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Shotgun Wedding: J.Lo and Josh's Lame Adventure

Shotgun Wedding: J.Lo and Josh's Lame Adventure

By Jim Slotek

ReviewJim SlotekJanuary 25, 2023Romantic comedies, Shotgun Wedding, Die Hard at a destination wedding, Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Cheech Marin, Lenny Kravitz, Sonia Braga, Jennifer CoolidgeComment

Original-Cin Q&A: Queen Bees' Ann-Margret in defence of seniors homes and a shout out to The Flintstones' Ann-Margrock

Original-Cin Q&A: Queen Bees' Ann-Margret in defence of seniors homes and a shout out to The Flintstones' Ann-Margrock

By Bonnie Laufer

InterviewJim SlotekJune 8, 2021Romantic comedies, Films about the elderly, Films set in retirement homes, Queen Bees, Ellen Burstyn, Ann-Margret, Loretta Devine, Jane Curtin, James Caan, Christopher Lloyd, Ann-MargrockComment

I Propose That We Never See Each Other After Tonight: Rom-com tropes and over-plotting spoil the romance

I Propose That We Never See Each Other After Tonight: Rom-com tropes and over-plotting spoil the romance

By Liam Lacey

ReviewJim SlotekSeptember 4, 2020Mixed relationships, Romantic comedies, Sean Garrity, I Propose That We Never See Each Other Again After Tonight, Rom-com tropes, Kristian Jordan, Hera Nalam, Matthew Paris Irvine, Andrea Macasaet, FiipinosComment

Your week-endless preview: What to watch that’s NOT in the theatres

PODCAST! EP. 12: A Valentine to our fave rom-coms, Oscar incompetence redux, and an impassioned defence of cinematography

By Jim Slotek, Liam Lacey, Karen Gordon and Thom Ernst