On June 17, the world turned on Amazon Prime Video to watch the newest summer romance, “The Summer I Turned Pretty.”  “The Summer I Turned Pretty” is a new series based on a trilogy with the...

When most people think about classic 1980s and 1990s romantic comedies, or “rom coms,” they might think nostalgically of idealized tropes such as love at first sight and happily ever afters. However,...