Winona Ryder stars as a young graduate who is spending the summer with her grandmother and great aunt in order to finish her thesis and mull over a marriage proposal. Complications arise when she meets sexy Leon, and to help her decide who to plump for, the women of her grandmother's quilting circle tell stories of their own lives and loves.
As children, Ruth (Knightley), Kathy (Mulligan) and Tommy (Garfield), spend their childhood at a seemingly idyllic English boarding school. As they grow into young adults, they find that they have to come to terms with the strength of the love they feel for each other, while preparing themselves for the haunting reality that awaits them.
Romantic comedy as seen through the eyes of a high-flying African-American woman. Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) thought she had it all: a successful career, good friends and family. There was just one thing she didn't have under control: her love life. She is goaded into a blind date by friends with sexy, free-spirited Brian Kelly (Simon Baker) but cuts the date short when she lets eyes on him - Brian's a whitey! The pair then meets once again at the party of a mutual friend they never knew they had and she decides to let him have a chance. Her family and friends, however, are not as accepting - threatening the fledgling relationship from the outset.
Fatalistic teenager George Zinavoy (Freddie Highmore) is a master at just barely getting by. In fact, hes practically turned it into an art form; making it through the entire school year without doing a shred of work. But when George meets a beautiful and complicated girl named Sally (Emma Roberts), he discovers a kindred spirit who turns his slacker world upside down. Their quirky and unexpected romance may just inspire George to do the unthinkable get off his butt and chase after his dreams. Special Features: "New York Slice of Life" featurette "On Young Love" featurette "The Art of Being Shy" web spot "The Art of Ditching School" web spot "The Art of First Love" web spot "The Art of Being a Misanthrope" web spot "HBO First Look--"The Making of The Art of Getting By"
Triple bill of romantic comedies starring Jennifer Aniston. In 'Bounty Hunter' (2010) Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler) is assigned what appears to be a dream job when he is asked to track down his bail-jumping ex-wife, reporter Nicole Hurly (Aniston). Looking forward to an easy payday, Milo is soon reminded that nothing has ever been straightforward when it comes to him and Nicole. As she promptly disappears on the trail of a hot murder cover-up story, a game of one-upmanship ensues between the two exes as they resort to every trick in the book to outsmart each other. In 'Love Happens' (2009) widower Burke Ryan (Aaron Eckhart) becomes renowned as a self-help author for his book about coping with the death of his wife. When he arrives in Seattle to teach a seminar based on the book, he meets and becomes attracted to one of the seminar's attendees, Eloise Chandler (Aniston), a florist who has become disillusioned by the quest for romance and has sworn off men in order to focus on her business. As the two become increasingly drawn to one another, it becomes evident that they must both learn to let go of the past if they are to move forward and give their newfound love a chance. 'The Break Up' (2006) follows the battle between Brooke (Aniston) and Gary (Vince Vaughn) as they try to resolve the future of their shared apartment after a break up. As each of them takes advice from their friends, they decide to start using a series of mind games and strategies to try and force the other to move out, but before long they discover that they might just be fighting to keep their relationship alive.
A dreamer who couldn't sleep, An author who couldn't write, A friend who couldn't help but help. Once upon a time, a lovely maiden lived in an enchanted land. Surrounded by great friends and a terrific job, yet cursed with insomnia, she longed for the day when Prince Charming would enter her life...so she could finally get some sleep. Dream for an Insomnic is a charming, hip romantic comedy, a reverse Sleeping Beauty tale for everyone who's ever dared to pursue their wildest dreams, starring Ione Skye, Jennifer Aniston and Mackenzie Astin.
Madonna and Adriano Giannini star in Guy Ritchie's contemporary adaptation of Lina Wertmuller's 1974 romantic comedy 'Swept Away', a story of love, sex and too much money - all set against a backdrop of a spectacular island paradise. A rich, spoiled socialite (Madonna) and a handsome Italian (Giannini) find themselves stranded on a desert island where matters of material wealth and class are meaningless. And in their struggle to survive and coexist in there paradise found, they soon discover that their dramatic differences are suddenly the source for a fierce, passionate and sometimes hilarious attraction.
This gentle comedy is an amusingly paranoid look at how relationships can be stretched to the breaking point when pranks spiral out of control. When Alice Holbrook (Jennifer Love Hewitt) receives a Valentine card, she assumes it's from her husband, Sam (Jimi Mistry), and sends a card back to him. But what Alice doesn't know is that the card is actually from Sam's best friend, Archie Gray (Dougray Scott), who harbours a secret crush on her. But things get really wild when Sam receives Alice's card and thinks it's from another woman. Deciding to test her husband when he doesn't tell her he's received a card, Alice enters into a dangerous game with him as she pretends to be the other woman. Some wacky scenes ensue, and The Truth About Love should find an audience among fans of similar fare, such as You've Got Mail and Bridget Jones' Diary.
Comedy starring Hilary Duff and Heather Locklear. Holly Hamilton (Duff) is sick of moving house every time her single mother Jean (Locklear) breaks up with another worthless boyfriend, so she comes up with a plan to create an imaginary secret admirer who will boost Jean's self-esteem and hopefully keep her in one place. But when the romance takes off, Holly has to produce the goods, and so she borrows her best friend's handsome uncle Ben (Chris Noth) to pose as the secret admirer. But will Holly be able to keep the pretence up for long?
Sara Gruen's bestselling novel comes to glossy life in this period romance. A sparkle-free Robert Pattinson plays Jacob Jankowski, who studies veterinary medicine during the Great Depression. After a family tragedy, he loses everything, including the chance to graduate from prestigious Cornell, so he hops a train, where he finds himself part of the struggling Benzini Brothers Circus. Ringleader August (Christoph Waltz, echoing his Oscar winning Inglorious Basterds performance) has doubts about the soft-hearted lad, but a fellow Pole smoothes the way, and Jacob becomes the company vet, which leads him to platinum-blonde equestrian Marlena (Reese Witherspoon), August's wife. The two make eyes at each other, but an affair would surely end badly, so they concentrate on their work. When Marlena's prize steed falls ill, August purchases an elephant, hoping Rosie will turn their fortunes around, and enlists Jacob to train her. Unfortunately, she's slow to respond to commands until Jankowski unlocks her secret and after August has beaten the poor thing into submission. After that, things start to look up until Jacob steals a kiss from his dream girl. As in The Notebook, the film it most closely resembles, an elderly version of the central character (Hal Holbrook, touching) narrates in the present day (screenwriter Richard LaGravenese also adapted The Bridges of Madison County). He tells an interesting tale, so it's too bad the leads strike so few sparks. For those who find big-top classics like Nightmare Alley too dark, however, Francis Lawrence's feel-better variant may be just the ticket.