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The Lady Eve: A trio of classy card sharks targets a socially awkward brewery heir, until one of them falls in love with him
Lisa Frankenstein: In 1989, a misunderstood teenager has a high school crush — who just happens to be a handsome corpse!
The Lobster Synopsis: In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into animals and sent off into The Woods.
The Little Mermaid Synopsis: A young mermaid makes a deal with a sea witch to trade her beautiful voice for human legs so she can discover the world above water and impress a prince. Ariel, a young mermaid, is fascinated with the human world, though she is forbidden by her father, King Triton, from interacting with it. After witnessing a shipwreck, Ariel disobeys the rules to save Prince Eric, infuriating her father. Desperate to experience life on land, she makes a deal with Ursula, the Sea Witch, to give up her voice in exchange for legs. The caveat is that…
Little Black Book Synopsis: A woman snoops through her boyfriend’s palm pilot and reveals his former girlfriends, which causes her to question why they’re still listed in his little black book.
Life After Beth Synopsis: A young man’s recently deceased girlfriend mysteriously returns from the dead, but he slowly realizes she is not the way he remembered her. After the unexpected death of his girlfriend, Beth, a devastated Zach struggles to move on. He spends time with Beth’s parents, Maury and Geenie, until they stop taking his calls. When he goes to their house to check on them, he finds Beth is actually alive and doesn’t seem to remember ever dying. At first, Zach is thrilled to have his girlfriend back, but it soon becomes increasingly clear that Beth is not…
Love in the Villa Synopsis: A young woman takes a trip to romantic Verona, Italy, after a breakup, only to find that the villa she reserved was double-booked, and she’ll have to share her vacation with a cynical British man. Just before their week-long trip to Verona, Italy, Julie’s longtime boyfriend, Brandon, breaks up with her. She decides to go anyway, only to find out that the villa she’s rented has been double booked. With no other option, Julie (Kat Graham) must share the villa with Charlie (Tom Hopper), a Brit with a hard streak of pessimism. Neither wants to…
Long Story Short Synopsis: Teddy wakes up the morning after his wedding to discover that every few minutes he’s jumping forward to the next year of his life. On New Year’s Eve, Teddy (Rafe Spall) meets Leanne (Zahra Newman) after mistaking her for his girlfriend. There is an instant attraction, and they’re soon making a life together, despite Teddy’s hesitance to ever talk about or plan his future. Just before they get married, a woman asks Teddy what he would do if he woke up one day and lost a year of his life. Teddy brushes it off, but the…
The Lost City Synopsis: A reclusive romance novelist on a book tour with her cover model gets swept up in a kidnapping attempt that lands them both in a cutthroat jungle adventure. Loretta Sage (Sandra Bullock) is a romance novelist who has written a string of successful novels featuring a hero named Dash and a heroine Lovemore. Since the death of her husband, Loretta has become quite reclusive and unsatisfied with writing and, well…life. After finishing her latest and perhaps final novel, she is forced into a book tour by her publicist, Beth. Along for the ride is Alan (Channing…