[ Folks, we did it: No one cares about the age gap in The Idea of You. Perhaps if director Michael Showalter and his co-writer Jennifer Westfeldt—who adapted the 2017 book by Robinne Lee—hadn’t made the changes that they did from the source material, we’d be wading through tiresome “hot takes” about pedophilia, grooming, and … Read more
[ Much of the appeal of the new action-comedy-romance The Fall Guy is that Colt Seavers, the lead character played by Ryan Gosling, is not a superhero. As the movie makes clear, Colt’s stunt-man abilities to take a punch, survive a fall, and roll a car are both the result of proper safety procedures and, … Read more
[ The Idea of You, the new Anne Hathaway romance now streaming on Prime Video, is nothing if not perfectly titled. In the movie, and presumably the novel it’s based on, the title comes from Solène (Hathaway), a 40-year-old woman expressing her doubt about a relationship with Hayes Campbell (Nicholas Galitzine) a 24-year-old pop star … Read more
[ If you loved The Fault in Our Stars, it may interest you to know that there is a brand new movie based on another John Green book coming out this week: Turtles All the Way Day, which will be streaming on Max on Thursday. Based on Green’s 2017 novel of the same name, Turtles … Read more
[ The Idea of You will begin streaming on Amazon this week, and folks, I’m here to tell you that the latest Harry Styles fanfiction movie is good. Great, even. Based on the 2017 novel of the same name by Robinne Lee, The Idea of You stars Anne Hathaway as a 40-year-old single mom who … Read more
[ When you watch Anyone But You on Netflix this weekend, we know you’re watching because you want to see comedy, romance, and yeah, sex. There’s no shame in it! It’s a raunchy rom-com starring hot people. There’s going to be sex. It’s part of the cinematic journey. That said, though the movie is rated … Read more
[ It’s rather sweet to hear how shocked actress Rebel Wilson was to find herself at an orgy. In her new memoir she’s charmingly revealed how she was stunned to be invited to a party only to realise it was “an ORGY!”, as she writes. As if everyone hasn’t been to an orgy these days! … Read more
[ As Gen Z ditches online dating and millennials struggle to recapture the golden days of social media, dating apps are helping older singles to redefine the feel of connection in the digital age. Much of the rise in older singles joining apps has to do with “the shedding away of stigma about dating later … Read more
[ The Yahoo Boys are experienced scammers—and they openly brag about it. Photos and videos of their conning and recruitment can be found all across social media, from Facebook to TikTok. However, the cybercriminals, who have links back to Nigerian prince email scams, are arguably their most open on Telegram. In groups containing thousands of … Read more
[ One of the most delightful quirks of the Netflix monolith is its unpredictable habit of surfacing movies that hardly anyone on Earth was expecting to become among the most-watched on the planet mere weeks before their release. Case in point: The Tearsmith, an Italian YA adaptation that debuted a few weeks ago and has … Read more
