Posts Tagged ‘Rating: 4.5 Stars’
‘Just Wright’ (2010) Review
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…
Read More‘Grosse Pointe Blank’ (1997) Review
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.
Read More‘Sylvie’s Love’ (2020) Review
Sylvie’s Love Synopsis: When a young woman meets an aspiring saxophonist in her father’s record shop in 1950s Harlem, their love ignites a sweeping romance that transcends changing times, geography, and professional success. During the summer of 1957, Sylvia (Tessa Thompson) begins a slow-burn romance with Robert (Nnamdi Asomugha), a saxophone player who has recently…
Read More‘About Time’ (2013) Review
About Time: At the age of 21, Tim discovers he can travel in time and change what happens and has happened in his own life. His decision to make his world a better place by getting a girlfriend turns out not to be as easy as you might think.
Read More‘Let the Right One In’ (2008) Review
Let the Right One In Synopsis: When Oskar (Kåre Hedebrant), a sensitive, bullied 12-year-old boy living with his mother in suburban Sweden, meets his new neighbor, the mysterious and moody Eli (Lina Leandersson), they strike up a friendship. Initially reserved with each other, Oskar and Eli slowly form a close bond, but it soon becomes…
Read More‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding’ (2002) Review
My Big Fat Greek Wedding Synopsis: A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity. 30-year-old Toula Portokalos (Nia Vardalos) is unwed and waitressing at her family’s restaurant. While her family loves to have…
Read More‘The American President’ (1995) Review
The American President: A widowed U.S. President running for reelection and an environmental lobbyist fall in love. It’s all above-board, but “politics is perception,” and sparks fly anyway.
Read More‘Splash’ (1984) Review
Splash: A young man is reunited with a mermaid who saved him from drowning as a boy. He falls in love with her, not knowing who or what she is.
Read More‘What If’ (2013) Review
What If: Wallace and Chantry, who lives with her longtime boyfriend, puzzle out what it means if your best friend is also the love of your life.
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