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Roman Holiday Synopsis: A bored and sheltered princess escapes her guardians and falls in love with an American newsman in Rome. After growing overwhelmed and frustrated by her royal obligations, young Princess Anne decides to sneak away from the royal embassy in Italy to experience a day without responsibilities. She meets Joe Bradley, an American journalist who, at first, doesn’t recognize her. Once he knows who he has in his care, he decides to use Princess Ann’s outing among regular civilians as a news piece, thinking it will come with a big payday. Of course, things get complicated when the…
Laura Rosen (Katie Holmes) is about to have a difficult weekend. Not only is her former college roommate and best friend, Lila Hayes (Anna Paquin), getting married to Laura’s ex-boyfriend, Tom (Josh Duhamel), but Laura is also the maid of honor. Laura and the rest of their mutual friends – known as The Romantics for their dating history – convene in Maine at the seaside estate of Lila’s wealthy parents. And thus begins a weekend of awkward wedding toasts, drunken shenanigans, and forbidden kisses. Written and directed by Galt Neiderhoffer, I felt like The Romantics had a lot of potential.…
The Rewrite Synopsis: An Oscar-winning writer in a slump leaves Hollywood to teach screenwriting at a college on the East Coast, where he falls for a single mom taking classes there. Keith Michaels (Hugh Grant) was once a promising screenwriter in Hollywood. His first movie, Paradise Misplaced, was a huge hit and won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. Unfortunately, his next few movies were total duds, leaving Keith desperate for any paying job while he pitches unwanted movies to various studios. His personal life also took a hit when his wife divorced him for the director of Paradise…
Ruby Sparks Synopsis: A novelist struggling with writer’s block finds romance in a most unusual way: by creating a female character he thinks will love him, then willing her into existence. Calvin Weir-Fields (Paul Dano) is a young novelist who achieved immense success with his first book but is now struggling with his next project. He likes to write old-school with a typewriter but usually sits in front of a blank page for hours until he is distracted by his dog, Scotty, his agent, or his brother, Harry (Chris Messina). Clearly, Calvin is trying to work through the issues plaguing…
Runaway Bride: A reporter is assigned to write a story about a woman who has left a string of fiances at the altar.
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