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2/12/2021 Ian Samuels adapts Lev Grossman's time-loop teen romance in an Amazon film starring Kyle Allen and Kathryn Newton. The time-loop genre is old and diverse enough now — I've reviewed around a dozen, and I'm sure I've missed several — that there's no need to describe each new entrant as "like Groundhog Day." There's the Edge of Tomorrow-like sci-fi action loop; the Happy Death Day mystery; the teen romp; allegorical horror film; and so on. Given the format's friendliness to low budgets, many of these pictures premiere at fests and disappear; but last year's delightful Palm Spri...

[The Map of Tiny Perfect Little Things is]stylish, a little odd while also being a sincere and rare inspirational bit of YA goodness.

Check out the new DVDs, Blu-rays and streaming shows coming out this week, including Freaky starring Vince Vaughn, and Diana:

'The Map of Tiny Perfect Things' Review: A Couple's Never-Ending Reality Re-spawns Beautiful Breakthroughs 'The Map of Tiny Perfect Things' Review: A Couple's Never-Ending Reality Re-spawns Beautiful Breakthroughs Two young lovers find joy in life's magical minutiae as they repeat the same day over and over in this familiar but appealing romantic comedy. Courtney Howard, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail Running time: Running time: 99 MIN. Before we’re even out of the opening credits of “The Map of Tiny Perfect Things,” director Ian Samuels and screenwriter Lev Grossman waste no time cl...

The hook of watching someone command an ordinary day with panache, knowing the rhythm of finite time like the back of one’s hand, is one of the early pleasures of the film directed by Ian Samuels (2018’s Sierra Burgess is a Loser) and written by Lev Grossman based on his short story of the same name. The control, it’s soon clear, derives from Mark’s peculiar predicament: he has rehearsed this dozens of times, because he’s stuck in a time loop, reliving the same summer day over and over again. Mark’s grooved, cyclical existence is upended by the arrival of Margare...