma whose last wish is to visit her native place in Pakistan, which she had...
Tell Me When Review – A Middling Story on Self-Discovery
Ah, another story of an average man allowing life to pass him by in the corporate world, to be soon stunned by a wonderful woman...
Just Say Yes review – a predictable, albeit watchable rom-com
This review of Just Say Yes is spoiler-free. Despite only being released on Netflix this weekend, you’ve seen Just Say Yes before. It enthusiastically repackages...
Madame Claude (2021) Review – An Interminable True Story
The smartest decision of Sylvie Verheyde’s Madame Claude, a telling of the rise and fall of Fernande Grudet, the owner of an influential brothel during...
Tersanjung: The Movie ending explained – who does Yura choose?
This article contains major spoilers for the Tersanjung: The Movie ending. Streaming on Netflix from today, Tersanjung: The Movie is one of the best films of the...
‘A Week Away’ Review – A Below-Average Musical Romance
A Week Away introduces Will — a smart but troubled kid with only two choices; either attend a summer camp or go to juvenile detention. He’s...
‘Caught by a Wave’ Ending Explained – Do Sara and Lorenzo End Up Together?
Netflix’s young-adult romance drama Caught by a Wave is one of those films, like The Fault in Our Stars, in which one of the star-crossed lovers is...
‘Caught by a Wave’ Review – A Riskless Romantic Drama
Slotting neatly into the canon of teen romances in which one or indeed both of the starcrossed lovers are dying, Netflix’s Caught by a Wave, directed...