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‘Your Place or Mine:’ Just as awkward as those red carpet photos

‘Your Place or Mine:’ Just as awkward as those red carpet photos

Olivia Chiappelli, Editor-in-Chief February 22, 2023

The time has finally come to see if those pricelessly-awkward red carpet photos of Ashton Kutcher and Reese Witherspoon translated to the big screen! Friday, Feb. 10 marked the official release date...

My go-to rom-com reads

My go-to rom-com reads

D‘Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter February 8, 2023

February: the month of Valentine’s Day. The time where everyone busts out all their favorite romantic comedies and chick flicks.  Rom-com books are my guilty pleasure, and I have a specific list...

I’m falling for ‘Falling For Christmas’

I’m falling for ‘Falling For Christmas’

D’Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter November 16, 2022

In the first of what is sure to be a holiday jam-packed with fun and festive rom-coms, Netflix has offered us a great way to start off the holiday season. “Falling For Christmas” dropped on the streaming...

With this poster alone, Netflix made their intentions clear. This isn’t just any holiday rom-com — this is a Lindsay Lohan holiday rom-com.

Trailer drops for Lindsay Lohan comeback movie ‘Falling for Christmas’

Olivia Chiappelli, Editor-in-Chief October 12, 2022

The Lindsay Lohan renaissance is upon us! On Oct. 3rd — also known as national “Mean Girls” Day, after the iconic quote from the 2004 cult classic — Netflix dropped the poster for the upcoming...

A Show for Two by New York Times bestselling author Tashie Bhuiyan

‘A Show for Two’ – a rom com must read

D‘Juanna Lester, Arts Reporter June 15, 2022

Tashie Bhuiyan does it again! The Bangladeshi-American “Counting Down with You” writer dazzles in her sophomore coming-of-age, romantic comedy. This Young Adult (YA) rom com will have readers squealing...

Along for the Ride is available on Netflix.

“Along for the Ride” is lacking cowboys

Olivia Chiappelli, Editor-in-Chief May 15, 2022

In my latest quest to find a rom-com fix in the same vein as the art piece that is “Safe Haven,” I stumbled upon the movie “Along for the Ride.” It had just arrived on Netflix, and while it didn’t...

Rom-Coms ranked from worst to best

Gabrielle Abdelmessih, Editor-in-Chief September 29, 2021

I have to admit — I love a good (or should I say so bad it’s good) rom-com. Present me with a group of good-looking twenty-somethings living in the big city with lavish lifestyles and massive apartments...

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