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Romantic Comedies Preview: Save the Date (2012)

admin — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 03:08:46 +0000

Plot: Sarah finds herself caught in an intense postbreakup rebound with new infatuation Jonathan after tragically breaking the heart of rocker Kevin. Always one to give Sarah life advice is her sister Beth, who is diligently planning her upcoming wedding to apprehensive fiancé Andrew. Both sisters fumble through the bumpy emotional landscape of modern-day relationships, forced to relearn how to love and be loved. (Sundance Film Festival)

Director: Michael Mohan
Writer: Jeffrey Brown, Michael Mohan, Egan Reich
Cast: Alison Brie, Lizzy Caplan, Martin Starr, Geoffrey Arend, Mark Webber, Timothy Busfield (Benjie), Jessica Morris (Cindy), Melonie Diaz (Isabelle), Robin Riker (Aunt Mary), Grant Harvey (Trevor)
Production Company: Gilbert Films, Instinctive Film, Night and Day Pictures, XYZ Films
Running Time: 98 minutes
Rating: Not available
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Romantic Comedies Preview: Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012)

admin — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 04:14:39 +0000

Plot: Celeste (Rashida Jones) and Jesse (Andy Samberg) met in high school and got married young. They laugh at the same jokes and finish each other’s sentences. They are forever linked in their friends’ minds as the perfect couple—she, a high-powered businesswoman and budding novelist; he, a free spirit who keeps things from getting boring. Their only problem is that they have decided to get divorced. Can their perfect relationship withstand this minor setback? (Sundance Film Festival)

Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Writer: Rashida Jones, Will McCormack
Cast: Rashida Jones (Celeste), Andy Samberg (Jesse), Emma Roberts (Riley), Elijah Wood, Eric Christian Olsen (Tucker), Ari Graynor, Janel Parrish (Savannah), Chris D’Elia (Snow White), Chris Messina (Paul), Sarah Wright (Tera)
Production Company: Team Todd, Envision Media Arts
Running Time: 89 minutes
Rating: Not available
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Romantic Comedies Preview: Liberal Arts (2012)

admin — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:51:35 +0000

Plot: Newly single and uninspired by his job in college admissions, the introverted Jesse Fisher (Josh Radnor) lives with his head buried in a book. His deep nostalgia for his own alma mater in Ohio – the dining halls and dorm rooms, the parties and poetry seminars – makes him wonder if his best days are behind him. So when his favorite professor, Prof. Peter Hoberg (Richard Jenkins), invites him back to campus to speak at his retirement dinner, Jesse jumps at the chance. Meeting Zibby (Elizabeth Olsen) – a precocious classical music-loving sophomore – awakens in Jesse long-dormant feelings of possibility and connection. (Official Site)

Director: Josh Radnor
Writer: Josh Radnor
Cast: Josh Radnor (Jesse), Elizabeth Olsen (Zibby), Zac Efron (Nat), Allison Janney (Prof. Judith Fairfield), Elizabeth Reaser (Ana), Kate Burton (Susan), Richard Jenkins (Prof. Peter Hoberg), Michael Weston (Miles), Robert Desiderio (David), Kristen Bush (Leslie)
Production Company: BCDF Pictures, Tom Sawyer Entertainment
Running Time: 97 minutes
Rating: Not available
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Romantic Comedies Preview: Think Like a Man (2012)

admin — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 23:26:45 +0000

Plot: Four friends conspire to turn the tables on their women when they discover the ladies have been using Steve Harvey’s relationship advice against them. Think Like a Man is based on Harvey’s book titled Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man. The book contains humorous advice for women seeking to better understand their male counterparts, an exercise inspired by a segment on Harvey’s syndicated morning radio show.

Director: Tim Story
Writer: Steve Harvey (book ‘Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man’), Keith Merryman, David A. Newman
Cast: Meagan Good (Mya), Gabrielle Union, Arielle Kebbel (Gina), Michael Ealy (Dominic), Kevin Hart, Taraji P. Henson, Regina Hall, Chris Brown (Alex), Romany Malco (Zeke), Morris Chestnut
Production Company: Screen Gems, Rainforest Films
Running Time: Not available
Rating: Not available
Release Date: 9 March 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: Good Deeds (2012)

admin — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 08:00:13 +0000

Plot: A successful, wealthy businessman, Wesley Deeds (Tyler Perry) has always done what’s expected of him, whether it’s assuming the helm of his father’s company, tolerating his brother’s misbehavior at the office or planning to marry his beautiful but restless fiancée, Natalie (Gabrielle Union). But Wesley is jolted out of his predictable routine when he meets Lindsey (Thandie Newton), a down-on-her-luck single mother who works on the cleaning crew in his office building. When he offers to help her get back on her feet, the chance encounter with someone so far outside his usual circle ignites something in Wesley. This one good deed may finally spark his courage to exchange the life that’s expected of him for the life he’s always really wanted. (Lionsgate)

