Prison behind her, an ex-con gets a romantic reboot in ‘Reminders of Him’

Vanessa Caswill’s “Reminders of Him” is the third movie based on a Colleen Hoover novel in just three years, and the first that Hoover herself co-wrote the screenplay for, alongside Lauren Levine. Similar to the previous adaptations, “It Ends With Us” and “Regretting You” (which dealt with domestic abuse and adultery, respectively), the main character faces significant hardship before finding love. This film adds another layer of difficulty: the protagonist is an ex-convict who spent six years in prison after accidentally killing her boyfriend in a drunk driving incident.

Crypto Thieves Go Soft: $49M Lost to Social Tricks, Not Tech Wizardry

One might be tempted to rejoice at this apparent triumph of security, but alas, such jubilation would be as misplaced as a peasant at a royal ball. For the decline, it seems, is not a testament to the fortitude of our digital fortresses, but rather a shift in the tactics of the marauders. They have forsaken their complex exploits, those intricate dances of code and logic, in favor of the simpler, more base art of manipulation.