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15 May

The Mummy Returns Isn’t Afraid of Romance, and That’s What Makes It Great

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We just passed the 20th anniversary of the release of The Mummy Returns, the follow-up flick to the 1999 blockbuster classic, The Mummy. While the franchise sequel has understandably not developed the same level of legacy as its predecessor, it’s honestly still pretty great and has some lessons contemporary blockbusters could learn from—namely, that there can be great power in a good romance. The Mummy Returns came out in 2001 and is set nine years after the original film when it picks back up with Rachel Weisz’ Egyptologist Evelyn “Evie” O’Connell (née Carnahan) and her husband, American adventurer Rick O’Connell…
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17 Feb

Star Trek: Discovery: How Book and Burnham Have Quietly Become TV’s Healthiest Romance

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This STAR TREK: DISCOVERY feature contains spoilers for Season 3. Star Trek: Discovery had a lot to do in its third season, what with launching the franchise into a far-flung future, saving all sentient life as we know it, and essentially rebooting the show going forward. After leading her crew into a literal strange new world, Michael Burnham then had to spend a year in the future without them, a twist that forced her to decide who she was – and who she wanted to be – in a world where she no longer had the structure and expectations of Starfleet to…
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10 Feb

Why Anna and the French Kiss Should Be Netflix’s Next YA Romance Adaptation

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With the To All the Boys series set to wrap up this week, it’s time to talk about what the next big Netflix young adult romance adaptation could be—because we now know it’s not going to be The Summer I Turned Pretty. The streamer has been leaning much more heavily into the teen romance genre in recent years, which means some iconic YA romance getting screen adaptations. On that note, it’s recently come to my attention that Anna and the French Kiss, the debut novel from author Stephanie Perkins that follows an American teen to Paris for her senior year…
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03 Feb

Yesterday Is History: Meet the Latest Addition to the Time Travel Romance Genre

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There’s a reason that time travel romances are popular, and it isn’t just the success of Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander (both the books and the television series). The idea of traveling to a different time is, in itself, a bit romantic, and lovers crossed by time and space pluck the heartstrings of hopeless romantics. Kosoko Jackson’s newly released Yesterday Is History hits all the right notes for the genre by both drawing on its predecessors and striking out in a new direction, giving queer readers—especially queer Black men—representation in a genre that’s normally more female-focused. Andre Cobb is a young Black…
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20 Jan

Why Daphne Bridgerton Makes a Great Romance Heroine

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This Bridgerton article contains spoilers for Season 1. Though Bridgerton is a story of multiple romances – and many different kinds of love – its first season centers primarily on the relationship between debutante Daphne Bridgerton and the roguish Simon Bassett, Duke of Hastings. But it would be a mistake to assume that the romance is the only story this series is trying to tell or even its ultimate endgame. In truth, the real story of Bridgerton’s first season is about a young woman coming into her own, learning who she is, what she really wants, and how to find…
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22 Dec

Bridgerton Review: Netflix Series Redefines Period Romance on TV

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This Bridgerton review is spoiler-free. With concise storytelling, character development, and big-budget Hollywood aesthetics, Netflix’s latest original television series, Bridgerton, represents the best of British period drama. The series is based on Julia Quinn’s romance novels and production company Shondaland adapted the books with a unique focus on Black and POC representation rarely seen in period dramas. It is safe to say the series has set a new standard for other productions in the genre to follow. Some viewers may be concerned that the pre-release promotion and dialogue around Bridgerton may just be giving lip service to advancing diversity and…
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11 Dec

Cyberpunk 2077: Every Romance Option in the Game

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This Cyberpunk 2077 article contains spoilers. In the grand tradition of Mass Effect and other RPGs, Cyberpunk 2077 does let you romance some of the notable characters you’ll meet during CD Projekt Red’s massive adventure. However, it’s entirely possible to go through the game without realizing that these romance options are available to you. In fact, Cyberpunk 2077‘s romance requirements are so specific that even if you are keeping an eye out for the right opportunities, one false step can permanently prevent you from being able to pursue even a temporary fling much less a long-term relationship. So while some…
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12 Nov

Link Tank: Why Casablanca Was So Much More Than a Romance Movie

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One of the greatest romance films of all time, Casablanca is also an amazing story about resistance and anti-fascism. “Michael Curtiz’s 1942 film Casablanca is considered one of the greatest romance films of the classic Hollywood era. But as I rewatched it last night, I connected with its themes of resistance and hard anti-fascist take.” Read more at The Mary Sue. There was a time when beloved children’s show Sesame Street was controversial. Let’s take a look at these early questionable episodes. “Tuesday, November 10 marks the 51st anniversary of the premiere of Sesame Street, the enduring children’s series that…
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12 Nov

Ammonite Review: Kate Winslet and Saoirse Ronan Romance Lacks Heat

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From the beginning, Ammonite wants audiences to know that the work of paleontologist Mary Anning is out of fashion. Mary, played by a particularly stoic Kate Winslet, says this repeatedly to other characters, and displays an almost aggressive wariness toward any tourist who hints at an interest in her career. The film similarly revels in the daily monotony of her life, which appears to consist of digging through rocks no one else gives a second glance, a lonely figure on a gray beach. Presumably writer-director Francis Lee wishes to underscore the solitude of Anning’s work; yet it’s not clear if…
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19 Sep

Julie and the Phantoms’ Charmingly Cute Queer Romance

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This article contains spoilers for Julie and the Phantoms season 1. For all the improvements in queer representation in children’s entertainment there are still only a few shows that have queer characters and even less have them take center stage. We’ve seen a growing number of queer main cast members in recent years but many of them (such as She-Ra and Adventure Time) only confirmed their leads were queer in the final episode.  Others have queer leads but their queerness isn’t a major factor in the show. There’s of course something to be said for a character being queer and…
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01 Jul

Family Romance, LLC

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Love is a business at Family Romance, a company that rents human stand-ins for any occasion. Founder Yuichi Ishii helps make his clients’ dreams come true. But when the mother of 12-year-old Mahiro hires Ishii to impersonate her missing father, the line between acting and reality threatens to blur.Rated: Not RatedRelease Date: Jul 03, 2020
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17 Jun

“They Hated Each Other”: How Pretty In Pink’s Tensions Created a Perfect Romance

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“Sydney Pollack said ‘everything’s a love story’, and it is. Everything is, if you think about it,” says Howard Deutch. He’s chatting to us ahead of the remastered Blu-ray release of Pretty In Pink which he directed from a script by John Hughes, first released some 34 years ago in 1986. It was Deutch’s feature directorial debut, one of several collaborations with Hughes and with his follow up Some Kind Of Wonderful (also written by Hughes) it arguably formed the apex of ‘80s teen romance as we know it. Deutch is chatting to us via Zoom – the norm during…
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01 Apr

The Romance at the Heart of Miss Fisher & The Crypt of Tears

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Warning: This article contains spoilers for Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. The world of Miss Fisher is filled with many rich character dynamics, but the relationship between Phryne Fisher (Essie Davis) and Detective Jack Robinson (Nathan Page) has always been at the heart of the period mystery drama. Three seasons of Miss Fisher’s Murder Mysteries chronicled their ever-burgeoning romance, as they slowly fell in love over various murdered bodies (it’s more romantic than it sounds). The dynamic is also at the heart of Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, the feature film continuation of Phryne’s story, which…
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