Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: Darcy and Tom gather their families for the ultimate destination wedding but when the entire wedding party is taken hostage the bride and groom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first. Review: Shotgun Wedding looks and plays like one of those movies you could’ve cast almost any two lead actors in and come up with a similar result. Back in 2019 Ryan Reynolds was set to play the male leading role. He was then replaced by Armie Hammer who then had to drop out due to his own, let’s call them controversies, so we ended up with Josh D ..read more

Alice Oscura, Featured Writer Plot: A spoiled heiress loses her memory after a freak accident on a ski slope and finds herself spending Christmas with a handsome widower, who happens to be the owner of a struggling ski lodge named NorthStar. She eventually learns a thing or two about housekeeping while falling in love with the widower as she tries to regain her memories. Review: Former child star Lindsay Lohan returns to the screen with Netflix’s latest release for the Christmas season Falling for Christmas. Lohan plays the role of a spoiled little rich girl, Sierra Belmont heiress to a ski re ..read more

Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: The opposite lives of a workaholic architect and a fiery artist are upended when their chance encounter in Peru shifts their views on life. Review: The title of this Netflix movie comes from the fact Peruvians don’t have a word for goodbye. Instead they say “Tinkunanchiskama” which loosely translates into “see you later” or “until we meet again”. It’s kind of beautiful when you think about it because “goodbye” comes with a sense of finality, and no one wants that when they’re thinking about loved ones right? Excuse me sir, do you speak American? This ..read more

Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: Love never hurt so good for two co-workers who enter a contractual relationship as partners in consensual play, pleasure and pain. Review: It’s 2022 and most of us likes to think of ourselves as progressive and more accepting of other’s choices. But the truth is we all have our hang-ups and certain topics are still considered taboo, BDSM being one of them. The Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy may have been a huge financial success but those films got a lot of backlash (deservedly so) from people who actually DO enjoy a BDSM lifestyle. While Fifty Shades t ..read more

Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: New York hairdresser Izzy seizes the chance to work at the wedding of a charming prince. When sparks start to fly between the two of them love and duty are put to the test as the time of the wedding draws closer. Review: Have you ever sat watching a movie wondering if it was meant to be as bad as it is or if the director was deliberately being terrible? Maybe it’s supposed to be a satirical look at the genre, or maybe it’s a comedy about romantic comedies? It’s not like we haven’t seen films that took the well-worn tropes found in romcoms and brillian ..read more

Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: Lucy embarks on a ruthless game of one-upmanship against cold and efficient nemesis Joshua, a rivalry that is complicated by her growing attraction to him. Review: I know what you’re thinking. What is the Head Horror writer doing reviewing a romcom?! Well, while my love of horror runs deep and eternal I do dabble in matters of the heart from time to time, and I don’t mean the kind that involves seeing one removed with a machete. When you’ve released a silent but deadly fart and you’re waiting for the smell to hit Truth be told, I wanted to see what Lu ..read more

Julien Neaves, Editor My mother-in-law is a huge fan of these Hallmark Christmas romcoms. I am not. It is basically the same story over and over just with a change of setting and characters. You know pretty much exactly what is going to happen from start to finish. I can understand the comfort in familiarity but they are just not my bag. But that is not to say to I am not a fan of the romcom genre, even the formulaic ones. Which brings me to new Netflix Christmas romcom, LoveHard. From the trailer I pretty much knew all the story beats. But I watched it and I enjoyed the heck out it. Isn’t tha ..read more

Julien Neaves, Editor Remember the 1991 romance drama Mississippi Masala where Denzel Washington played a black American who fell in love with an Indian woman played by Sarita Choudhury. Now imagine if you took that concept, switched genders, changed the setting to Nigeria and added a heavy helping of comedy. Well what you’d probably end up with is a film like Namaste Wahala, which is Hindi for “hello trouble”. The cross-cultural romance is the first major collaboration between the world’s two biggest film industries—Bollywood and Nollywood. You thought one of them would be Hollywood, didn’t y ..read more

Julien Neaves, Editor If you read my News of the World review you would recall that Westerns are not one of my favourite genres. Well that also applies to romance films, especially teen romance. I just find them so generic. But my wife loves them, and I try to keep an open mind. And I was pleasantly surprised back in 2018 when I watched Netflix’s To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before. The film, the first of the trilogy based on the novels by Jenny Han, wasn’t revolutionary, but it was very solid and was boosted by an extremely charming performance by Lana Condor as Lara Jean Covey. I also enjoyed ..read more

Sommerleigh Pollonais, Senior Writer Plot: Darcy and Tom gather their families for the ultimate destination wedding but when the entire wedding party is taken hostage the bride and groom must save their loved ones—if they don’t kill each other first. Review: Shotgun Wedding looks and plays like one of those movies you could’ve cast almost any two lead actors in and come up with a similar result. Back in 2019 Ryan Reynolds was set to play the male leading role. He was then replaced by Armie Hammer who then had to drop out due to his own, let’s call them controversies, so we ended up with Josh D ..read more