Ever since I saw Anyone But You this winter, one very important question has been rattling around in my head: is Glen Powell a proper leading man, or isn’t he? On the one hand, he’s handsome and quite funny, and on the other hand, there’s his name: Glen Powell has sort of a Greatest Generation … Read more
My personal favorite celebrity nepo baby, Dakota Johnson, starring in a queer rom-com? Happy Pride to me! The film in question, Am I OK?, was directed by Tig Notaro and her wife, Stephanie Allynne (whom the real ones among us might remember from that epic The L Word: Gen Q threesome scene), so it’s fair … Read more
The tabloids have been alight with rumors about a possible J.Lo–Ben Affleck breakup over the past few days, and as a child of divorce, I personally do not feel ready to weather a second Bennifer split. Then again, one could argue that these two celebrities’ romantic lives are not necessarily about me. Nevertheless, in honor … Read more
There’s nothing I love more than a J.Lo rom-com (truly, I believe it’s her highest art form, no offense to her seven other careers), and today feels like a great day to revisit the 2005 masterpiece of the genre Monster-in-Law, which also stars the great Jane Fonda, Wanda Sykes, and some generic chiseled white guy … Read more
There’s nothing that I love more than a rom-com, particularly one that’s (gasp!) based on an original idea rather than preexisting IP. That seems to be the case with the new Netflix movie Mother of the Bride, which stars Miranda Cosgrove as a newly engaged woman, Brooke Shields as her mother, and Benjamin Bratt as … Read more
The Idea of You, Michael Showalter’s rom-com starring Anne Hathaway as the divorced mom of a teen and Nicholas Galitzine as the Harry Styles–coded boy-band star she improbably falls for, is officially out on Prime Video as of this week. I highly recommend reading the original book that the movie was based on, but still, … Read more
