Posts Tagged ‘opposites-attract’

Annie Hall (1977)

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Diane Keaton | Tony Roberts | Carol Kane | Paul Simon | Shelley Duvall | Janet Margolin | Colleen Dewhurst | Christopher Walken | Donald Symington | Helen Ludlam | Mordecai Lawner | Joan Neuman | Jonathan Munk | Ruth Volner
Directors: Woody Allen
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After breaking up with his girlfriend Annie Hall, neurotic comedian Alvy Singer goes on a stream of conciousness journey through his memories of their relationship, trying to find out what caused them to part ways. He often breaks the fourth wall, speaking to the camera, entering peoples’ stories, and even using animation.

The Way We Were (1973)

Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
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Katie and Hubbell are students in the same college but with very different lives. She is a communist compromised against the civil war in Spain and the rise of Hitler in Europe, and has to work to pay her studies. He is more interested in sports a and sceptic about politics. However, Katie is impressed by his charm and she still is when they meet some years after.

Pretty in Pink (1986)

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Molly Ringwald | Harry Dean Stanton | Jon Cryer | Annie Potts | James Spader | Andrew McCarthy | Jim Haynie | Alexa Kenin | Kate Vernon | Andrew Dice Clay | Emily Longstreth | Margaret Colin | Jamie Anders | Gina Gershon
Directors: Howard Deutch
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Young Andie is one of the not-so-popular girls in high school. She usually hangs out with her friends Iona or Duckie. Duckie has always had a crush on her, but now she has met a new guy from school, Blane. He’s one of the rich and popular guys but can the two worlds meet?

I Love Trouble (1994)

Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
Genres: Action | Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Nick Nolte | Julia Roberts | Saul Rubinek | James Rebhorn | Robert Loggia | Kelly Rutherford | Olympia Dukakis | Marsha Mason | Eugene Levy | Charles Martin Smith | Dan Butler | Paul Gleason | Jane Adams | Lisa Lu | Nora Dunn
Directors: Charles Shyer
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She’s green and eager. He’s seasoned and jaded. They’re reporters for rival Chicago newspapers assigned to cover the same story. He offers tips and advice; she scoops him. Then, their snappy patter, repartee, and ripostes get romantic even as their competitive juices overflow. Will corrupt scientists at a chemical company whose goats give cancer-causing milk kill the cub and the columnist, or will they escape with their lives and their by-lines to hear wedding bells?

The Taming of the Shrew Movie (1967)

Wednesday, January 14th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Elizabeth Taylor | Richard Burton | Cyril Cusack | Michael Hordern | Alfred Lynch | Alan Webb | Giancarlo Cobelli | Vernon Dobtcheff | Ken Parry | Anthony Gardner | Natasha Pyne | Michael York | Victor Spinetti | Roy Holder | Mark Dignam
Directors: Franco Zeffirelli
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Baptista (Michael Hordern), a rich Paduan merchant, announces that his fair young daughter, Bianca (Natasha Pyne), will remain unwed until her older sister, Katharina (Elizabeth Taylor), a hellish shrew, has wed. Lucentio (Michael York), a student and the son of a wealthy Pisan merchant, has fallen in love with Bianca. He poses as a tutor of music and poetry to gain entrance to the Baptista household and to be near Bianca. Meanwhile, Petruchio (Richard Burton), a fortune-hunting scoundrel from Verona, arrives in Padua, hoping to capture a wealthy wife. Hortensio (Victor Spinetti), another suitor of Bianca, directs Petruchio’s attention to Katharina. When Hortensio warns him about Katharina’s scolding tongue and fiery temper, Petruchio is challenged and resolves to capture her love. Hortensio and another suitor of Bianca, Gremio (Cyril Cusack), agree to cover Petruchio’s costs as he pursues Katharina.

Untamed Heart (1993)

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Christian Slater | Marisa Tomei | Rosie Perez | Kyle Secor | Willie Garson | James Cada | Gary Groomes | Claudia Wilkens | Pat Clemons | Lotis Key | Vanessa Hart | Charley Bartlett | Vincent Kartheiser | Wendy Feder | Nancy Marvy
Directors: Tony Bill
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All of Caroline’s boyfriends seem to leave her or cheat on her. On her way home from work two men try to rape Caroline. An introverted man from her work, Adam, rescues her. Adam is an orphan and he is told that he’s got a baboon’s heart. Adam opens up to Caroline and together they make sense. Adam and Caroline are very happy together but the rapists try to get back at Adam and not everyone accepts an outcast like Adam.

Guys and Dolls (1955)

Thursday, December 25th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Crime | Musical | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Marlon Brando | Jean Simmons | Frank Sinatra | Vivian Blaine | Robert Keith | Stubby Kaye | B.S. Pully | Johnny Silver | Sheldon Leonard | Danny Dayton | George E. Stone | Regis Toomey | Kathryn Givney | Veda Ann Borg | Mary Alan Hokanson
Directors: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
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All the hot gamblers are in town, and they’re all depending on Nathan Detroit to set up this week’s incarnation of “The Oldest Established Permanent Floating Crap Game in New York”; the only problem is, he needs $1000 to get the place. Throw in Sarah Brown, who’s short on sinners at the mission she runs; Sky Masterson, who accepts Nathan’s $1000 bet that he can’t get Sarah Brown to go with him to Havana; Miss Adelaide, who wants Nathan to marry her; Police Lieutenant Brannigan, who always seems to appear at the wrong time; and the music/lyrics of Frank Loesser, and you’ve got quite a musical. Includes the songs: Fugue for Tinhorns, “Luck Be a Lady”, “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat”.

Pride and Prejudice (1940)

Monday, December 15th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Greer Garson | Laurence Olivier | Mary Boland | Edna May Oliver | Maureen O'Sullivan | Ann Rutherford | Frieda Inescort | Edmund Gwenn | Karen Morley | Heather Angel | Marsha Hunt | Bruce Lester | Edward Ashley | Melville Cooper | Marten Lamont
Directors: Robert Z. Leonard
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Mr. and Mrs. Bennet have five unmarried daughters, and Mrs. Bennet is especially eager to find suitable husbands for them. When the rich single gentlemen Mr. Bingley and Mr. Darcy come to live nearby, the Bennets have high hopes. But pride, prejudice, and misunderstandings all combine to complicate their relationships and to make happiness difficult.

Corvette Summer (1978)

Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Comedy
Countries: USA
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High School Senior Kenny Dantley’s only love in life is cars. For a shop class project, he and his classmates build a Corvette (”Stingray”). The car is a big hit — so big, in fact, that gets stolen! Kenny, having fallen in love with the car, sets out on a summer-long adventure in Las Vegas to find it. Along the way, he meets up with a “hooker-in-training” named “Vanessa” (played by Annie Potts). The two encounter danger and romance as they try to steal back the Stingray.

Antz (1998)

Friday, November 28th, 2008
Genres: Adventure | Animation | Comedy | Family | Fantasy
Countries: USA
Actors: Woody Allen | Dan Aykroyd | Anne Bancroft | Jane Curtin | Danny Glover | Gene Hackman | Jennifer Lopez | John Mahoney | Paul Mazursky | Grant Shaud | Sylvester Stallone | Sharon Stone | Christopher Walken | Jim Cummings | April Winchell
Directors: Eric Darnell
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Z is just another ant in a colony of millions, striving for individuality. He falls in love with Princess Bala, and convinces his Warrior ant friend Weaver to switch places with him for a day, so that he can see Princess Bala once again. The outcome of this throws Z into a bigger adventure than he ever dreamed possible…