TRCC Reviews
Maid in Manhattan: A Senatorial candidate falls for a hotel maid, thinking she is a socialite, when he sees her trying on a wealthy woman’s dress.
Just Wright Synopsis: A physical therapist falls for the basketball player she is helping recover from a career-threatening injury. Leslie Wright is a physical therapist who is great at her job but unlucky in love. Most men she’s tried to date decide she’s more of a “homegirl” than a girlfriend. It doesn’t help that her best friend Morgan is drop-dead gorgeous, the woman destined for a great love story. Morgan’s goal is to marry an athlete and be taken care of, while Leslie is mostly content with her job and working on her new fixer-upper with her father. One night,…
Grosse Pointe Blank: Martin Blank is a professional assassin. He is sent on a mission to a small Detroit suburb, Grosse Pointe, and, by coincidence, his ten-year high school reunion party is taking place there at the same time.
A Guy Thing Synopsis: A soon-to-be husband wakes up on the morning after his bachelor party in bed with another woman. Paul, a reluctant groom, participates in his bachelor party when he meets Becky, a tiki dancer, at the bar. She asks Paul to buy her a beer, which leads to Paul waking up the following day with Becky in his bed. Panicked and desperate, Paul goes to extreme lengths to hide his indiscretions from his fiancée, Karen. Things become more complicated when Paul realizes that Becky is Karen’s cousin, and things spiral out of control. A Guy Thing is…
Love Repeat Synopsis: James is still in love with his ex-wife. His quirky circle of family and friends are all breaking up too. But, in a crazy world, love is the only thing that makes sense. James (Bill Connington) is madly in love with Barbara (Leenya Rideout). The only problem is she’s his ex-wife. But to James, Barbara is perfection, and he would do anything to win her back. The divorce seems amicable enough, and both James and Barbara are dating other people. Barbara, with a handsome, wealthy new man, and James… well, he’s trying. All the while, the people…
Intolerable Cruelty Synopsis: A beautiful gold digger matches wits with a shrewd Beverly Hills divorce lawyer who is increasingly attracted to her. After Miles Massey, a cunning divorce lawyer, exposes her as a gold-digger in court, Marylin Rexroth is left with nothing, despite her husband’s blatant philandering. To seek revenge and regain her financial wealth, Marilyn sets out to destroy Miles. Knowing that this movie was written and directed by the Coen brothers, I expected something unusual for this particular rom-com. Quirky, for lack of a better term. The tagline itself reads, “A romantic comedy with bite,” and that’s undoubtedly…
Roman Holiday Synopsis: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. After growing overwhelmed and frustrated by her royal obligations, young Princess Anne decides to sneak away from the royal embassy in Italy to experience a day without responsibilities. She meets Joe Bradley, an American journalist who, at first, doesn’t recognize her. Once he knows who he has in his care, he decides to use Princess Ann’s outing among regular civilians as a news piece, thinking it will come with a big payday. Of course, things get complicated when the…
Valentine’s Day: Intertwining couples and singles in Los Angeles break-up and make-up based on the pressures and expectations of Valentine’s Day.