Rom-Com Bingo is Harder Than You'd Think
For the last three years I've been creating Bingo cards to accompany the Rom-Com-Athon. It should be easy to c...
Hey, Kids! Let's Put on a Fundraiser!
I said I wouldn't do it again, and I meant it! For the last two years I've conducted a terrible, wonderful experiment...
The End. Or Is It???
I'm done. I've watched 50 holiday rom-coms since the beginning of November: a few good, a lot bad, almost all cheesy. I have seen mo...
The Banality of Christmas
The sameness really gets to you after a while. A few basic plots are rehashed over and over. The lead actors and actresses look ...
Because Your TV Isn’t Just for Playing a Loop of a Burning Log
Contrary to what your Instagram feed might suggest right now, that high tech black box agains...
In Praise of Older Leading Ladies
You know one thing I appreciate about Hallmark rom-coms? It's not unusual for the female leads to be in the 30s, 40, or e...
New and Improved! Now includes Hanukkah!
This subtitle is a bit bogus since last year's rom-com-athon included one movie about an interfaith couple and some...
The Worst Kind of Recount
Well, oopsie daisy! I've just realized that I jumped straight from #26 to #28 in counting my movies, so that's a bummer. At this ...
"How Did You Decide To Watch That?"
Among the questions I get most often - especially after watching a real stinker - is how I decide which movies to watch....
The Completist's Dilemma
The problem is, there are too many movies. You see, I am a completist. When I become interested in something, I move pretty quic...
