Daily Mirror (Northern Ireland)
THE ULTIMATE ROMCOM MOVIES
Sky Max, 7.50pm
This gentle chat show plunges headfirst into the gooey, passionate films that make you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.
Clara Amfo hosts, while guests Ellie Taylor and Russell Kane go head-to-head to argue which essential elements must feature in the ultimate romcom.
Each pitches a couple of important romcom ingredients, with examples, then it’s all up for debate, and we get to rewatch some favourite clips along the way. Russell pitches that all great romances need a love triangle. Remember the middle-class ruckus between Hugh Grant and Colin Firth? Scrapping in the street outside a restaurant? There’s nothing like it.
Ellie reckons a first kiss is the pivotal moment needed, such as Jennifer Aniston and Adam Sandler puckering up in Just Go With It.
They also debate grand gestures such as flash mobs and saving dogs in distress.
From Clueless and Hitch to Bridget Jones’s Diary and When Harry Met Sally, it’s a case of grabbing a bucket of ice cream and wondering why your favourite isn’t in there.