Category Archives: Romance
Juliet, Naked
Release 2018
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Director: Jesse Peretz
Writers: Evgenia Peretz, Jim Taylor, Tamara Jenkins, Nick Hornby
Stars: Chris O'Dowd, Rose Byrne, Kitty O'Beirne
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5607096/
Juliet, Naked is the story of Annie (the long-suffering girlfriend of Duncan) and her unlikely transatlantic romance with once revered, now faded, singer-songwriter, Tucker Crowe, who also happens to be the subject of Duncan's musical obsession.
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again
Release 2018
Genre Comedy, Musical, Romance
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Director: Ol Parker
Writers: Ol Parker, Richard Curtis, Catherine Johnson, Judy Craymer, ABBA
Stars: Lily James,Amanda Seyfried, Andy Garcia, Celia Imrie
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6911608/
Five years after the events of Mamma Mia! (2008), Sophie prepares for the grand reopening of the Hotel Bella Donna as she learns more about her mother's past.
Little Italy
Release 2018
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Director: Donald Petrie
Writers: Steve Galluccio, Vinay Virmani
Stars: Hayden Christensen, Emma Roberts, Alyssa Milano
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6957966/
A young couple must navigate a blossoming romance, amidst a war between their families' competing pizza restaurants.
Destination Wedding
Release 2018
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Director: Victor Levin
Writer: Victor Levin
Stars: Keanu Reeves, Winona Ryder, Dj Dallenbach
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6987770/
The story of two miserable and unpleasant wedding guests, Lindsay and Frank, who develop a mutual affection despite themselves.
Running for Grace
Release 2018
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Director: David L. Cunningham
Writers: David L. Cunningham, Christian Parkes
Stars: Ryan Potter, Jim Caviezel, Matt Dillon
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5696326/
A timeless tale that takes place against the backdrop of the segregated coffee fields in 1920s Hawaii - a coming-of-age journey about a young man who transcends the boundaries of race and class in pursuit of a forbidden love.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
Release 2018
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Director: Mike Newell
Writers: Don Roos, Kevin Hood, Thomas Bezucha, Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows
Stars: Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay, Michiel Huisman
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1289403/
In the aftermath of World War II, a writer forms an unexpected bond with the residents of Guernsey Island when she decides to write a book about their experiences during the war.
Adrift
Release 2018
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
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Director: Baltasar Kormákur
Writers: Aaron Kandell, Jordan Kandell, David Branson Smith, Tami Ashcraft, Susea McGearhart
Stars: Shailene Woodley, Sam Claflin, Jeffrey Thomas
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6306064/
A true story of survival, as a young couple's chance encounter leads them first to love, and then on the adventure of a lifetime as they face one of the most catastrophic hurricanes in recorded history.
Book Club
Release 2018
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Director: Bill Holderman
Writers: Bill Holderman, Erin Simms
Stars: Diane Keaton, Jane Fonda, Candice Bergen
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6857166/
Four lifelong friends have their lives forever changed after reading 50 Shades of Grey in their monthly book club.
On Chesil Beach
Release 2017
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Director: Dominic Cooke
Writers: Ian McEwan
Stars: Saoirse Ronan, Emily Watson, Anne-Marie Duff
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1667321/
Based on Ian McEwan's novel. In 1962 England, a young couple find their idyllic romance colliding with issues of sexual freedom and societal pressure, leading to an awkward and fateful wedding night.
Andover
Release 2018
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Director: Scott Perlman
Writer: Scott Perlman
Stars: Jonathan Silverman, Jennifer Finnigan, Richard Kind
IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5605076/
A genetics professor clones his dead wife, over and over, in a desperate attempt to get her back exactly as she was.