Mother-hood plot

Saw this upcoming film on Netflix which stars Brooke Shields. It's about a Mother of the bride who finds out that the Father of the groom was her college sweetheart. The same college sweetheart who broke her heart.

Seeing the trailer, the film looks very similar to "Ticket to Paradise." It has an island destination, a feuding couple, and the romantic tension that happens.

It's not completely the same, though. In "Ticket to Paradise," the objective of the parents were way different, but let me not spoil it.

Despite that, I'm going to be watching this Netflix film.

I'm a huge fan of wedding comedies, no matter what the plot is.

Midweek Cheese

Since "Purple Hearts" consistently popped up on our Netflix selection, my thought was: "Hey, let's give it a shot!"

It's been a while since I've last seen a romantic-drama that has this much cheese. All the ingredients are there: headstrong female character, stubborn male character, they-hated-each-other-upon-first-meeting, they-started-to-like-each-other-after-knowing-each-other-more, and the love-turned-to-hate-after-a-pivotal-moment.

Whew!

It almost feels like watching a romantic-drama based on a Nicholas Sparks book. Without the you-know-what. And with added cheese.

Strangely though, it works! No wonder it's on the Top 10 list in the Philippines.

Looks like we're really fond of cheese.

Royals

Nope, this isn't about the Lorde song. Though I do like that song a lot.

This is about a Netflix film that was recently dropped.

"The Royal Treatment" is a simple, straight forward, formulaic rom-com. And as rom-coms go, simple, straight forward and formulaic is the right way to go.

It's an age-old tale of a Prince falling in love with a commoner. But this combination of a headstrong New York hairdresser and a prince from a faraway land who has no "voice" in his kingdom feels a bit different because of some teeny-tiny plot embellishments.

Watching it once made me smile. And most likely, I'll be watching this again when I have spare time.

It’s All That!

When they announced the gender-swapping reboot of "She's All That," one thing was certain. It was a must-watch film for me.

I'm a fan of the original film. It's an iconic rom-com which was well-acted and had a lot of memorable moments. 

Who can forget the "Kiss Me" song playing as the newly made-over Laney appeared from the stairs after Anna Paquin did her magic.

With all these fuzzy-wuzzy memories about the film, the weekend was well-spent watching "He's All That." And re-watching the ending a few times the same day.

The reboot is as wonderfully made as the original. But of course, this was now updated to the trappings of the present time. Now, there are angles on being influencers, live streaming, on-line presence and approval, LGBTQIA+ representation, and the ubiquitous presence of mobile phones - something that wasn't there in the original film.

But there were also very familiar story facets that they retained. Like the "Prom King and Queen" angle, and the "Dance off" that's part and parcel of teen films of that era.

And what made this film even cooler was the appearance of 2 of the original cast members of "She's All That," In different and updated roles, or course.

The original film's headliner, Rachael Leigh Cook who played Laney Boggs, was back as the Mom of the lead character, Padgett. This is the answer to my question 3 years ago.

Then, there's Matthew Lillard who played Brock Hudson in the original film, now back playing Principal Bosch.

Needless to say, this film is going to be on my "Netflix Repeat" list. Heck, I've already re-watched the ending 3 times already.

Yup, this film is all that.