Based on the trailer I thought I was going to like this romantic comedy, if only because the genre has been sorely missed. The movie could be described as cute in a pejorative manner. It just didn't have enough substance to make it interesting, worst of all it felt very predictable. At one point I was hoping that the movie had secretly switched from being the narrative we were watching to the novel being written by the main character. I…

One major association I have with this movie is that I thought Andy Garcia was the villain based on the trailers, having never been introduced to Mark Strong before. I also really loving the fact that an American actor was playing a famous British character, turning the tables on the more common case of Brits playing famous American heroes. Of course things aren't quite even when all we have is Robin Hood and these movies while the Brits have…

As emotionally impactful as it is contrived, though no less delightful, Ghostlight works pretty well. My major gripe was that the movie felt poorly directed allowing some of the performances to seem inauthentic when really all these actors feel authentic, I've met characters like these in real life. The story of a father dealing with his trauma in a way that forces him to relive it was such a great premise that the movie takes its time to get to…