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Pub. Date
2012.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (95 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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An affair with a 19-year old actor (Christopher Abbott) helps reinvigorate life for thirty-something Amy (Melanie Lynskey) after she moves back home to her parents' house following her divorce, in this humorous take on modern relationships.
Pub. Date
2024.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (99 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Luke Wilson plays a good-hearted ex-con who gets a job in a retirement hotel. Three elderly residents help him win back his girlfriend as he lends them a hand in fighting hotel corruption.
Pub. Date
2024.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (107 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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Stacy Holt (Brittany Murphy), an associate producer for daytime talk show hostess Kippie Kann (Kathy Bates), is frustrated when her boyfriend Derek (Ron Livingston) refuses to discuss his past relationships. With the encouragement of her co-worker Barb (Holly Hunter), she delves into his Palm to learn about his ex-girlfriends. Using the show as a ruse and Barb as her guide, Stacy interviews and befriends them, only to discover that the past, in a...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (102 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A composer with an unfinished opera, a spiritually conflicted psychiatrist, and a free-spirited tugboat captain collide on an unpredictable voyage into uncharted waters in writer-director Rebecca Miller’s enchanting romantic comedy.
5) Fever Pitch
Pub. Date
1997.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (103 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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In this romantic comedy, obsessive soccer fan Paul (Colin Firth) juggles his passion for Arsenal Football Club with his budding relationship with the more level-headed Sarah (Ruth Gemmell). Set against the backdrop of the 1988-89 football season, Paul’s devotion to the game puts his relationship to the test as he navigates love, loyalty, and the highs and lows of being a die-hard fan. Based on Nick Hornby's autobiographical novel, this film captures...
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"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"-- Provided by publisher.
8) The Graduate
Pub. Date
1967.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (106 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
During a party given by his parents to celebrate his graduation, Benjamin Braddock is seduced by Mrs. Robinson. Benjamin is shy and inexperienced; Mrs. Robinson is the wife of one of his father's closest friends. They have an affair. But then, Benjamin falls in love with Mrs. Robinson's daughter, Elaine. Jealous and angry, Mrs. Robinson does everything to keep the young couple apart.
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Series
Waiting for Tom Hanks volume 1
Pub. Date
2019.
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"Romantic-comedy-obsessed Annie Cassidy dreams of being the next Nora Ephron. She spends her days writing internet content, rewatching Sleepless in Seattle, and waiting for her movie-perfect meet cute. If she could just find her own Tom Hanks--a man who's sweet, sensitive, and possibly owns a houseboat--her problems would disappear and her life would be perfect. But Tom Hanks is nowhere in sight. When a movie starts filming in her neighborhood and...
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (94 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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A sci-fi rom-com about a man and woman whose orbits repeatedly collide over the course of 12 years, 4 planets, 3 dimensions and 1 space-cult. MOLLI AND MAX IN THE FUTURE takes the character-driven romance of When Harry Met Sally and combines it with an eclectic sci-fi universe like Futurama. Classic practical effects combined with cutting edge technology create Molli and Max’s unique universe.
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Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 21 cm
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Can you fall in love like they do in the movies? It's Evie Summers's job to find out. Because if she can't convince her film agency's biggest client, Ezra Chester, to write the romantic-comedy screenplay he owes producers, her career will be over. The catch? He thinks rom-coms are unrealistic and he'll only put pen to paper if Evie shows him that it's possible to meet a man in real life the way it happens on the big screen. Cynical Evie might not...
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In I'll Have What She's Having entertainment journalist Erin Carlson tells the story of the real Nora Ephron and how she reinvented the romcom through her trio of instant classics. With a cast of famous faces including Rob Reiner, Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, and Billy Crystal, Carlson takes readers on a rollicking, revelatory trip to Ephron's New York City, where reality took a backseat to romance and Ephron--who always knew what she wanted and how she wanted...
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"A rom-com screenwriter who doesn't believe in love or soulmates and a hopelessly romantic divorce attorney who does are forced together at their high school reunion fifteen years after their messy breakup and who, during a charged exchange, make a bet on the outcome of five relationships--including their own--over the next five years with the winner to be declared the ultimate authority on true love"-- Provided by publisher.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend2s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick2s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country2s wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors.
15) Senior moment
Pub. Date
[2021]
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1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After losing his license for drag racing around Palm Springs, a retired NASA test pilot is forced to take public transportation where he finds a second chance at love.
16) Paris can wait
Pub. Date
[2017]
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1 videodisc (approximately 92 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The wife of a successful movie producer takes a car trip from the south of France to Paris with one of her husband's associates.
Series
Pub. Date
[2018]
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2 videodiscs (104 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
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After miraculously surviving a jump from his burning plane, RAF pilot Peter Carter encounters the American radio operator to whom he has just delivered his dying wishes and, face-to-face on a tranquil English beach, the pair fall in love. When a messenger from the afterlife arrives to correct the clerical error that spared his life, Peter must mount a fierce defense for his right to stay on earth.
18) 13 going on 30
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A delightful be-careful-what-you-wish-for romantic comedy starring Jennifer Garner and Mark Ruffalo. On the eve of her 13th birthday, all Jenna Rink wants is to be pretty and popular. After a humiliating experience with the coolest boy in school, Jenna makes a desperate wish for a new life. Miraculously, her wish comes true, but with one catch… it’s 17 years later and she’s a 13-year-old trapped inside her 30-year-old body.
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It's been 20 years since Mean Girls hit theaters, winning over critics and audiences alike with its razor-sharp wit, star-making turns for its then unknown cast, and obsessively quotable screenplay by Tina Fey. Fast forward two decades and Mean Girls remains as relevant as ever. Arguably, no other movie from the 2000s has had as big of an impact on pop culture. In So Fetch, New York Times bestselling author of Seinfeldia, Jennifer Keishin Armstrong,...
20) The holiday
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Amanda lives in Los Angeles and is a movie trailer editor. Iris lives in Surrey, England and is a journalist. The two live five thousand miles apart and have never met, but are dealing with the same problem: men. Amanda just broke up with her cheating boyfriend. Iris has pined for her ex. They both come upon a website that advocates home exchange and the two swap houses for two weeks at Christmas - both with a goal to forget their troubled love lives....
