“Wedding Palace” styles itself as the very first Asian-American family romantic comedy. However, like rom-com films from two decades back, it is overflowing with the well known and loved tropes of the genre, just like the thousands of forgettable movies starring Julia Roberts or Kate Hudson or Jennifer Aniston or Renee Zellweger. Christine Yoo’s first […]
The film starts with Sara breaking off with her fiancé Esau August. After this breakup, Sara starts to get interested in women, a pastime of hers that she hasn’t done since college. The film centers around the people she dates, including an ex-fiance August, Ali, who Sara meets in a coffee shop, and a married
For some people, gambling is a game of chance, while for others it involves strategy and objective thoughts. For leisure, one can gamble at the local city casino, through the internet, or even from a friend’s house utilizing nothing more than a deck of cards. Most friends prefer playing for enjoyment and do not place
Indeed, it is true that you can write, direct, and produce your film, which a lot of great filmmakers do, but it is also fairly prudent to consider whether you possess the necessary skills to function effectively in all of these aspects of filmmaking. Swiped, the 2018 coming of age romantic comedy film, written, produced,
Peridot Motel offers cheap hourly rates. He uses the money he makes there to rob unsuspecting clients for money to aid his family. When he accidentally runs into the older Martha, things begin to shift for Gabriela as he starts to form a caring relationship with her. But when Gabriela leaps, he starts to fall
Syd (Gabriel Sunday) is trying to forge his way toward the West with plans to be a musician but gets stuck when he runs out of money. After failing to sell his awful guitar amplifier to a local, who seeks revenge on Syd’s car, Syd finds himself stuck in a small town notorious for oil
I have never attended a prep school before but I did watch a few thriller dramas like Cruel Intentions. This made me intrigued in Sean Nichols Lynch’s Prep School because, as a lower middle class person, the violence and drama afflicting the rich makes me not want to be wealthy. The plot of the movie
I’ve argued for a long time that at least once during their lifetime everyone should work a minimum wage job for at least six months. This would give them a first-hand glimpse of not only how difficult it is to survive on minimum wage, but also how people treat those who, in their view, provide
For those who loved the East/West battle in Crazy Rich Asians and The Farewell you will appreciate the family spectacle in “Go Back to China” which is a slightly smaller, but equally pleasant experience. It incorporates the lifestyle glamor from the first movie and the family drama of the latter. Emily Ting’s second scripted feature
The bright-eyed German YouTube DJ came to ‘Buddymoon’ with a relentless energy honed from capturing the attention of an ever-changing social media audience. Unlike the typical audience member, I was already familiar with his previous work and was rooting for Flula Borg when I saw him in the Pitch Perfect 2 trailer. His clipped English
