Posts Tagged ‘starting-over’

Murphy’s Romance (1985)

Tuesday, December 16th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Field, Sally | Garner, James | Kerwin, Brian | Haim, Corey | Burkley, Dennis | Johnson, Georgann | Duckworth, Dortha | Prokopuk, Michael | Sharkey, Billy Ray | Crabtree, Michael | Levine, Anna | Lane, Charles | French, Bruce | Becher, John C. | Slate, Henry
Directors: Ritt, Martin
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Emma is a divorced woman with a teen aged boy who moves into a small town and tries to make a go of a horse ranch. Murphey is the town druggist who steers business her way. Things are going along predictably until her ex husband shows up, needing a place to stay. The three of them form an intricate circle, Emma’s son liking Murphey, but desperately wanting his father back.

Under the Tuscan Sun (2003)

Wednesday, May 14th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: Italy | USA
Actors: Lane, Diane | Oh, Sandra | Duncan, Lindsay | Bova, Raoul | Riotta, Vincent | Monicelli, Mario | Nobile, Roberto | Zagaria, Anita | Gori, Evelina | Steigerwalt, Giulia | Szajda, Pawel | Pelka, Valentine | Vulicevic, Sasa | Sarchielli, Massimo | Gerini, Claudia
Directors: Wells, Audrey
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Academy Award nominee ‘Diane Lane (I)’ (qv) stars as ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv), a 35-year-old San Francisco writer whose perfect life has just taken an unexpected detour. Her recent divorce has left her with terminal writer’s block and extremely depressed, and her best friend, Patti, is beginning to think she might never recover. Frances decides to take a break and she buys a villa in the beautiful Tuscan countryside and decides to begin anew. Restoring her new home, she eventually finds the fulfillment she was searching for, including love. Based on ‘Frances Mayes’ (qv)’ memoir of the same name.

Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

Friday, April 18th, 2008
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance
Countries: USA
Actors: Hanks, Tom | Ryan, Meg | Pullman, Bill | Malinger, Ross | O'Donnell, Rosie | Hoffmann, Gaby | Garber, Victor | Wilson, Rita | Garrick, Barbara | Lowell, Carey | Hyde Pierce, David | Ivey, Dana | Reiner, Rob | Farrell, Tom Riis | du Rand, Le Clanché
Directors: Ephron, Nora
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Sam is a recent widower who is seeking someone new. Sam’s son Jonah, is also looking for a new mother, so when Jonah puts his father on national radio, hundreds of women write to him. One of the women is Annie. She’s engaged to Walter, but he’s a bit strange. Annie goes to great lengths to meet Sam.

Legend of Bagger Vance, The (2000)

Thursday, August 23rd, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Smith, Will | Damon, Matt | Theron, Charlize | McGill, Bruce | Gretsch, Joel | Moncrief, J. Michael | Smith, Lane | Gerety, Peter | O'Neill, Michael | Ryan, Thomas Jay | Hamilton, Trip | Crowley, Dermot | Presnell, Harve | Nelson, Danny | Penny, Bob
Directors: Redford, Robert
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Rannulph Junnah is the best golfer in Savannah. He’s living well and has a girl, Adele Invergordon, who’s the daughter of a wealthy landowner. The First World War starts, though, and Junnah goes to Europe to fight. The only survivor of a dangerous mission, Junnah doesn’t return to Savannah for 15 years. In 1930, he returns, and Adele’s father has already committed suicide during the Depression. Pressured by tax collectors to sell the golf course her father built to pay off debts, Adele, now older, vows to bring to Savannah the greatest match ever played on the greatest golf course, her late father’s. She’s able to round up the 2 greatest golfers of their time, Bobby Jones and Walter Hagen to play for $10,000. The townspeople insist on having “one of their own” compete also, and Rannulph Junnah is rounded up. Junnah now hangs out with bums and is an alcoholic, as he has lost his authentic swing from 15 years ago. At first he turns down the offer. He gets his old clubs and balls and starts practicing. He has lost his ability. Suddenly, Bagger Vance shows up. He offers to be Junnahs’s caddy and help him regain his “authentic swing”. He does, and Junnah agrees to play in the big match.

Jerry Maguire (1996)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Comedy | Drama | Romance | Sport
Countries: USA
Actors: Cruise, Tom | Gooding Jr., Cuba | Zellweger, Renée | Preston, Kelly | O'Connell, Jerry | Mohr, Jay | Hunt, Bonnie | King, Regina | Lipnicki, Jonathan | Louiso, Todd | Pellington, Mark | Suarez, Jeremy | Jussim, Jared | Smith, Benjamin Kimball | Beer, Ingrid
Directors: Crowe, Cameron
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Jerry Maguire used to be a typical sports agent: willing to do just about anything he could to get the biggest possible contracts for his clients, plus a nice commission for himself. Then, one day, he suddenly has second thoughts about what he’s really doing. When he voices these doubts, he ends up losing his job and all of his clients, save Rod Tidwell, an egomaniacal football player. Can Jerry resurrect his career while still staying true to himself?

Shipping News, The (2001)

Wednesday, February 14th, 2007
Genres: Drama | Romance
Countries: Canada | USA
Actors: Spacey, Kevin | Moore, Julianne | Dench, Judi | Blanchett, Cate | Postlethwaite, Pete | Glenn, Scott | Ifans, Rhys | Pinsent, Gordon | Behr, Jason | Pine, Larry | Arnette, Jeanetta | Joy, Robert | Gainer, Alyssa | Gainer, Lauren
Directors: Hallström, Lasse
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An inksetter in New York, Quoyle returns to his family’s longtime home, a small fishing town in Newfoundland, with his young daughter, after a traumatizing experience with her mother, Petal, who sold her to an illegal adoption agency. Though Quoyle has had little success thus far in life, his shipping news column in the newspaper “The Gammy Bird” finds an audience, and his experiences in the town change his life. Then he meets the widow Wavey…

Woodsman, The (2004)

Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Genres: Drama
Countries: USA
Actors: Eve | Bacon, Kevin | Grier, David Alan | Sedgwick, Kyra | Bratt, Benjamin | Leon, Carlos | Shannon, Michael | Rice, Kevin | Def, Mos | Pilkes, Hannah | Nagle, Jessica | Daniels, Liam | Hazinsky, Joey | Daniels, Clara Infinity | Coombs, Ashley C.
Directors: Kassell, Nicole
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After twelve years in prison, Walter arrives in an unnamed city, moves into a small apartment across the street from an elementary school, gets a job at a lumberyard, and mostly keeps to himself. A quiet, guarded man, Walter finds unexpected solace from Vickie, a tough-talking woman who promises not to judge him for his history. But Walter cannot escape his past. A convicted sex offender, Walter is warily eyed by his brother-in-law, shunned by his sister, lives in fear of being discovered at work, and is hounded by a suspicious local police officer, Detective Lucas. After befriending a young girl in a neighborhood park, Walter must also grapple with the terrible prospect of his own reawakened demons.