Posts by Sara
‘Playing It Cool’ (2014) Review
Playing it Cool is a rom-com designed to subvert the rom-com genre, but ultimately comes across as gimmicky and a bit blah. The cast is pretty great, with Topher Grace a bright spot and Aubrey Plaza playing Aubrey Plaza, aka April Ludgate. Her character throwing bowling balls at Chris Evans is a highlight. Chris Evans’s…
Read More‘Forgetting Sarah Marshall’ (2008) Review
Forgetting Sarah Marshall: A devastated Peter Bretter takes a Hawaiian vacation in order to deal with the recent break-up with his TV star girlfriend, Sarah. Little does he know, Sarah’s traveling to the same resort as her ex – and she’s bringing along her new boyfriend.
Read More‘Serendipity’ (2001) Review
Serendipity Synopsis: A couple search for each other years after the night they first met, fell in love, and separated, convinced that one day they’d end up together. While Christmas shopping for their significant others, Jonathan (John Cusack) and Sara (Kate Beckinsale) share a chance encounter over a pair of black cashmere gloves. He is…
Read More‘Second Act’ (2018) Review
Second Act Synopsis: A big box store worker reinvents her life and her life-story and shows Madison Avenue what street smarts can do. Second Act is being touted as Jennifer Lopez’s “return to romantic comedy,” her last venture in the rom-com genre having been the mediocre 2010 film, The Back-Up Plan. And while I can…
Read More‘While You Were Sleeping’ (1995) Review
While You Were Sleeping: A transit worker pulls commuter Peter off railway tracks after he’s mugged, but, while he’s in a coma, his family mistakenly thinks she’s Peter’s fiancée, and she doesn’t correct them.
Read More‘Think Like A Man Too’ (2014) Review
Think Like a Man Too Synopsis: All the couples are back for a wedding in Las Vegas, but plans for a romantic weekend go awry when their various misadventures get them into some compromising situations that threaten to derail the big event. In this sequel to 2012’s Think Like A Man, a group of friends…
Read More‘Runaway Bride’ (1999) Review
Runaway Bride: A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances at the altar.
Read More‘When Harry Met Sally’ (1989) Review
When Harry Met Sally: : During their travel from Chicago to New York, Harry and Sally debate whether or not sex ruins a friendship between a man and a woman.
Read More‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’ (1994) Review
Four Weddings and a Funeral Synopsis: A British man named Charles and an American woman named Carrie go through numerous weddings before they determine if they are right for one another. At a friend’s wedding, an unlucky-in-love Englishman, Charles (Hugh Grant), meets Carrie (Andie MacDowell), an attractive American. The two spend a magical night together,…
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