Upon first glance, Someone Great seems like it’s your typical Netflix movie- you’ve not heard anything about it but it’s top of your recommended list so you might throw it on in the background and hey, it has a great cast so why not? But it’s so much more than that. The story of the […]
Chick Flick
Review: Wine Country
Any film starring Maya Rudolph (Bridesmaids, Grown Ups, The Good Place), already sets a precedent that it will be exactly what you expect it to be. Mix in a big ‘ol spoon of Amy Poehler (Parks and Recreation) in her directorial debut and you get Wine Country. A mildly heartwarming tale of old friends who go […]
Review: How to be Single
The premise of Christian Ditter’s How to be Single reads like a Taylor Swift lyric: four girls – “happy, free, confused and lonely at the same time” – struggling to overcome or, rather, embrace singledom – “it’s miserable and magical”. Naturally, such a plotline risks becoming a giggly “sisters before misters” cliché – perfect fodder […]