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‘Nobody Wants This’ Charms and Stumbles Its Way to Love

By Grace Ko, Hoya Staff Writer October 2, 2024

“Nobody Wants This,” created by writer Erin Foster, is the latest entry to the recent rom-com renaissance. With unexpected sparks between a free-spirited podcaster and a soft-hearted rabbi, “Nobody...

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‘Twisters’ – A Whirlwind of Fun

By Caroline Woodward, Deputy Guide Editor September 4, 2024

Despite its name, “Twisters” is anything but a natural disaster — in fact, it has all the elements to make it the most exciting summer blockbuster of the year. Star power, action, drama, romance...

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“The Greatest Hits” Reminds Us Not to Feel Guilty to Love Again

By Saeed Jude Samra, Hoya Staff Writer April 24, 2024

This article contains spoilers for “The Greatest Hits” (2024). In a world overwhelmed by the casual dating culture and situationships, movies like “The Greatest Hits” prove to be all the...

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‘Challengers’ Plays the Best Match of Tennis

By Clayton Kincade, Hoya Contributing Editor April 24, 2024

“I don’t watch tennis,” Luca Guadagino, director of “Challengers,” told Little White Lies. “It’s boring to me.” A little white lie indeed: “Challengers” is one of the smartest,...

CHIN: Value Love and Rejection

CHIN: Value Love and Rejection

By Lauren Chin March 1, 2024

I asked her out on a Friday night in junior year. It was 2 a.m. The words were painfully blinding even on my dimmed phone screen. I had spent the past week writing and rewriting my message. The drafts...

VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

VIEWPOINT: Code for Connection

By Jason Yi February 15, 2024

With Valentine’s Day having just passed, love is on the minds of many young Hoyas. For those whose collegiate love escapades have gone a little awry, Georgetown University Marriage Pact, a questionnaire-based...

‘Past Lives’ is a Striking Foray Into What Could’ve Been

‘Past Lives’ is a Striking Foray Into What Could’ve Been

By Sofia Wolinski August 30, 2023

★★★★★ Have you ever wondered what might have been?  In a cinematic landscape often dominated by predictable narratives, Celine Song’s “Past Lives” breaks away from mainstream...

QUEER HERE | “My First Summer” is a Great Watch as Our Summer Comes to an End

QUEER HERE | “My First Summer” is a Great Watch as Our Summer Comes to an End

By Emily Scheibe September 23, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! “My First Summer” follows the story of two Australian teenage girls, one of whom navigates an extraordinarily horrific upbringing while the other escapes loneliness and bad...

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

QUEER HERE | ‘Heartstopper’ Brought Out My Hopeless Romantic Side

By Emily Scheibe August 1, 2022

Hi, fellow queer here! “Heartstopper” first appeared on Netflix in April, and since then, it has been blowing up the news and igniting hearts. Once described to me as “a warm hug,” this Netflix...

‘Book Lovers’ Proves That You Don’t Need To Reinvent the Wheel To Write a Dynamic Romance Novel

‘Book Lovers’ Proves That You Don’t Need To Reinvent the Wheel To Write a Dynamic Romance Novel

By Alexandria Henderson April 20, 2022

★★★★★ If you have ever watched a Hallmark movie and wondered what happens to the uptight corporate girlfriend who is left by the male love interest for the bubbly small-town protagonist,...

BETWEEN THE COVERS | When Romance Novels Get Real

BETWEEN THE COVERS | When Romance Novels Get Real

By Melinda Reed April 20, 2022

Every once and a while, the romance genre abandons rom-com fantasy in favor of real, difficult issues. Considering the heightened and increasingly publicized movements like the #MeToo campaign, it...

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

‘Bridgerton’ Season Two is the “Bane of My Existence and the Object of All My Desires”

By Mason Stempel April 6, 2022

★★★★☆ Dearest gentle reader, hold on to your bonnets — because the enchanting costumery and sizzling sexual tension of the second season of “Bridgerton” will knock your stockings clean...

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