Tag: Romcoms

Bring it Back

I saw a movie trailer a couple of months ago. I was excited… A new romcom on the way.

I put it in my calendar and I waited.

Today is showed up on Prime Video and I was ready. I got all my evening chores done and I sat down for a treat. Only thing is, it wasn’t a treat.

The movie ‘Maintenance Required’ follows Charlie, a mechanic defending her late father’s garage from a rival shop, unaware that her online crush is the man behind it.

The performance was weak and there was no chemistry.I found myself cringing way too many times.

It was failed execution of a shot at remaking Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s ‘You got Mail’. I was a bit disappointed in the male lead, played by Jacob Scipio. I expected better from him, especially after seeing his performance before in Bad Boys for life alongside Will Smith and Martin Lawrence.

I would give it a 2 out of 5 stars…

When will they resume making Romcoms like they used to?

Yesterday I found myself yearning for a good old romcom and I spent an hour and forty five minutes satisfying that yearning with Mrs.Winterbourne (1996).

I want to see something good like the old ones but I want something I can experience for the first time.

Someone tell them movie makers… I’m just a girl, sending a message…Asking them to bring it back like it used to be.

Passing Time

Movies are made for fans and I get really excited when I read comments where fans are really invested in a movie.

I slept too early last night and so around 3am I found myself awake. I contemplated journaling the last novel I read for a  booktok post but I decided on a movie instead.

I settled for Picture This, a British Romantic comedy released on Amazon Prime Video in March 2025.

When I was done, In my usual way, I went online to see what people were saying about it.

I had a good laugh…majority of the comments were on about how it felt like the couple in the movie was cheating on their actual partners… Anthony and Tessa.

Long story short, the couple in the movie is played by:

  1. Hero Fiennes Tiffin: he’s grown on fans over the years from his performance as Hardin in the After Series. Tessa is the love of his life in this series and it feels weird to see him with someone else.
  2. Simone Ashley: she captured hearts in her fascinating performance as Kate in the second season of Julia Quinn’s Bridgerton series; The Viscount Who Loved Me. She marries Anthony and later falls in love him.

They did really well with “cheating on their actual partners”.

I loved the film, it’s a simple feel-good film. I’m glad I picked it to pass time. I would recommend it.

Someone Like You

I think I may be one of the biggest fans of a good romantic comedy, in film or in a book.

Some years ago, maybe twenty years, two movies captured my attention, I think may have seen both of them back then at least 10 times each. Over the years I’ve continued to repeat one of them; ‘The Wedding Planner’. The other one is ‘Someone Like You’.

Both of these movies were released in 2001.

Someone Like You is about a lady who is dumbed by her boyfriend, she begins to study the male animal, finding reasons why they act the way they do. She zooms in on her womanizing roommate as a case study. What she doesn’t prepare for, is how things turn out in the end. I think seeing Ashley Judd and Hugh Jackman in those roles also contributed to how much I loved the film.

Last year, I saw a preview of a film adaptation of Karen Kingsbury’s book, ‘Someone Like You’. I have not read the book and I am eager to. I am also eager to jump on the film. I fear I may not read it anymore if I see the film.

The film was released in April,2024. It goes by the same name as the book.

I hope I like it just as much as I liked the older one even though they are not alike. The later is a romance drama while the former is a romance comedy.

My current high

I love a really good romcom so I will start with this; I learned that a film adaptation of this book is being developed… The casting has got to be right for it to be good. Adam has got to be Adam.

That being said…

…I didn’t jump at the book. I didn’t know if I would actually like it.

Somehow, thanks to AI conspiracy, it kept popping up on all my platforms, so I decided to give it a go.

I loved it.

The Love Hypothesis is just the kind of thing for me…

From the witty conversations to secrets waiting to be told and then unto to the “bad guy” with a good heart and a great sense of humor… Adam.

Now, Adam…that was some character. He was all geeky and standoffish but come chapter sixteen and boom…he was something else I never expected…Unbelievable. I couldn’t reconcile the scientist with the lover. Naaaah.

If Romcoms are your thing and you are looking for a quick read, I would recommend The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood.