Description
Surely designed to make you want to go to Mauritius, Lisa and Charles Adrian find that this month’s rom com is a lot more than just an advertising feature.
Resort To Love
Year: 2021
Screenplay by: Tabi McCartney and Dana Schmalenberg
Based on a story by: Tabi McCartney
Director: Steven K. Tsuchida
Stars: Christina Milian, Jay Pharoah, Sinqua Walls, Christini Pitts
Show notes:
Resort To Love is a really good rom com. It’s a solidly built, satisfying, funny, well-written, well-acted rom com with a beautiful soundtrack and dreamy locations. But would we pay to see it at the cinema? Maybe. We don’t know. We streamed it on Netflix. And how is it different from the great rom coms of yesteryear? Is it really so different from them? What makes a great rom com anyway? We are not sure. But we have some ideas.
Other films mentioned in this episode are: Joe Versus The Volcano (1990) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0099892/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 – also the subject of episode 8 of this podcast), To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3846674/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 – also the subject of episode 2 of this podcast), 10 Things I Hate About You (1999) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0147800/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0 – also the subject of episode 1 of this podcast), My Best Friend’s Wedding (1997) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119738/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), Forgetting Sarah Marshall (2008) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0800039/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0), Love’s Last Resort (2017) (the synopsis of which is here: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6398360/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0), You’ve Got Mail (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0128853/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1), Sliding Doors (1998) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120148/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1) and Christina Milian’s previous Netflix outing Falling Inn Love (2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9860728/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0).
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzaltzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening!
Always Be My Maybe
No notes. This is a gorgeous, funny, beautifully-performed, character-driven rom com.
Always Be My Maybe
Year: 2019
Written by: Ali Wong, Randall Park & Michael Golamco
Directed by: Nahnatchka Khan
Stars: Ali Wong, Randall Park, James Saito, Michelle Buteau, Vivian...
Published 05/17/24
But what if Mr Malcolm had written a more interesting list?
Mr Malcolm’s List
Year: 2022
Written by: Suzanne Allain
Based on the novel by: Suzanne Allain
Directed by: Emma Holly Jones
Stars: Zawe Ashton, Oliver Jackson-Cohen, Sope Dirisu, Theo James, Freida Pinto, Ashley Park
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Published 04/12/24