Archive for the ‘Romance’ Category

Black Pimpernel, The

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Genres: Drama | History | Romance | Thriller
Actors: Nyqvist, Michael | del Castillo, Kate | Cavazos, Lumi | Norgaard, Carsten | Giménez Cacho, Daniel | Bergin, Patrick | Campos, Cristián | Ross-Brown, Claire | Werlinder, Lisa
Directors: Faringer, Ã…sa
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The story about Swedish ambassador in Chile - Harald Edelstam - and his heroic actions to protect the innocent people from the execution during and after the military coup on September 11th 1973. We travel with Edelstam during the terrible moments just after the coup and follows his never-ending fight for human rights, law and order. What drove him? And what price did he end up paying for his total commitment? Haunted by his own demons the we experiences on close hand how a womanizer desperately searches to find love again, a task only doable, if he can fight his own past and redeem himself. After saving hundreds - maybe even thousands - he is challenged once more, this time to save his newfound love from the death penalty issued by the regime. Another impossible task and a desperate chase against time. Based on a true story about a man, that did, what all of us only dreams of.

Waitress

Tuesday, January 8th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Russell, Keri | Fillion, Nathan | Hines, Cheryl | Sisto, Jeremy | Griffith, Andy | Jemison, Eddie | Temple, Lew | Stanchfield, Darby | Sulzman, Heidi | Johnson, Lauri | Hunley, Sarah | Drummond, Cindy | Dean, Nathan | Fogarty, Caroline
Directors: Shelly, Adrienne
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Jenna is unhappily married, squirreling away money, and hoping to win a pie-baking contest so, with the prize money, she’ll have enough cash to leave her husband Earl. She finds herself pregnant, which throws her plans awry. She bakes phenomenal pies at Joe’s diner, listens to old Joe’s wisdom, tolerates her sour boss Cal, is friends with Dawn and Becky (her fellow waitresses), and finds a mutual attraction with the new doctor in town. As the pregnancy advances, life with Earl seems less tolerable, a way out less clear, and the affair with the doctor complicated by his marriage. What options does a waitress have?

Breaking and Entering

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Romance | Thriller
Actors: Law, Jude | Farmiga, Vera | Binoche, Juliette | Wright Penn, Robin | Freeman, Martin | Gavron, Rafi | Winstone, Ray | Rogers, Poppy | Benton, Mark | Stevenson, Juliet | Chikezie, Caroline | Lazar, Rad | Westwick, Ed | Katic, Branka | Topic, Velibor
Directors: Minghella, Anthony
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A mother and her daughter, a mother and her son, and a man living with one and attracted to the other. Miro, a teen from Sarajevo, lives near King’s Cross with his mother; he’s nimble, able to run across roofs, so his uncle hires him to break into office skylights, so the uncle can boost computers. Twice they steal from Will’s architectural firm, so Will stakes it out at night. He follows Miro home and returns the next day and meets Miro’s mother, Amira. At home, Will’s relationship with Liv is strained - he feels outside Liv and her daughter Bea’s circle. The stakeout and Amira’s vulnerability are attractive alternatives to being at home. The police, too, watch Miro.

Good Luck Chuck

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Fogler, Dan | Teigen, Michael | Zanni, Chiara | Harrison, Michelle | Ayres, Ben | Bacic, Steve | Cook, Dane | Gentile, Troy | James, Liam | Klop, Cody | Price, Connor | Ross, Lonny | Volonino, Daniel | Welch, Ed | Alba, Jessica
Directors: Helfrich, Mark
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In order to keep the woman of his dreams from falling for another guy, Charlie Logan has to break the curse that has made him wildly popular with single women: Sleep with Charlie once, and the next man you meet will be your true love.

Intolerable Cruelty

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Romance
Actors: Clooney, George | Zeta-Jones, Catherine | Rush, Geoffrey | Cedric the Entertainer | Herrmann, Edward | Adelstein, Paul | Jenkins, Richard | Thornton, Billy Bob | Duffy, Julia | Hadary, Jonathan | Aldredge, Tom | Travis, Stacey | Kyle, Jack | Keyes, Irwin | Drake, Judith
Directors: Coen, Joel | Coen, Ethan
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Miles Massey, a prominent Los Angeles divorce attorney has everything—and in some cases, two of everything. Despite his impressive client list, a formidable win record, the respect of his peers and an ironclad contract (the Massey pre-nup) named after him, he’s reached a crossroads in his life. Sated on success, boredom has set in and he’s looking for new challenges. All that changes when Miles meets his match in the devastating Marylin Rexroth. Marylin is the soon-to-be ex-wife of his client Rex Rexroth, a wealthy real estate developer and habitual philanderer. With the help of hard charging private investigator Gus Petch, she has Rex nailed and is looking forward to the financial independence a successful divorce will bring. But thanks to Miles’ considerable skills, she ends up with nothing. Not to be outdone, Marylin schemes to get even and as part of her plan, quickly marries oil tycoon Howard Doyle. Miles and his unflappable associate, Wrigley, unwittingly dig themselves in deeper and deeper as they go head-to-head with Marylin. Underhanded tactics, deceptions and an undeniable attraction escalate as Marylin and Miles square off in this classic battle of the sexes.

