my favorite movies…
Wednesday, June 29th, 2005
Serendipity
Jonathan and Sara meet when they reach for the same pair of black cashmere gloves in a crowded Manhattan department store five days before Christmas. After pleading their respective cases for who should rightfully get the gloves, Jonathan concedes. Sara buys him a coffee at a bakery called Serendipity to thank him and the two hit it off, but–alas–both are seeing other people. Sara, a firm believer in fate, jots her name and telephone number down in a book and says she will sell it to a used bookstore the following day. If she and Jonathan are destined to be together, she rationalizes, the book will find its way him. Fast forward the story into the future: Sara and Jonathan have spent the passing years pining away for each other, the memory of that magical night etched on their memories.
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Enough
Working class waitress Slim finds her life transformed when she marries wealthy contractor Mitch. She settles into an idyllic suburban life and seems to have everything she wants: loving husband, beautiful home, and Gracie, an adorable 5-year-old daughter. Her dream is shattered when she discovers her husband is anything but perfect. His abusive behavior forces her to go on the run, eluding an increasingly obsessive Mitch and his lethal henchmen. When, despite Slim’s efforts to make a new life, Mitch finds her and threatens her again, she puts Gracie in safe keeping, toughens herself mentally and physically and sets out to prove to Mitch she’s had enough.
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The Wedding Planner
In THE WEDDING PLANNER, Jennifer Lopez plays a peppy career woman who is great at what she does: she can turn any wedding into the perfect romantic event. But when she begins to fall for the groom (Matthew McConaughey) in one of the weddings she’s planning, all of her foundations are shaken, and she realizes that maybe her own life lacks love.
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A Walk To Remember
Each spring in the little port town of Beaufort, North Carolina, Landon Carter remembers his senior year at Beaufort High and Jamie Sullivan, the girl who changed his life. Serious and conservative, Jamie (Moore) was as far from cool as she could possibly be, and didn’t care. Landon (West) hung with the in-crowd an aimless, moody, reckless guy who breezed through school on looks and bravado and had no plans, no future and no faith in himself. When a prank goes terribly wrong landing a kid in the hospital, Landon is assigned to tutor a young student on the weekends and participate in the Drama Club’s spring play. Clearly in over his head with both assignments, Landon is forced to ask Jamie for help. Soon, against his own expectations and the scorn of his friends, Landon finds himself falling in love with this outwardly plain girl who possesses a passion for life he never imagined possible.
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Angel Eyes
Sharon Pogue, a policewoman in Los Angeles’ high-crime district, struggles with both the pressures of the job and the pains of an abusive childhood. Her life is saved by Catch, a man who’s lost his wife and child in a car accident. Neither can go forward with a romance that’s clearly starting to bloom until they resolve painful issues from their tragic pasts.
