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“Punch-Drunk Love” was my PTA gateway drug. I watched it in the thick of lockdown my junior year of highschool, before I knew anything about film or really much about people.

In a Zoom interview with The Daily Californian, Brie, Ellis and director Dave Franco exchanged heartfelt laughs and clever quips as they discussed the inner workings of their new romantic comedy “Somebody I Used To Know.”

What better way to ring in a wedding than to prove your devotion by murdering a few pirates together along the way? A romantic action-comedy may not be the most orthodox of genre combinations, but it is one that brings a renewed sense of enjoyment.

While we love it, we also love to hate it. There exists, for some nebulous reason, a sense of disdain when it comes to depictions of love in the art we consume.

The past school year was undeniably exhausting, and many of us can finally use this summertime to relax and recover from nonstop schoolwork. After endless reading assignments, it’s possible that the last thing you want to do is crack open a book. However, reading doesn’t always have to be an exhausting experience that requires critical thought. Sometimes the best books are the ones that let us escape reality for a little bit. These five books — that don’t require too much brainpower — are guaranteed to have you excited about reading again and get you out of your reading slump!

We all know how painfully mundane life can get. Here are eight ways to romanticize your life, inspired by the ever-realistic romantic comedies of our time.

Despite DuVall’s admirable ambition to reimagine rom-coms for the queer community, “Happiest Season” drowns out holiday cheer with a serious, sobering coming out story.

You sip on your coffee as you float on down to the library. The beating of your heart is in tune with the student librarian's stamp as he checks in and checks out books. Speaking of checking out...

Hollywood audiences’ sudden aversion to rich-people rom-coms is fascinating, especially because these films captivated audiences for decades.