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Anime is no stranger to controversial romantic relationships, whether it be pairings deemed by fans as the wrong "ship" or ...

Benito's Saturn Return leads to a folk revival on 'DeBÍ TiRAR MáS FOToS,' remixing the poetics and politics of Puerto Rican ...

Fruits Basket’s romance—particularly Tohru and Yuki’s relationship—relied on clichés and failed to deliver a glimpse of hope ...

Incredibly handsome guy meets girl. Guy and girl immediately become sworn enemies after an awkward encounter. Guy unfortunately can't avoid girl, so they bicker incessantly—but not enough to hide the ...

He isn’t aw-shucks-ing his way through this self-diagnosis as a way to categorize his immense success in Britain, first as a member of stadium-packing boy band Take That and, since his 1997 ...

Deleted scenes have always been part of moviemaking. Directors and filmmakers have always known that not every part of their ...

Soderbergh uses the barrier of the screen as part of the film’s story—as if to say we can look, but we can’t touch. [Read: ...

The trope of the “good girl” saving the bad boy further amplifies this dynamic. Stories like these can tap into a rescue fantasy, where love and care are seen as transformative forces capable ...

We've got all your favorite romance tropes: fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, forced proximity, forbidden love—you name it.

Christian Gudegast's action sequel occasionally works, but gets too caught up in cliche criminal caper tropes.

Robbie Williams' biopic "Better Man" not only spotlights his colorful, sometimes controversial life, but depicts the famed ...