Bridget Jones’s Diary

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Actors: Davidtz, Embeth | Blackman, Honor | Zellweger, Renée | Jones, Gemma | Imrie, Celia | Faulkner, James | Broadbent, Jim | Firth, Colin | May, Charmian | Grant, Hugh | Brooke, Paul | Montagu, Felicity | Henderson, Shirley | Phillips, Sally | Callis, James | Caine, Charlie | Marks, Gareth
Directors: Maguire, Sharon
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Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her many imperfections. As a New Year’s Resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss (Hugh Grant) takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones and the ups and downs of their ill-fated relationship prove hilarious and touching at once. Thrown into the mix are Bridget’s band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance (Colin Firth) who Bridget cannot seem to stop running into or help finding quietly attractive.

Meet Joe Black

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Actors: Pitt, Brad | Hopkins, Anthony | Forlani, Claire | Weber, Jake | Harden, Marcia Gay | Tambor, Jeffrey | Howard, David S. | Kelly-Miller, Lois | St. John, Jahnni | Clarke, Richard | Burke, Marylouise | Kagan, Diane | Squibb, June | Canfield, Gene | Hevner, Suzanne
Directors: Brest, Martin
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Bill Parrish, media tycoon, loving father and still a human being, is about to celebrate his 65th birthday. One morning, he is contacted by the Inevitable - by hallucination, as he thinks. Later, Death itself enters his home and his life, personified in a man’s body: Joe Black has arrived. His intention was to take Bill with him, but accidentally, Joe’s former host and Bills beautiful daughter Susan have already met. Joe begins to develop certain interest in life on earth as well as in Susan, who has no clue who she’s flirting with.

Van Wilder

Thursday, January 3rd, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Actors: Reynolds, Ryan | Reid, Tara | Matheson, Tim | Penn, Kal | Holmes, Teck | Cosgrove, Daniel | Richmond, Deon | Alex Burns | Rutherfurd, Emily | Gleason, Paul | Estrada, Erik | Armstrong, Curtis | Winer, Jason | Owen, Chris | Helberg, Simon
Directors: Becker, Walt
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Van Wilder is a guy who has been at his college for seven years. He spends most of his time throwing parties and “fund raisers”. When his father decides that it’s time for tough love, he doesn’t pay his tuition. So Van becomes a professional party thrower. At the same time, Gwen who writes for the college paper, is tasked with doing a story on him, but Van is too busy partying to do that. So she writes it using info from people who talk about him and writes an unflattering piece, which doesn’t make him happy. He then dares her to see if she can get the true story but is more interested in trying to score with her, which is not easy because she has a boyfriend, who is a snob, and who is not too happy with the amount time she is spending with him. So he tries to get rid of him.

As Good as It Gets

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Actors: Nicholson, Jack | Hunt, Helen | Kinnear, Greg | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Ulrich, Skeet | Knight, Shirley | Smith, Yeardley | Ontiveros, Lupe | Dog, Jill the | Dog, Timer the | Dog, Billy the | Osterwald, Bibi | Bleckner, Ross | Balagtas, Bernadette | Cohen, Jaffe
Directors: James L. Brooks
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New York City. Melvin Udall, a cranky, bigoted, obsessive-compulsive writer, finds his life turned upside down when neighboring gay artist Simon is hospitalized and his dog is entrusted to Melvin. In addition, Carol, the only waitress who will tolerate him, must leave work to care for her sick son, making it impossible for Melvin to eat breakfast.

December Boys

Tuesday, December 18th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Family | Romance
Actors: Radcliffe, Daniel | Palmer, Teresa | Byers, Christian | Cormie, Lee | Fraser, James | Thompson, Jack | McQuade, Kris | Wilks, Suzie | Hill, Victoria | Stapleton, Sullivan | Cotterill, Ralph | Gallacher, Frank
Directors: Hardy, Rod
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It’s the 1960s, Australia. 4 orphaned boys, who are best friends, escape their orphanage and go to a beach resort. At the resort is a couple that’s keen on adopting a boy, which causes tension & competition between the boys. One of the boys also has his first romance with a girl that’s there.