Category: Rom-Com

  • Blind Detective 2013

    Blind Detective 2013

    Director: Johnnie To Writer: Ryker Chan, Ka-Fai Wai, Nai-Hoi Yau, Xi Yu Starring: Andy Lau, Sammi Cheng, Yuanyuan Gao   Blind Detective is a Milkyway Production of a Johnnie To film. Therefore this is Mo Lei Tau at its best. Adding Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng equals cinematic chemistry that sizzles. Johnnie To’s movies consistently…

  • Love In A Puff 2010

    Love In A Puff 2010

    Director: Ho-Cheung Pang Writer: Heiward Mak, Ho-Cheung Pang Starring: Miriam Yeung Chin Wah, Shawn Yue, Singh Hartihan Bitto   Love In A Puff is a romantic comedy with unapologetic Hong Kong style and finesse. Although Miriam Yeung is not quite as quirky as in past performances due to the script, her role is well crafted…

  • I’m So Excited! 2013

    I’m So Excited! 2013

    Director: Pedro Almodóvar Writer: Pedro Almodóvar Starring: Javier Cámara, Pepa Charro, Cecilia Roth   This movie gave me life! I’m So Excited! Is a funny sex-infused romp. Almodóvar is playing at his level best. Although he presents themes we’ve come to expect from him, romance gender issues sexual equality and the like, his work is…

  • Peeples 2013

    Peeples 2013

    Director: Tina Gordon Chism Writer: Tina Gordon Chism Starring: Craig Robinson, Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier   I hate to be mean, but I thought this movie was going to suck donkey balls. Thankfully, I was wrong. Once I realized that this film is an ethnically gratuitous rom-com, I decided to grade it accordingly, using…