A SAFE “COMFORT FOOD” ROM-COM ENDEAVOR   With Hollywood studios investing money in big-budgeted tentpole features or in smaller scale artistic films (ones that are worthy of Oscar / award nominations), the subgenre of romantic comedies is left somewhere in the middle of those two extreme juggernaut film genres. Naturally, romantic comedies movies, which are both a subgenre to both the romance and comedy movie genres, have been around for quite some time; featuring a motion picture with light-hearted, humorous, and dramatic stories that are usually centered around romantic nuances (i.e., s ..read more

A SOLID GAY “BRO-MANCE” ROM-COM   As humanity continues evolve from one generation to the next, the idea of a person (male or female) being gay and attracted to an another of the same sex has always been sensitive subject to broach. While there’s no clearly defining reasoning behind it (i.e., some suggesting they were born thinking that way, while other due to a lifestyle choice that triggered it), the moniker status of being gay / lesbian has been around for quite some time, mostly (in more modern times) more developed awareness by an individual during their adolescent teenager years of ..read more

A CUTE (YET MEDIOCRELY SERVICEABLE) ROMANTIC COMEDY   With Hollywood studios investing money in big-budgeted tentpole features or in smaller scale artistic films (ones that are worthy of Oscar / award nominations), the subgenre of romantic comedies is left somewhere in the middle of those two extreme juggernaut film genres. Naturally, romantic comedies movies, which are both a subgenre to both the romance and comedy movie genres, have been around for quite some time; featuring a motion picture with light-hearted, humorous, and dramatic stories that are usually centered around romantic nua ..read more

A SWEET, PREDICTABLE, AND SURREAL COMFORT WATCH With Hollywood studios investing money in big-budgeted tentpole features or in smaller scale artistic films (ones that are worthy of Oscar / award nominations), the subgenre of romantic comedies is left somewhere in the middle of those two extreme juggernaut film genres. Naturally, romantic comedies movies, which are both a subgenre to both the romance and comedy movie genres, have been around for quite some time; featuring a motion picture with light-hearted, humorous, and dramatic stories that are usually centered around romantic nuances (i.e ..read more

AN AMUSING POLITICAL SATIRE ROM-COM   In the plethora of cinematic subgenres of theatrical motion pictures, the usage of romantic comedies (i.e. rom-coms) has always been a primary / fundamental “cog in the machine” for the industry driving machine of Hollywood. While the passing of decades and era of feature films has changed with the current culture of the nation, the usage and ultimately presentation of romantic comedies has always remained the same. Though the setting and characters are different, majority of the narrative aspects (story, plot, and themes) and other stereotypical nuan ..read more

HOW TO BE “SEX IN THE CITY”-ISH   In real life, it can be hard to find your “Mr. Right” or “Mrs. Right”. With millions of people out there in the world, the idea of finding your soulmate is trial and error process of several courtships of dating. Some are lucky in find the right choice on the first go-round (marrying their high school / college / childhood sweetheart, while others might spend years trying to find the romantic companion, and some will never find one (or weren’t looking for in the first place). All in all, finding your particular “romance” in life is an endeavor that most p ..read more

TRAINWRECK IS BOTH HILARIOUSLY FUNNY, BUT PREDICTABLE   As a stand-up comedian, Amy Schumer has gain followers with her off-beat comedy routine, poking fun at her personal appearance as well as her sex life. While her comedy is colorful, Schumer’s talents hasn’t being fully tested on the TV / movie platform with an only a couple of small supporting roles in various projects and mostly recently her own show on Comedy Central called “Inside Amy Schumer”. Now Schumer, along with director Judd Apatow, brings her comedy routine to the big screen with the film Trainwreck. Does the film prove to ..read more