Rom-Com

Love in 2020

By Alan Ng | August 2021

Finding love in L.A. is hard enough, but as shown in Eirinn Disbrow and Christina Garofalo’s series Love in 2020, it is…

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Finding love in L.A. is hard enough, but as shown in Eirinn Disbrow and Christina Garofalo's series Love in 2020, it is almost impossible during a...

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I Hate New Year's is a feel-good LGBT holiday love story. Its Hallmark film approach follows a forlorn, sexy rock star, Layne (Dia Frampton), from her...

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A surprisingly charming and resonant romance that wears its heart on its sleeve, Galt Niederhoffer's 10 Things We Should Do Before We Break Up sneaks up...

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