Director: Tyler Perry
Writer: Tyler Perry
Cast: Thandie Newton (Lindsey), Rebecca Romijn (Heidi), Tyler Perry (Wesley Deeds), Gabrielle Union (Natalie), Eddie Cibrian (John), Ne-Yo (Jacob), Jamie Kennedy (Mark Freeze), Phylicia Rashad (Wilimena Deeds), Brian White (Walter Deeds), Beverly Johnson (Brenda)
Production Company: Tyler Perry Studios, Lionsgate
Running Time: Not available
Rating: PG-13
Release Date: 24 February 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: What to Expect When You’re Expecting (2012)

admin — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:30:21 +0000

Plot: Over the moon about starting a family, TV fitness guru Jules (Cameron Diaz) and dance show star Evan (Matthew Morrison) find that their high-octane celebrity lives don’t stand a chance against the surprise demands of pregnancy. Baby-crazy author and advocate Wendy (Elizabeth Banks) gets a taste of her own militant mommy advice when pregnancy hormones ravage her body; while Wendy’s husband, Gary (Ben Falcone), struggles not to be outdone by his competitive alpha-Dad, who’s expecting twins with his much younger trophy wife, Skyler (Brooklyn Decker). Photographer Holly (Jennifer Lopez) is prepared to travel the globe to adopt a child, but her husband Alex isn’t so sure, and tries to quiet his panic by attending a “dudes” support group, where new fathers get to tell it like it really is. And rival food truck chefs Rosie (Anna Kendrick) and Marco’s (Chace Crawford) surprise hook-up results in an unexpected quandary: what to do when your first child comes before your first date? (Lionsgate)

Director: Kirk Jones
Writer: Shauna Cross, Heather Hach, Heidi Murkoff (book)
Cast: Elizabeth Banks (Wendy), Anna Kendrick (Rosie), Cameron Diaz (Jules), Jennifer Lopez (Holly), Dennis Quaid (Ramsey), Brooklyn Decker (Skyler), Chace Crawford (Marco), Genesis Rodriguez, Joe Manganiello (Davis), Chris Rock (Vic)
Production Company: Alcon Entertainment, Lionsgate, Phoenix Pictures, What to Expect Productions
Running Time: Not available
Rating: Not available
Release Date: 11 May 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: The Five-Year Engagement (2012)

admin — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:36:21 +0000

Plot: The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Tom Solomon (Jason Segel) and Violet Barnes (Emily Blunt), keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. (Universal Pictures)

Director: Nicholas Stoller
Writer: Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller
Cast: Jason Segel (Tom Solomon), Emily Blunt (Violet Barnes), Alison Brie (Suzie Barnes), Chris Pratt (Alex Eilhauer), Rhys Ifans (Winton Childs), Kevin Hart (Doug), Chris Parnell (Bill), Mindy Kaling (Vanetha), Dakota Johnson (Audrey), Jim Piddock (George Barnes)
Production Company: Apatow Productions
Running Time: Not available.
Rating: Not available.
Release Date: 27 April 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: Friends with Kids (2012)

admin — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:52:56 +0000

Plot: Friends With Kids is a daring and poignant ensemble comedy about a close-knit circle of friends at that moment in life when children arrive and everything changes. The last two singles in the group, Jason Fryman (Adam Scott) and Julie Keller (Jennifer Westfeldt), observe the effect that kids have had on their friends’ relationships and wonder if there’s a better way. They decide to have a kid together – and date other people.

Director: Jennifer Westfeldt
Writer: Jennifer Westfeldt
Cast: Adam Scott (Jason Fryman), Jennifer Westfeldt (Julie Keller), Maya Rudolph (Leslie), Chris O’Dowd (Alex), Kristen Wiig (Missy), Jon Hamm (Ben), Megan Fox (Mary Jane), Edward Burns (Kurt), Owen Bento (Troy), Kelly Bishop (Marcie Fryman)
Production Company: Locomotive, Points West Pictures, Red Granite Pictures
Running Time: 100 minutes
Rating: Not available
Release Date: 9 March 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: Wanderlust (2012)

admin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 18:11:29 +0000

Plot: George (Paul Rudd) and Linda (Jennifer Aniston) are an overextended, stressed out Manhattan couple. After George is downsized out of his job, they find themselves with only one option: to move in with George’s awful brother in Atlanta. On the way there, George and Linda stumble upon Elysium, an idyllic community populated by colorful characters who embrace a different way of looking at things. Money? It can’t buy happiness. Careers? Who needs them? Clothes? Only if you want them. Is Elysium the fresh start George and Linda need? Or will the change of perspective cause more problems than it solves? (Universal Pictures)

Director: David Wain
Writer: David Wain, Ken Marino
Cast: Jennifer Aniston (Linda), Malin Akerman (Eva), Paul Rudd (George), Ray Liotta, Justin Theroux (Seth), Lauren Ambrose (Almond), Kathryn Hahn (Karen), Alan Alda (Carvin), Michaela Watkins (Marisa), Joe Lo Truglio (Wayne Davidson)
Production Company: Apatow Productions, Relativity Media
Running Time: Not available
Rating: R
Release Date: 24 February 2012 (USA)

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Romantic Comedies Preview: This Means War (2012)

admin — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:59:55 +0000

Plot: The world’s deadliest CIA operatives are inseparable partners and best friends until they fall for the same woman. Having once helped bring down entire enemy nations, they are now employing their incomparable skills and an endless array of high-tech gadgetry against their greatest nemesis ever – each other. (20^th Century Fox)

Director: McG
Writer: Timothy Dowling and Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Timothy Dowling and Marcus Gautesen (story)
Cast: Tom Hardy, Reese Witherspoon (Lauren), Chris Pine, Chelsea Handler (Trish), Laura Vandervoort (Britta), Til Schweiger (FBI agent), Abigail Spencer, Marie Avgeropoulos (Ex-Girlfriend), Angela Bassett, Warren Christie (Steve)
Production Company: Overbrook Entertainment, Robert Simonds Productions, Type A Films
Running Time: Not available.
Rating: Not available.
Release Date: 14 February 2012 (USA) *)

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Update: *) This Means War Moves Up to Valentine’s Day