Laura Jesson is what appears to be a happily married woman with two children, but everything is not as it seems when we are shown a brief affair in flashback form with Dr Alec Harvey.
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May 15, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1945, Brief Encounter, Celia Johnson, Drama, Joyce Carey, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Stanley Holloway, Trevor Howard | Leave A Comment »
An aging pitcher Billy Chapel who is on his way out of baseball when his team has been sold and he will be the first player to be traded. But before that happens he goes in search of the perfect game, against none other than the Yankees.
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March 23, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1999, Baseball, Brian Cox, Drama, For Love of the Game, Jena Malone, John C. Reilly, Kelly Preston, Kevin Costner, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Sport | Leave A Comment »
Wally and Kassie have been friends for years, after attempting to date each other. Once Kassie announces her decision to have a child, using a sperm donor everything changes. After the I am getting pregnant party Kassie leaves to have her son.
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March 6, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Comedy, Drama, Jason Bateman, Jeff Goldblum, Jennifer Aniston, Juliette Lewis, Netflix UK, Patrick Wilson, Review, Romance, The Switch, Thomas Robinson | Leave A Comment »
Joe and Jerry are musicians who witness a mob hit and then flee the state disguised as women with an all female band . . .
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March 5, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1959, Billy Wilder, Comedy, Jack Lemmon, Joe E. Brown, Marilyn Monroe, Netflix UK, Review, Romance, Some Like It Hot, Tony Curtis | 5 Comments »
Emma and Adam have known each other for years and their paths keep crossing at different stages in their life. This leads to them deciding to have a strictly physical relationship, but is that actually possible?
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February 18, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Ashton Kutcher, Cary Elwes, Comedy, Kevin Kline, Lake Bell, Ludacris, Natalie Portman, No Strings Attached, Review, Rom-Com, Romance, Romantic Comedy | 1 Comment »
A car accident puts Paige into a coma, when awakening she has severe memory loss. Her husband Leo must work to win back her heart, as she cannot remember the previous five years of her life.
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February 13, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2012, Channing Tatum, Drama, Jessica Lange, Jessica McNamee, Lucas Bryant, Rachel McAdams, Review, Romance, Sam Neill, Scott Speedman, The Vow, Wendy Crewson | 1 Comment »
Silent movie star George Valentin has his world turned upside down when talking pictures are introduced. We are taken on the journey with him in an incredible film which really does show that actions speak louder than words!
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February 2, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Berenice Bejo, Comedy, Drama, James Cromwell, Jean Dujardin, John Goodman, Michel Hazanavicius, Naomi Watts, Review, Romance, Silent Movie, The Artist | 1 Comment »
A Politian and ballerina feel destined to be together but something is keeping them apart. All because it is not in the plan . . .
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January 22, 2012 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Anthony Mackie, Emily Blunt, John Slattery, Matt Damon, Michael Kelly, Review, Romance, Sci-Fi, The Adjustment Bureau, Thriller | 2 Comments »
Cal Weaver (Carell) must rebuild his life after finding out about his wife’s affair when she wants a divorce. He must reconnect with his children and meets Jacob Palmer (Gosling) who helps him change his image.
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September 26, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Comedy, Crazy Stupid Love, Drama, Emma Stone, Jonah Bobo, Julianne Moore, Kevin Bacon, Marisa Tomei, Review, Romance, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell | 1 Comment »
A story about a woman who realises that her life is not as she would have wanted. Starting by leaving her husband and the unhappy marriage she finds herself in, to take a year out to find herself and learn what life truly means.
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September 10, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Billy Crudup, Drama, Eat Pray Love, James Franco, Javier Bardem, Julia Roberts, Review, Richard Jenkins, Romance, Viola Davis | Leave A Comment »
Jamie (Kunis) and Dylan (Timberlake) meet after she headhunts him for a job for GQ in New York. Leaving him with a choice to move away from LA to NYC, which he does and they soon become close friends . . . but how close is too close?
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September 9, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Bryan Greenberg, Comedy, Friends with Benefits, Jenna Elfman, Justin Timberlake, Mila Kunis, Nolan Gould, Patricia Clarkson, Review, Richard Jenkins, Rom-Com, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Sex, Woody Harrelson | Leave A Comment »
The third installment of the Goal Trilogy see’s us travel to Germany for the 2006 World Cup, with focus on three players. Santiago Munez (Becker) the focus of the first two films is in the Mexico squad, while his two Real Madrid teammates Liam Adams (Feild) and Charlie Braithwaite (Gregory) are in the England squad.
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September 5, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2009, Drama, England, Football, Gary Lewis, Goal III, JJ Feild, Kuno Becker, Leo Gregory, Newcastle United, Nick Moran, Real Madrid, Review, Romance, Soccer, Sport, World Cup | Leave A Comment »
I decided that after watching more films and giving my Top 10 – Tragic Love Stories post more thought that a second part of tragic love stories should be done. Mainly because lets face it so many tragic love stories seem to happen on the movie world. I have taken into consideration the comments on what is now Tragic Love Stories: Part 1 – with people letting me know which films they feel have the most tragic love stories in them. I agreed with a lot of them as well, but had already done the first list.
This part contains quite a lot of more recent film love stories and some which were missed from Part 1!
