Quick Reviews That Are Light On Spoilers

• 10 Things I Hate About You. Is this 1990's Rise-of-A-Nice-Guy-romcom a timeless classic or a time capsule?
• Asteroid City What the heck is this movie?
• Babylon. The possibly real and shockingly straightforward reason for why the movie Babylon is a commercial failure (and also not as entertaining as it reasonably should have been).
• Chemical Hearts. More heavy-handed than heavy hearted.
• Definitely, Maybe My favorite Ryan Reynolds movie is definitely, maybe not Ryan Reynolds' favorite Ryan Reynolds movie.
• Fly Me to the Moon. Scarlett Johansson! I wish the writers had felt the same way.
• Get a Job - The greatest movie never released in theaters?
• How I found love despite being an IDIOT, part 2 This is not a movie, it's a YouTube video. But it's a romance story that shows how romance stories should be structured.
• Last Chance Harvey Can a socially awkward and embittered Dustin Hoffman charm a somewhat aimless Emma Thompson?
• Lust for Love. A shy-guy fantasy undermined by over-the-top characters and confusing time shifting
• My Dad's Christmas Date A teen daughter tries to find her widower dad a date for Christmas, but is that a good move, and is she up to the task?
• Napoleon. I explain why and how the movie “Napoleon” (2023) is trash. It's not about historical accuracy.
• The Good Guy. An unusual and pretty good romance movie starring Alexis Bledel.
• The Hating Game. A girlboss fantasy.
• The Only One. A beautiful little movie that pits a restless wanderer against a down-to-earth winemaker.
• The Rebound. Hear me out: Catherine Zeta-Jones.
• Twisters. An OK summer blockbuster with perfunctory romance.

Other commentary

• The failed "not someone I would hookup with" compliment

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