all I want for Christmas: curated cinema holiday countdown #20
An Advent calendar of holiday movies to fulfill heartfelt desires.
Sleepless in Seattle
The Change-Up (redband trailer)
If Jason Bateman and Ryan Reynolds are actively hoping to piss away their charms, they’re both doing excellent jobs of it.
cinematic roots of: ‘Going the Distance’
In Going the Distance, the adorable couple of Drew Barrymore and Justin Long attempt to maintain a relationship while one of them is in New York and the other in San Francisco. This flick sprang from (among other films)…
Sleepless in Seattle movie review
Nora Ephron’s delightful film is perhaps the epitome of the modern romantic comedy to which many a movie has aspired and few have even approached in its warmth, naturalness, and genuine spirit of amour.
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These reviews have moved — sorry for the inconvenience. The Complete Gidget Collection Northern Exposure: The Complete First Season Sade Saturday Night Live: The Best of Molly Shannon Scenes of the Crime Searching for Debra Winger Sleepless in Seattle The Solid Gold Cadillac The Sonny & Cher Ultimate Collection To Serve Them All My Days … more…
You’ve Got Mail (review)
What You’ve Got Mail fails to reveal, in its startling romanticization of e-mail and cyberculture, is that the enchanting person whom you’ve been IMing and e-mailing for the last three months is more likely than not a 45-year-old virgin sitting at a PC in his parents’ basement and typing with one hand. No, the chances are not good that the person to whom you’re revealing your innermost secrets is either Tom Hanks or Meg Ryan.
