Lucy (Dakota Johnson) is an ambitious matchmaker in New York City. Whilst at the wedding of her latest success story she meets a dating unicorn in Harry (Pedro Pascal). He is 6 feet tall, rich, charming, physically fit and intelligent. Lucy asks if she could sign him up as a client but he gives her … Continue reading Materialists
When Cameron (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) moves to a new High School he instantly falls for Bianca (Larisa Oleynik), but thanks to her father’s strict rules she is not allowed to date unless her older, anti-social sister Kat (Julia Stiles) starts dating. So Cameron comes up with the crazy plan to pay the school bad boy Patrick … Continue reading 10 Things I Hate About You
Josh (Jack Quaid) takes his new girlfriend Iris (Sophie Thatcher) for a weekend away with his best friends. Iris is nervous that Josh’s friends will not like her, but no one would have guessed quite how badly the getaway will turn out. When Iris met Josh it was love at first sight. A meet-cute in … Continue reading Companion
When Emily (Julianne Moore) asks Cal (Steve Carell) for a divorce he is completely blindsided. Oblivious to the fact that he has lost his sense of self it takes new friend Jacob (Ryan Gosling) to open his eyes to a new found self respect. Crazy, Stupid, Love is a romantic comedy that starts with the … Continue reading Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Romy (Nicole Kidman) is a high powered CEO with a successful husband (Antonio Banderas) and two teenage children. But when she meets Samuel (Harris Dickinson), a much younger intern at her company she finds herself in a torrid affair that caters to her deepest darkest fantasies. When we first meet Romy she is faking an … Continue reading Babygirl
Whilst living in a care home an elderly man (James Garner) reads to a woman with dementia (Gena Rowlands). The story he tells is a romance between a young man (Ryan Gosling) and woman (Rachel McAdams) in the 1940’s whose class differences threaten their love. Despite The Notebook releasing in 2004 I have never watched … Continue reading The Notebook
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