Tagline: A love story in disorder. “Peter and Vandy” is a love story told out of order. Set in Manhattan, Peter and Vandy go from strangers, to pie-eyed lovers, to a twisted and manipulative couple… just not in that order. They leave us asking what most couples ask themselves, “How the hell did we get…
Category: Romantic Comedies
The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)
Tagline: The life you love may be your own. “The Private Lives of Pippa Lee” is an adventurous trip through Pippa Lee’s past and present, as a methamphetamine-addicted mother whose husband leaves her for a younger woman. Pippa indulges in an array of erotic adventures while heading toward a quiet nervous breakdown. From all outward…
The Proposal (2009)
Tagline: Here comes the bribe. When high-powered New York book editor Margaret (Sandra Bullock) faces deportation to her native country-Canada, the quick-thinking exec declares that she’s actually engaged to her unsuspecting put-upon assistant Andrew (Ryan Reynolds), whom she’s tormented for years. He agrees to participate in the charade, but with a few conditions of his…
Sunshine Cleaning (2009)
Tagline: Life is a messy business. A single mom and her slacker sister find an unexpected way to turn their lives around in the off-beat dramatic comedy “Sunshine Cleaning.” Directed by Christine Jeffs (Rain, Sylvia), this uplifting film about an average family that finds the path to its dreams in an unlikely setting screened in…
The Ugly Truth (2009)
Abby Richter (Katherine Heigl) is an ambitious morning talk show producer on “A.M. Sacramento” who prides herself on being able to find an instant solution to any problem – any problem that is except her own unhappily single status. When it comes to dating, the always-in-control Abby has a flawless track record of failure. When…
Up in the Air (2009)
From Jason Reitman, the Oscar-nominated director of Juno, comes Up in the Air, the timely odyssey of Ryan Bingham (Oscar winner George Clooney), a corporate downsizer and consummate modern business traveler who, after years of staying happily airborne, suddenly finds himself ready to make a real connection. Ryan has long been contented with his unencumbered…