Coloured in red, white, and blue like the American flag, Carolina Caroline’s opening credits set the film’s tone. Caroline (Samara Weaving), a naive and innocent woman living in Texas, finds her life changed forever when Oliver (Kyle Gallner) walks into her filling station and scams her boss out of a few extra bills. Caroline is…
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Review: Finding Emily
We’ve all been there. You’re working as a sound engineer for Manchester University, trying to get the club DJ to keep the volume within legal limits, when you hit it off with an alluring woman dressed as a fairy (Sadie Soverall)—smart, funny, and immediately captivating. You dance together until her friend pulls her away for…
Bridget Jones’s Diary at 25
With Bridget Jones’s Diary celebrating its 25th anniversary this month, it occurred to me that it was one of the last romantic comedies that came out before everything as we knew it changed. It was before 9/11, the Iraq War, the 7/7 London Bombings, and the global financial crash of 2008. Only a decade after…
Review: Erupcja
British tourist Bethany (Charli xcx) arrives in Warsaw, Poland, with her delightfully boring boyfriend, Rob (Will Madden), who has planned a romantic itinerary, which includes a marriage proposal Bethany is secretly privy to. Rob originally wanted to go to Paris, but Bethany claimed Warsaw, of all places, was more romantic. “In Paris, there are so…
Review: For Worse
Lauren (Amy Landecker), who is in her early 50s, finds herself at a crossroads when she and Chase (Paul Adelstein) finally sign their divorce papers. Luckily it’s amicable, but Chase is already in a new relationship with Sara (Angelique Carbal), a young and upbeat influencer who shares wellness advice online, which is hard on Lauren—especially…
Review: Fantasy Life
When timid and awkward Sam (Matthew Shear) loses his job as a paralegal, he finds himself having a panic attack in a book store. Sam then sees psychiatrist Fred (Judd Hirsch) who calls him “an anxious Jew with mild OCD,” after Sam says he thinks he suffers from internalised antisemitism. On the way out, Fred’s…
Review: “Wuthering Heights”
Since Emerald Fennell announced her latest project, an adaptation of Emily Brontë’s Wuthering Heights, it has attracted the harshest of criticism—especially from the book’s most devoted fans. Set in the 18th century, the story follows the intense and destructive love between Catherine “Cathy” Earnshaw and Heathcliff, and the consequences it has on not just themselves,…
32 Most Anticipated Book Releases of 2025
At the start of the year, I often take an interest in the books coming out over the next 12 months. I usually end up buying a bunch, reading a selection, and finding myself no longer interested in the rest. But, for now, here are the ones that have caught my attention for one reason…
Review: Hot Frosty
When we meet widow Kathy (Lacey Chabert), she is struggling to stay warm in her apartment, switching quickly from blanket to coat on her way to the diner she owns. A note reminding her to call the repairman to fix the heating goes ignored yet again. While taking a stroll outside that evening, Kathy sees…
Review: Our Little Secret
Our Little Secret begins with the backstory of Logan (Ian Harding) and Avery (Lindsay Lohan), childhood best-friends-turned-lovers, told—for some reason—through animation. Then, it’s 2014 and Avery is moving to London for her dream job, which Logan struggles to accept. He thinks she’s running away from her father and childhood home following her mother’s death. After…