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Entries Tagged as 'Unconventional romance'

I Hate Musicals

October 2nd, 2009 · 6 Comments

Across the Universe (2007)
Screenplay by Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais, story by Julie Taymor & Dick Clement & Ian La Frenais
Directed by Julie Taymor
Produced by Gross Entertainment/ Team Todd/ Revolution Studios
Running time: 133 minutes
So, What’s This About?
Expressing themselves through the songs of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, two lovers [...]

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Tags: Animation · Brother/sister relationship · Coming of age · Concert · Dreams and visions · High school · No opening credits · Road trip · Unconventional romance

Jam Us and Take Us Somewhere

September 1st, 2009 · 6 Comments

The Namesake (2007)
Screenplay by Sooni Taraporevala, based on the novel by Jhumpa Lahiri
Directed by Mira Nair
Produced by Mirabai Films/ Cine Mosaic
Running time: 122 minutes
So, What’s This About?
En route by train from Calcutta to Dungarpur in the year 1974, Ashoke (Irrfan Khan) is pried away from Nikolai Gogol’s The Overcoat by a passenger who implores [...]

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Tags: Based on novel · Brother/sister relationship · Coming of age · Dreams and visions · Father/son relationship · Mother/son relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Train · Unconventional romance

Not Really A Romance

August 27th, 2009 · 3 Comments

Lost In Translation (2003)
Written by Sofia Coppola
Directed by Sofia Coppola
Produced by American Zoetrope/ Elemental Films
Running time: 101 minutes
So, What’s This About?
In the Park Hyatt Hotel towering over Tokyo, two Americans meet. Bob Harris (Bill Murray) is a movie star drawing a $2 million paycheck to appear in a commercial for Suntory Whiskey. The deal [...]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Midlife crisis · Road trip · Surprise after end credits · Train · Unconventional romance

More To Say the Older You Get

August 20th, 2009 · No Comments

Broken English (2007)
Written by Zoe Cassavetes
Directed by Zoe Cassavetes
Produced by Vox3 Films/ HDNet Films
Running time: 96 minutes
So, What’s This About?
Bachelorette Nora Wilder (Parker Posey) gets dressed and puts in an appearance at the anniversary party of her best friend Audrey (Drea de Matteo), celebrating five years of matrimony to a movie director (Tim Guinee) [...]

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Tags: Ambiguous ending · Bathtub scene · Drunk scene · Mother/daughter relationship · Museums and galleries · Road trip · Unconventional romance