Sentences with phrase «unlikely romance»

It doesn't add up to more than a portrait of unlikely romance, but «Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool» is worthwhile if only to see Bening and Bell pour their souls into their performances.

Abby Zidle, Editor - in - Chief at XOXO After Dark and Associate Director of Marketing and Senior Editor at Pocket and Gallery Books, had this to say about the winning manuscript: «Congratulations to Margay Leah Justice for her submission, Strip Me, a sharp and sexy book about two men whose unlikely romance surprises even themselves.»

A Bottle in the Gaza Sea (Unrated) Unlikely romance drama about the love which blossoms between a 17 year - old Jew (Agathe Bonitzer) and the 20 year - old Palestinian (Mahmoud Shalaby) who finds her message in a bottle seeking to make sense of a terrorist bombing in Jerusalem.

by Walter Chaw An unlikely romance, an unlikely road movie, and an unlikely buddy picture all in one that somehow works (and with a surplus of charm and sweetness), Joel Hopkins's debut feature Jump Tomorrow could be described as either Harold Lloyd by way of Jacques Tati or Jim Jarmusch by way of Thirties screwball.

The film featured the kind of concept that would be ruined today, a simple yarn about ulterior motives yielding unlikely romance.

Jack, the main character in The Last Goodbye, ends up in a very unlikely romance for him.

The story centers on Emmi, a widowed German cleaning woman, and Ali, a much younger Moroccan migrant worker, whose unlikely romance and marriage elicit every species of bigotry from those around them.

Khloe Kardashian's bestie Malika Haqq and former «Jersey Shore» star Ronnie Magro had an unlikely romance when they met on the E! show «Famously Single.»

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«Sebastian» is a curious clash of story elements, mixing an unlikely romance with the trendy spy genre.

If Goldie Hawn and Kurt Russell made their unlikely romance work in the original, Faris and Derbez can't even fake it well for the same results.

MAUDIE, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper.

What starts as an unlikely romance, becomes a sharp - eyed, straight - up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth — one that doesn't look for tidy truths.

What starts as an unlikely romance becomes a sharp - eyed, straight - up snapshot of the heady confusion and haunting passion of youth - one that doesn't look for tidy truths.

Both widowed, they were reunited in the first season, with their unlikely romance having a ripple effect on everyone around them, including their grown daughters.

What Anderson manages in Punch - Drunk Love is to pace the familiar motions of the unlikely romance between rogue and prize to a broken calliope.

Some might object to the Chocolat sweetness Hallström brings to the unlikely romance between the married Dr. Jones and the engaged Ms. Chetwode - Talbot.

Directed with period flair and eye - catching scene transitions by Paul McGuigan (Victor Frankenstein), the film that charts her final years likewise does more than just combine a tear - inducing tale of sickness with an unlikely romance.

Warm Bodies celebrates multiple genres but embraces the unlikely romance between its leads more than anything else.

Guillermo del Toro «s beautiful, romantic adult fairytale focuses on the unlikely romance that blossoms between a mute janitor and a Creature From the Black Lagoon - like Fish Man.

What follows is an unlikely romance between the two.

Reaching for the Moon tells the tale of an unlikely romance between two extraordinary artists, legendary American poet Elizabeth Bishop (Miranda Otto) and architect Lota de Macedo Soares (Gloria Pines).

Based on Seth Grahame - Smith's best - selling mash - up novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (out Feb. 5) recounts the unlikely romance between Lizzy (Lily James) and the haughty Mr. Darcy (Sam Riley), but the courtship takes place in a 19th - century English countryside where the «sorry stricken» — as the zombies are called in the book — have been roaming for more than 70 years, victims of a mysterious plague.

Maudie, based on a true story, is an unlikely romance in which the reclusive Everett Lewis (Ethan Hawke) hires a fragile yet determined woman named Maudie (Sally Hawkins) to be his housekeeper.

The Shape of Water depicts an «otherworldly fairy tale» and an unlikely romance that seems like it should feel wrong, but just doesn't.

For those who know that the film is mostly conjecture, you'll likely come away feeling rewarded at a finely crafted and beautifully shot historical epic with choice bits of human drama, fine battle sequences (the CGI - laden blood spurting is a bit overdone, however), and a touching story of an unlikely romance in the middle of a tale that left little room for notions of permanence and enduring relationships.

An unlikely romance blossoms and as chaos consumes both of their lives, Buddhadev and Nina realise that together, they might just be the perfect ingredients for a loving and lasting marriage.

This year's best comic moments included howlingly hilarious moments of Quaalude abuse, unlikely romance and online shopping.

A chance meeting with an improbably sexy astrophysicist (Portman) will lead to an unlikely romance that could threaten the safety of Earth as machinations behind the scenes in Asgard will mean Thor faces unforeseen danger and we could be in the crossfire.

Sony Pictures has unveiled a UK poster and trailer for Maudie, which is directed by Aisling Walsh (Fingersmith) and tells the true story of the unlikely romance between folk artist Maud Lewis (Sally Hawkins) and reclusive fish peddler Everett (Ethan Hawke).

When she answers an ad for a housekeeper for the reclusive Everett, a local fish peddler, the two strike up an unlikely romance.

-- Newlyweeds (Directed by Shaka King, starring Amari Cheatom, Trae Harris, Tone Tank, Colman Domingo, Isiah Whitlock Jr., Adrian Martinez)- A Brooklyn repo man and his globetrotting girlfriend forge an unlikely romance.

Based on a true story, Maudie charts the unlikely romance between Maud Lewis, a folk artist who blossoms in later life, and the curmudgeonly recluse, Everett.

He strikes up an unlikely romance on a train with Patti (Nicole Kidman); after their marriage, the shadow of his World War II experiences darkens their lives.

A dramatic account of the unlikely romance between the American poet Elizabeth Bishop and the Brazilian architect Lota de Macedo Soares in the 1950s and»60s.

Based on a true story, the film is about an unlikely romance between a folk artist and a reclusive fish peddler.

Soderbergh's obvious intelligence leads you to expect his film to be about something more than a crime caper and an unlikely romance.

Hawkins — so good in «Blue Jasmine» and «Maudie,» among others — is beautifully expressive here, conveying with a look or her insistent sign language the swirl of emotions Eliza is experiencing in this unlikely romance.

More importantly, though, there isn't all that much passion at play here for the thwarted, unlikely romance that Reitman is going for.

Some might object to the sweetness Roger Michell brings to the unlikely romance between the married President and his distant cousin.

When one woman, whose father is on death row, attends an anti-death penalty meeting, she meets a woman (Mara) on the opposing side of the political quandary and the two start an unlikely romance.

His pictures always non-traditional (even Beverly Hills Cop is surprisingly stately in its development and resolution), Brest is at his best in presenting the broad, the theatrical, even the melancholy through his word jumble (Walken can say «absconded» without irony; Lopez can't even read in the film without moving her lips), and at his worst when trying to justify surprise moments of spontaneous lovemaking and unlikely romance (see also: Meet Joe Black).

A sparkling debut novel about an unlikely romance between an Iranian immigrant and an American college student.

Nichole Chase kicks off her American Royalty series with Bedmates, which follows the unlikely romance between the president's daughter and the vice president's son.