Sentences with word «romcom»

by Walter Chaw Writer - director Michael Showalter swings for the rafters with his anti-romcom The Baxter and ends up hitting into a double play: it's less a satire of romcom conventions than a meek kowtow before their awesome ubiquity.

Looking for someone who gets invested in romcoms as much as I do and binge watch anime together.

You, Me And Him is a likeable but inconsistent British romcom with a twist — the will - they - won't - they couple are lesbian.

More diverse roles followed: the lovelorn time - traveller in Richard Curtis romcom About Time; the dead boyfriend in the Be Right Back episode of Charlie Brooker's Black Mirror; the hapless musician in Frank Sidebottom - inspired road movie Frank.

Again, it's easy to confuse the film with any number of bullshit romcoms from the past few years.

As romcoms go, this is awkward and messy, but motors on offbeat energy and a fast - paced wisecracking script.

While the ending certainly falls prey to the sort of things the rest of the movie is subverting, it throws enough curveballs into the typical Hollywood romcom formula to feel fresh.

The extremely likable Nick Frost is the driving force behind this rather lumpen British romcom about a one - time salsa champion slipping back into the alligator shoes in pursuit of love.

Weddings, and the events leading up to them, are the bedrock of many good romcoms.

While we've seen romcom plots use classism, disapproving mothers (a perfectly cast Jessica Walter) and social awkwardness to create conflict and laughter, it feels fresh when portrayed through the eyes of persons dealing with autism.

The new romcom starring Zac Efron, Miles Teller and Michael B. Jordan makes it very clear that even the bro - iest bros can fall in love, but is it really a story that needs to be told?

Director David MacKenzie has pulled off a movie with the kind of easy charm that most romcoms struggle with.

Veronica Mars star Kristen Bell has bagged the lead role in new romcom Forgetting Sarah Marshall.

There have been an assortment of teen romcom movies throughout the years, but none of them feel as important or as impactful as this one.

With its strange, dreamlike tone and moments of sudden violence, Paul Thomas Anderson delivers an indie romcom like no other: the story of an angry, mixed - up man - child and a woman with her head in the clouds.

Haven't found my way into the haunted romcom genre yet — still to see Life After Beth, Warm Bodies etc. — but this sounds like one to skip.

Although the plot could be that of every single romcom ever done, the choice of characters is slightly different and the story feels somewhat real.

Classic romcoms like My Best Friend's Wedding and The Wedding Date see women going to ridiculous lengths to find a partner who will ease their single - at - a-wedding anxiety.

Even fewer probably realize that he was also behind one of the most popular teen romcoms of all time.

Based on our city's census data, our high number of Starbucks coffee shops, and the fact that there seems to be a lot of cheesy romcom movies and TV shows set here set in our city than any other place on Earth, huge publications like Forbes magazine and Marie Claire have been frequently ranking the Seattle adult dating scene as the center of the singles universe..

About half the time, it seems smart and willing to defy romcom conventions.

I saw a lovely little romcom on DVD recently - The Rebound starring Catherine Zeta Jones.

All three films seem swamped by the decade shift, caught between John Hughes's early -»80s youth revolution and the hardening of romcom formulas that would come to pass after 1990's Pretty Woman (also a Touchstone product).

Killer smile, can act and is having a good time padding his resume with forgettable romcoms.

This isn't the usual romcom opposites attract - type bickering, but out and out fury.

After arranged - marriage drama Fill the Void, Israeli writer / director Rama Burshtein heads into romcom territory.

Forget moody urban works or left - field flicks, there is a place in all our hearts for a soppy romcom about a dithering commitment - a-phobe.

Furthermore, great romcoms often feature love triangles which keep you guessing until the end which way they'll resolve, but here, don't really go anywhere with their third wheel, despite a setup made for such conflict.

There are, of course, many presentations on romance novels, but we will also be discussing romcom films, international popular romance, popular romance in translation, historical popular romance, and, of course, vampires.

Last year's TIFF was where David O. Russell's little romcom Silver Linings Playbook suddenly became an Oscar heavyweight and launched Jennifer Lawrence into the Best Actress conversation.

Modern Brooklyn - set romcom starring Rebecca Hall and Dan Stevens is lifted by a gay parenting subplot

The sheer energy of the two leads is addictive but hold the confetti; the comedy is a lot less fluffy than your average romcom.

With 2006's urban crime drama Kidulthood, actor - writer Noel Clarke gave us a scabrous portrait of a west London far removed from the fairytale version propagated in Richard Curtis romcoms.

Were it not for a charismatic turn from Thomas Middleditch (Silicon Valley, The Final Girls) and some striking visuals (many cribbed from the Michel Gondry playbook, mind you), there'd be almost nothing to recommend about Jason James» latest foray into familiar romcom territory, the thorny, over-written, and painfully prosaic new film, Entanglement.

As for this movie, while I don't mind a movie with a lighthearted tone this flick just seems like one of those quickly made RomComs.

Expect romcom movie trivia, love songs with some fantastic prizes to be won!

Can some last - gasp remarketing of David O Russell's screwball romcom improve his chances, writes Catherine Shoard

Baek Sung - kee debuted with the disarming and riotous low - budget sci - fi romcom Super Virgin at BiFan in 2012.

Sadly, the mixture of frat pack comedy and romcom doesn't quite work.

There's little doubt that Pipe Dream works best in its first half, as one can't help but get sucked into the admittedly outlandish storyline; in addition to the overt romcom elements, the film also proves to be very effective as a comedic look at the behind - the - scenes shenanigans of an independent production.

In 2012, McAdams returned to her romantic - drama roots and starred in The Vow, opposite Channing Tatum.McAdams continued to alternate between romcoms and other genres, like Richard Curtis» About Time and Brian De Palma's thriller Passion.

A drama teacher's research mission to deepest South Africa leads to predictable romcom misadventures involving the town play and a hunky Boer farmer.

Indiewire also has love for the director's «unexpectedly charming romcom that frequently dances... between cynicism and bittersweetness with largely winning results.»

By the time the frenetic, race - to - a-loved-one finale rolls around, The Back - up Plan has worn out its welcome to such a decisive degree that even romcom aficionados will be left disappointed.

This 1934 will - they - won't - they comedy about a mismatched couple is a timeless classic — and it's been hailed as the ever first romcom.

Yes, it's got «Day» in the title, but no, it's not another one of Garry Marshall's middling ensemble romcoms.

It's always nice when Romcoms have a little substance, appeal to both sexes and don't star Matthew McConaughey.

Romance, laughs, action, gangsters — there's something for almost everyone in this slick Monte Carlo - set French romcom

The Baxter is actually harder to stomach than its traditional romcom brethren because in place of a leading man locked in its pre-destined narrative, there's barely a supporting character.