Lovely Films (8 titles)

Thought-provoking, uplifting, funny; these are my favourites!

by: A customer

What can I say? It's one of those films that makes any person, however made-of-stone they are, shed a tear. Truly beautiful. You can really feel the genuine energy between McAdams and Gosling as a couple.

The Notebook (2004)
Starring: Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, James Garner
Director: Nick Cassavetes
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A sweeping love story told by a man reading from his faded notebook to a woman in a nursing home. The Notebook follows the lives of two North Carolina teens from very different worlds. Though her upbringing takes places in an antebellum mansion and he grew up in the kind of house where musicians ..read more »

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Control

Anton Corbijn's filming of this entirely in black and white captures the mood of the film perfectly. It's not for anyone who gets bored of 'arty' films but, admittedly, it is pretty damn cool! Sam Riley plays a haunting portrayal of Ian Curtis too.

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Control on DVD (2007)
Starring: Sam Riley, Samantha Morton, Craig Parkinson
Director: Anton Corbijn
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A profile of Ian Curtis (Riley), the enigmatic singer of Joy Division whose personal, professional, and romantic troubles led him to commit suicide at the age of 23.

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Juno

Definitely quirky and unique. This leaves you humming along to the awesome soundtrack and feeling a skip in your step after seeing it. Juno is quite possibly the coolest teenager ever!

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Juno on DVD (2007)
Starring: Ellen Page, Michael Cera, Jennifer Garner
Director: Jason Reitman
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The word 'quirky' has become the quick and easy way to describe films such as 'Little Miss Sunshine' and 'Lars and the Real Girl' that straddle the lines between indie and studio films and comedy and drama. While 'Juno' fits into that same category, this distinctive dramedy is in a class all its ..read more »

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Marie-Antoinette

A lovely girlie film for lovers of all things historic and grand. It's a little like Alice in Wonderland in the sense that Marie Antoinette (Dunst) is transported and trapped in this world of wonder. Sofia Coppola is truely in her element with this film.

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Marie-Antoinette on DVD (2006)
Starring: Kirsten Dunst, Jason Schwartzman, Rip Torn
Director: Sofia Coppola
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Oscar winner Sofia Coppola brings to life a fresh interpretation of the life of France's legendary teenage Queen MARIE ANTOINETTE. Kirsten Dunst plays the naive and beautiful Marie Antoinette, who is betrothed to King Louis XVI at the tender age of 14, entering an opulent French court which is ..read more »

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The Virgin Suicides

Bittersweet. A morbid storyline wrapped in candyfloss packaging; it's dreamy and wonderful if a little heartbreaking. The sisters in the storyline are like mermaids calling out to the boys in the neighbourhood from their bedroom prison, leading them into their dark world.

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The Virgin Suicides on DVD (1999)
Starring: Kathleen Turner, James Woods, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Sofia Coppola
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Based on the 1993 novel by Jeffrey Eugenides, THE VIRGIN SUICIDES tells the dreamlike tale of the Lisbons, a family living in a sheltered 1970s suburbia. When Cecilia (Hannah Hall), the youngest of the five teenage Lisbon daughters, inexplicably commits suicide, the rest of the family--Mr. Lisbon (..read more »

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Factory Girl

A lot of people see this as a load of rubbish, but I find Sienna Miller's portrayal of the charmingly beautiful yet doomed Edie Sedgwick outstanding. However much this film is actually based on reality, the story captured my attention from start to finish. Warhol's complex nature really drew me in too.

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Factory Girl on DVD (2006)
Starring: Guy Pearce, Sienna Miller, Hayden Christensen
Director: George Hickenlooper
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A beautiful, wealthy young party girl drops out of Radcliffe in 1965 and heads to New York to become Holly Golightly. When she meets a hungry young artist named Andy Warhol, he promises to make her the star she always wanted to be. And like a super nova she explodes on the New York scene only to ..read more »

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Hallam Foe

As an Edinburgh lass, I'm a bit biased in saying this but, nevertheless, I love the whole dream world Hallam creates from the gritty Edinburgh streets - or rather, rooftops. It's a definite coming-of-age tale shrouded in darkness for the adult generation.

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Hallam Foe on DVD (2007)
Starring: Jamie Bell, Sophia Myles, Ciarán Hinds
Director: David Mackenzie
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Hallam's talent for spying on people reveals his darkest fears - and his most peculiar desires. Driven to expose the true cause of his mother's death, he instead finds himself searching the rooftops of the city for love.

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Atonement

It's full of heartbreak, but ultimately shows that sometimes your first love can be everlasting. A beautiful wartime drama film with lots of twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. Not just a romance film!

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Atonement on DVD (2007)
Starring: Keira Knightley, James McAvoy, Romola Garai
Director: Joe Wright
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Fledgling writer Briony Tallis, as a 13-year-old, irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's (Keira Knightley) lover (James McAvoy) of a crime he did not commit. Based on the British romance novel by Ian McEwan.

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