TRCC Reviews
Can’t Buy Me Love Synopsis: An outcast secretly pays the most popular girl in school one thousand dollars to pretend to be his girlfriend for a month. Nerdy Ronald Miller has spent all summer mowing lawns to purchase an expensive telescope. Cindy Mancini is the most popular girl in school, dating a college guy and wracking up debt on her mom’s credit cards. When Cindy borrows one of her mother’s expensive suede outfits for a party, she finds herself distressed after the outfit gets ruined, and the department store won’t let her exchange it. Ronald witnesses Cindy’s desperation and suddenly…
The Accidental Husband: When talk radio host Emma Lloyd advises one of her listeners to break up with her boyfriend, the jilted ex sets about getting his revenge.
Hitch: A smooth-talking man falls for a hardened columnist while helping a shy accountant woo a beautiful heiress.
Down with Love: In 1962 New York City, love blossoms between a playboy journalist and a feminist advice author.
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…
Rumor Has It Synopsis: Sarah Huttinger is a woman who learns that her family was the inspiration for the book and film “The Graduate” — and that she just might be the offspring of the well-documented event. Newly engaged Sarah (Jennifer Aniston) is headed back home to California for the wedding of her little sister, Annie (Mena Suvari). While there, she discovers that her grandmother and mother might have inspired Charlie Webb’s novel, The Graduate. Desperate to discover the truth, Sarah seeks out Beau Burroughs (Kevin Costner), a millionaire she suspects may be her real father. “Life is short, but…
Alex & Emma: A writer must turn out a novel in thirty days or face the wrath of loan sharks.
In & Out Synopsis: A midwestern teacher questions his sexuality after a former student makes a comment about him at the Academy Awards. High school teacher Howard Brackett (Kevin Kline) is only a few days away from marrying his long-time girlfriend, Emily (Joan Cusack). When one of his former students wins an Academy Award, he thanks Howard in his acceptance speech and tells the world that Howard inspired him and, oh, is also gay. This is a shock to Emily, the town they live in, and Howard himself, who adamantly denies it. I have not seen In & Out in…
How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days: Ben is an advertising executive who, to win a big campaign, bets that he can make a woman fall in love with him in 10 days.