movie review

Relationships-focused film reviews of tearjerkers, rom-coms, love lost and love found.

SHOPLIFTERS Exposes Unseen Japan
This is a transcription of an episode of my podcast, Japan On Film It's been said that one of Japan's most-valuable exports is its culture. The Japanese passport has been ranked as the most powerful in the world because Japanese citizens can enter 191 countries without a visa. And in large part that is no doubt because of the soft power Japan wields in the world. Whenever I tell people I live in Japan, I always get one of the following responses:
By Percival Constantine6 years ago in Humans
Crazy Ex Girlfriend - A Greg Rant
*Firstly, I just want to make it clear, I love Crazy Ex Girlfriend and I absolutely ADORE Rachel Bloom. I'm just bitter about something...*
By Rebecca Smith6 years ago in Humans
Barber vs Barber
Award season is upon us. While most of the previous calendar year was full of tentpole movies that were hit or miss at the box office, now is the time when the film industry pats itself on the back for the few weeks when they released good products upon unsuspecting audiences. And now that Netflix has officially been agreed upon as a studio worthy of being nominated for major awards (much to the chagrin of Steven Spielberg), the streaming service has not one, but two aces up its sleeve for Best Picture, among other possible awards. The first, I already reviewed, in the form of the much hyped “The Irishman”, but then there’s the more downplayed drama that I’ll be talking about in this review, “Marriage Story”.
By Fanpicked Media6 years ago in Humans
Destination Wedding Vicious Movie Review!
After having my heart ripped out earlier this week by Marriage Story I went back to a film about connection and relationship that propositions a different question. Can hate lead to love?
By Mighty Vicious6 years ago in Humans
'Can You Keep A Secret?' (2019)
As the new year is becoming a thing of the past. I was searching for the inspiration for my first article for this new decade. I found that inspiration through 'Can You Keep A Secret?', and the surprisingly moving performance by Alexandra Daddario (Emma Corrigan).
By Michael Grube6 years ago in Humans
Pride and Prejudice vs The Importance of Being Ernest: On The Idea of Love
Jane Austen’s, Pride and Prejudice and Oscar Wilde’s, The Importance of Being Earnest, set in eras when respectable values were honoured, examines the struggle with conflicting issues created by love. Common conflictions arise from love, as both authors challenges society’s conventions of the non-existing relationship between love and marriage. The idea of the pursuit to acquire a love, is delved into as deceiving charismatics are developed by Austen’s serious tone opposed to Wilde’s satirical language. Both texts evidently confront the traditional expectations of women provoking the audience to evaluate gender equality and discrimination towards women. Through the idea of love creating conflicting issues both authors endeavour to challenge their audience to question the worth of love compared to the ideals within current society.
By Rose6 years ago in Humans
'Marriage Story' Review—Depressingly Realistic
This movie hits Netflix in less than two weeks, but I saw that it was playing in the Paris Theater here in New York City, an old single-screen theater that closed but reopened just for this film.
By Jonathan Sim6 years ago in Humans
Movie Review: Gentle, Sweet, Thoughtful—'The Last Black Man in San Francisco'
The Last Black Man in San Francisco is a wonderfully quirky drama with fascinating characters and a story that meanders in a way that is incredibly charming in its own way. The story goes that Jimmie Fails, played by Jimmie Fails, is obsessed with his childhood home in a now gentrified part of San Francisco. Though Jimmie was only in the home when he was very young, he recalls vivid memories of living there and the comfort he found there.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Humans
'Stuck' (2019) Review
Starring Ruth Goodwin and Kristopher Turner as Natalie and Mark, respectively, Stuckis one of those drama shorts that explores difficult dynamics of a complicated relationship.
By Shain Thomas6 years ago in Humans
Movie Review: 'One Last Night' Is a Clever Little Romance
Forgive me while I root for the underdog. One Last Night is certainly an underdog of a movie. This low budget movie has four principal cast members, maybe two locations and a budget that could not have been more than a shoestring. What it does have however, is a clever and likable group of actors to pass a very short running time with.
By Sean Patrick6 years ago in Humans
Review of 'The Best of Me'
Another Nicholas Sparks movie has been made, and I once again came to be a victim to watch another romantic movie where somebody dies. Now, here's the thing about me when watching movies like The Notebook and A Walk to Remember. I do not cry when a person dies. I know it makes it sound like I am dead inside, or like something is the matter with me. For me, what gets the tears going is when the couple has their first terrible fight, or when the boy or man does something so romantic that it is unrealistic. The scene in The Notebook that made me cry was when Noah was yelling at Allie "What do you want?" by the car, because it is obvious that she wants him, but she is about to be married, yet she cheated on Lon. They have this big fight and she drives off. I cried when Allie and Noah are already old and Allie suddenly can't remember why she is holding onto Noah. That is what really is tragic; being with someone for many years and then forgetting who that person is. For A Walk to Remember it was incredibly thoughtful for Landon to make her a giant telescope, and he set it up on her balcony, or when they got married even though they were both young.
By Ada Zuba6 years ago in Humans
'Hampstead' - Review (Netflix)
I have lived in London, the United Kingdom, all of my life. Born and bred here, you would think that I would know life here quite well. Growing up and around lower-middle-class people and having moved towards middle-class in adulthood, with a glimpse of the upper-middle-classes, I feel that I have a pretty good knowledge of the lives of Londoners, regardless of their social status.
By Q-ell Betton6 years ago in Humans