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I Love You, Beth Cooper Synopsis: A nerdy valedictorian proclaims his love for Beth Cooper–the hottest, most popular girl in school–during his graduation speech. That very night, she shows up at his door offering to show him the best night of his life. On graduation day, valedictorian Denis Cooveman (Paul Rust) uses his speech to call out a few of his classmates while also declaring his love for popular cheerleader Beth Cooper (Hayden Panettiere). Beth finds the speech kind of sweet, but it certainly rankles some of his classmates, including Beth’s beefcake boyfriend, who becomes hellbent on kicking Denis’s ass.…
It’s A Wonderful Life Synopsis: An angel is sent from Heaven to help a desperately frustrated businessman by showing him what life would have been like if he had never existed. (This review contains spoilers) George Bailey is a man who has consistently sacrificed his own future and desires for the good of other people. When he finally reaches the end of his rope, he considers committing suicide, but then an angel comes to his rescue, and George is faced with a glimpse of what the world would be like had he never been born. It’s A Wonderful Life has…
In a Relationship Synopsis: A funny chronicle of a summer in the lives of two couples. In a Relationship tells the story of two couples over three months in the summer. There is Hallie (Emma Roberts) and Owen (Michael Angarano), who have been together for three years (five, if you ask Hallie) and are more or less unofficially living together, given how much time Hallie spends at Owen’s small apartment. When he finds out his rent payment is increasing, Hallie suggests she officially move in so he won’t have to move. You get the idea that this isn’t the first…
It’s Complicated Synopsis: When attending their son’s college graduation, a couple reignite the spark in their relationship. But the complicated fact is they’re divorced and he’s remarried. Jane (Meryl Streep) is a woman at a crossroads. A divorced mother of three, her oldest daughter is engaged, her only son is about to graduate college, and her youngest is finally moving out. Her ex-husband Jake (Alec Baldwin) has remarried a younger, beautiful woman named Agnes (Lake Bell) with whom he has a five-year-old son, so Jane is left to deal with the empty nest syndrome alone. A successful baker, Jane is…
Isn’t It Romantic: A young woman disenchanted with love mysteriously finds herself trapped inside a romantic comedy.
The Incredible Jessica James Synopsis: An aspiring playwright in New York strikes up a friendship with a guy while on the rebound from a break-up. Child theater teacher and aspiring playwright Jessica James (Jessica Williams) is on the mend from a rough breakup when she is set up on a blind date with newly divorced Boone (Chris O’Dowd). A Netflix Original, The Incredible Jessica James, clocks in at only eighty-three minutes, though I have to admit I wish it had been at least twenty-thirty minutes longer. Jessica James is sharp and intelligent, unafraid to speak her mind and chase her…
After a whirlwind of seven months together, Josh (Rafe Spall) and Nat (Rose Byrne) tie the knot. It probably doesn’t bode well for the union that the priest can’t pronounce them ‘husband and wife’ during the wedding ceremony without nearly coughing up a lung. Nat’s sister Naomi (the wonderful Minnie Driver) murmurs to her husband, ‘I give it a year’ before Josh and Nat kiss and seal the deal. Add in a somewhat awkward and uncomfortable best-man toast by Danny (Stephen Merchant), and you begin to realize that this marriage is not starting off on the right foot. Fast forward…
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