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This 1950 Vincente Minnelli classic may show its age here and there, but it's still a far
sturdier movie than the 1991 Steve Martin vehicle. Spencer Tracy earned yet another Oscar
nomination for his wonderfully well observed portrayal of Stanley...Read more
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Nora Ephron wrote the brisk screenplay for this 1989 romantic comedy, director Rob Reiner
made a nicely glossy New York story (very much in a Woody Allen vein) out of it, and Billy
Crystal's unstoppable charm made it something really special. Crystal...Read more
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Fred Astaire dances on the ceiling in this 1951 Alan Jay Lerner musical for MGM, directed
by Stanley Donen (Singin' in the Rain). The appealing story finds Astaire as part
of a brother-and-sister act (along with Jane Powell) that travels to London at...Read more
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One of the best romantic comedies of the 1990s, My Best Friend's Wedding not only
gave Julia Roberts a delightful vehicle for her crowd-pleasing comeback, but it further
distinguished itself by avoiding the conventional plotting of the genre. Julia...Read more
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Re-creating the role she originated in Philip Barry's wickedly witty Broadway play,
Katharine Hepburn stars as the spoiled and snobby socialite Tracy Lord in this sparkling
1940 screen adaptation of The Philadelphia Story, one of the great romantic...Read more
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Don't just think of The Wedding Singer as an Adam Sandler comedy--though it most
certainly is that. But also think of it as the tip of the wave of the 1980s nostalgia
craze that followed on the heels of the 1970s nostalgia craze. Set in the...Read more
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Alec Baldwin reprises a role he originated in Craig Lucas's off-Broadway smash (which
later had a Broadway run without him) in this touchingly romantic, funny, and underrated
fantasy. He falls for a woman (Meg Ryan) at first sight and marries her,...Read more
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Wackier than usual for Powell and Loy, as avant-garde painter and dress designer who want
Loy's sister Rice to marry, but do it themselves. CopyrightŠ Leonard Maltin, 1998, used by arrangement with Signet, a division of
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A surprise hit and one of the highest grossing films ever to come out of Great Britain,
this effortlessly enchanting romantic comedy finds confirmed bachelor Hugh Grant (Nine Months)
attending weddings with his single friends as they all lament not...Read more
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This '90s update of the Spencer Tracy-Elizabeth Taylor hit is a mix of the pleasant and
the silly, a nice enough movie but a little too controlled to become particularly
interesting. Steve Martin plays the aging patriarch who is threatened by his...Read more
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This 1993 international hit by Ang Lee is a funny and poignant story of a gay,
Taiwanese-American man who goes to some lengths to fool his visiting family that he's
actually straight. The results are far more complicated and entertaining than anyone...Read more
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