TV Reviews7.5/10
Ten Years On, The Legend of the Blue Sea Still Can’t Decide Between Romance and Drama
A tale of a mermaid from old Joseon who becomes a woman of Seoul, and the man who cannot forget her across two lifetimes.
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Tag: romance
Movie Reviews6.5/10
To All the Boys: Always and Forever Closes the Book on Lara Jean and Peter’s Romance
A tale of love and college, wherein a girl returns from Seoul and learns that endings are seldom what she planned.
TV Reviews7.6/10
‘I Dare You to Leave’: A Tragic Romance Worth Watching
A tragic tale of power, obsession, and desire wherein two lovers fight against all odds to remain together.
TV Reviews7.9/10
‘Shopaholic Louis’ Review: Louie Loses His Memory — and Finds True Love
A shopaholic's amnesia leads him to love, in this gentle South Korean romance of memory lost and hearts won.
TV Reviews7.7/10
Doona!: Netflix’s Small, Sweet Romance Earns Its Keep
A gentle romance of a retired idol and her college roommate, wherein fame's price and quiet happiness are tenderly weighed.
Movie Reviews5.5/10
Aubrey and Dave Fall Hard for Each Other, but This 2012 Romance Never Quite Grows Up
A coming-of-age romance about two teens who meet at a wild party, fall for each other, and learn hard lessons along the way.
Movie Reviews7.3/10
5 Centimeters per Second Review: Makoto Shinkai’s Quiet Romance Earns Its 7.3
A quiet tale of distance and longing, wherein a boy named Takaki searches for the girl he once loved across three periods of his life.
TV Reviews8/10
Twenty-Four Years On, Chobits Still Asks What It Means to Love a Machine
A man finds a broken computer in the trash and teaches it to be human in this tender, strange tale of love and machines.
Movie Reviews7.6/10
Thirteen Years On, The Garden of Words Still Finds Its Viewers Through Rain and Quiet
A quiet, honest tale of two souls who meet in the rain, told in 46 minutes of pure melancholic beauty.
Movie Reviews5.4/10
Entrapment Review: Connery and Zeta-Jones Carry a Competent Heist Thriller
A heist thriller wherein two thieves, one old and one young, fall in love whilst trapped within a palace and a bank.
TV Reviews8/10
A Fallen Angel’s Mission of Love Earns Its Reputation as a Standout K-Drama
A fallen angel falls for a blind ballerina in this earnest, funny K-drama, a mission of love gone terribly right.
Movie Reviews5.2/10
Eight Years On, the Body-Hopping Romance of ‘Every Day’ Still Can’t Decide What It Wants to Be
A spirit who wakes in a new body each morning falls in love with a girl whose father has broken down, in a tale that never settles.