Last Holiday

Star of CBS’ The Equalizer – a show I’ve only seen muted on bar kitchen screens – Queen Latifah spent a lotta time in the rom-com circuit bringing her signature style to the genre. This, in Hyperreal Film Club writer Louise Ho’s description, elevated Lifetime movie showcases her skill for uniquely empathetic performances, especially with protag Georgia Byrd, whose terminal diagnosis becomes a starting gun for her living a more fulfilling life. If your last holiday was a whirlwind romp through Europe during which LL Cool J fell in love with you, well: I think that’d be a pretty cool finale to life. – James Scott Read a full review of Last Holiday.