THIS POST CONTAINS SPOILERS
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September 2, 2011 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: (500) Days of Summer, A Star Is Born, A Walk to Remember, An Education, Anne Hathaway, Atonement, Brad Pitt, Carey Mulligan, Claire Danes, Drama, Heartbreak, James Mason, James McAvoy, Jim Sturgess, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Judy Garland, Kate Winslet, Keria Knightley, Leonardo DiCaprio, Love, Mandy Moore, Meet Joe Black, One Day, Peter Sarsgaard, Ralph Fiennes, Revolutionary Road, Romance, Romeo & Juliet, Shane West, The English Patient, Top 10, Tragic Love Stories, Zooey Deschanel | 4 Comments »
After graduating University together Dexter and Emma spend the night together. They agree to be just friends and this film takes us on a journey over 20 years to see where they are on the 15th July each year from that first night together.
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August 26, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Anne Hathaway, Drama, Jim Sturgess, Jodie Whittaker, One Day, Patricia Clarkson, Review, Romance, Tom Mison | 3 Comments »
What if the girl who made your life a total hell in high school was suddenly back in your life and going to marry your brother? Well Marni (Bell) is about to find out . . .
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August 16, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Betty White, Comedy, James Wolk, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kristen Bell, Kristin Chenowith, Odette Annable, Review, Romance, Sigourney Weaver, Victor Garber, You Again | Leave A Comment »
Four young orphans who have grown up together and are very good friends, spend some time away together that they will never forget. But all end up competing for the attention of the same family, in hope of being adopted.
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August 1, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2007, Christian Byers, Daniel Radcliffe, December Boys, Drama, Jack Thompson, James Fraser, Lee Cormie, LOVEFiLM, Max Cullen, Review, Romance, Sullivan Stapleton, Teresa Palmer, Victoria Hill | 1 Comment »
Susan (Hewitt) is a young and cynical journalist who learns that love can withstand time and many trials, when she comes across a story that will change her life forever.
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July 22, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Betty White, Billy Magnussen, Gil Gerard, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Meghann Fahy, Review, Romance, Sean Faris, The Lost Valentine | Leave A Comment »
Larry Crowne finds himself in a dilemma when he loses his job and decides to go to college. Something he never done when he was younger due to being in the Navy. This causes massive changes in his life, reinventing himself.
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July 7, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Bob Stephenson, Bryan Cranston, Cedric the Entertainer, Comedy, Dale Dye, Drama, George Takei, Grace Gummer, Gugu Mbatha-Raw, Holmes Osbourne, Julia Roberts, Larry Crowne, Malcolm Barrett, Pam Grier, Rami Malek, Randall Park, Review, Rita Wilson, Rom-Com, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Roxana Ortega, Sarah Mahoney, Sy Richardson, Taraji P. Henson, Tom Hanks | 5 Comments »
World War II is coming to an end and we see nurse Hana (Binoche) taking care of dying patient and burns victim Count Laszlo de Almásy (Fiennes). His story of a great love affair is shown to us in flashback form.
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June 22, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 1996, Best Picture Winner, Clive Merrison, Colin Firth, Drama, Flashback, Julian Wadham, Juliette Binoche, Kevin Whately, Kristin Scott Thomas, Love, Naveen Andrews, Ralph Fiennes, Review, Romance, The English Patient, War, Willem Dafoe | 3 Comments »
Two brothers Ian (McGregor) and Terry (Farrell) both end up having money problems. Ian wants to venture into the hotel business and Terry gambles it all away. An opportunity presents itself to get all the money they need from their rich uncle, but only if they do him a favour first. How far will they go to get the money?
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June 14, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2007, Andrew Howard, Ashley Madekwe, Cassandra's Dream, Claire Higgins, Colin Farrell, Crime, Drama, Ewan McGregor, Hayley Atwell, John Benfield, Review, Romance, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson, Woody Allen | 1 Comment »
Probably one of the most well loved films, still growing in popularity with some fantastic lines which are very quotable. Even if I do actually hate one of them a lot! A film which is about growing up and your first love. How nice that can be.
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June 8, 2011 | Categories: Top 10 | Tags: Dirty Dancing, Jennifer Grey, Love, Patrick Swayze, Quotes, Romance, Top 10 | Leave A Comment »
Ben Kalman (Michael Douglas) is aging: he has heart problems, his marriage is over, he’s lost a fortune after being caught cutting corners in his East Coast car business, and he’s sleeping with as many women as possible – the younger the better.
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June 8, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2009, 2010, Ben Shenkman, Comedy, Danny DeVito, David Costabile, Drama, Family, Friendship, Imogen Poots, Jake Richard Siciliano, Jenna Fischer, Jesse Eisenberg, Love, Mary-Louise Parker, Michael Douglas, Review, Richard Schiff, Romance, Sex, Solitary Man, Susan Sarandon | 3 Comments »
The film spans over 24 hours when married couple Joanna and Michael are apart for the night. He is away on a business trip with the female colleague which caused an argument with Jo the night before. A surprise is in store for Jo when an old flame turns up in New York.
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June 5, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2010, Affair, Anson Mount, Cheating, Daniel Eric Gold, Drama, Eva Mendes, Griffin Dunne, Guillaume Canet, Justine Cotsonas, Keira Knightley, Last Night, Rae Ritke, Review, Romance, Sam Worthington, Scott Adsit, Stephanie Romanov, Temptation | Leave A Comment »
Rachel (Goodwin) and Darcy (Hudson) have been best friends since they were children, but will they always be best friends? That is the question which we end up being faced with when we find out the true story behind Darcy’s fiance Dex (Egglesfield) and his long friendship with Rachel as they met in Law School.
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May 9, 2011 | Categories: Reviews | Tags: 2011, Ashley Williams, Colin Egglesfield, Comedy, Drama, Geoff Pierson, Ginnifer Goodwin, Jill Eikenberry, John Krasinski, Kate Hudson, Love, Review, Rom-Com, Romance, Romantic Comedy, Something Borrowed, Steve Howey | 5 Comments »
