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"From culture writer and GQ contributor Scott Meslow, an in-depth celebration of the romantic comedy's modern golden era and its role in our culture, tracking the genre from its heyday in the 80s and the 90s, its slow decline in the 2000s, and its explosive reemergence in the age of streaming, featuring exclusive interviews with the directors, writers, and stars of the iconic films that defined the genre"-- Funny, charming, and reliably crowd-pleasing,...

"While her friends wish for meet cutes worthy of their favorite rom-coms, Julia is ready to give up on love. Swiping right has replaced getting swept off your feet and good old-fashioned romance has become, well, old-fashioned. A writer for a popular website, love becomes the last thing on her mind when impending layoffs threaten her job. As Julia searches for the ultimate pitch to impress her boss, she stumbles upon a resort offering guests a chance...

Loser Ricky (Jon Cryer) has given up on love, until he meets mysterious Danita (Stephanie Szostak) through an online dating site. Charming, funny, and stunningly beautiful, there's only one catch. Ricky starts to wonder - can homicide lead to happily ever after? "An offbeat rom-com that ventures down the film-noir path, "Hit by Lightning" manages to make dark comedy fresh by combining two formulas."--Los Angeles Times.

A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night. (500) days of Summer: A young greeting card writer is hopelessly, helplessly searching for the girl of his dreams, and his new co-worker, Summer Finn, may just be 'the one.' But the 500 days of their offbeat relationship reveal (in no particular order) that the road to happiness can be unpredictable, uncontrollable, and unbelievably funny! The big sick: Pakistan-born...

First comes love, then comes marriage, then come loads of laughs. As Mike and Susan prepare to walk down the aisle, the groom gets a case of cold feet. Turning to friends and family for support can send the couple running for matrimonial cover: Susan's father is fooling around with her mother2s best friend; Mike's brother is divorcing his high school sweetheart; his parents are living a loveless lie. The rocky road to happily-ever-after has never...

"Jim, a talented young musician, is about to marry the wealthy Patty. But when an Angel falls from the sky and lands in his swimming pool, his life as he knows it is thrown into disarray. With a broken wing and nowhere to go, the Angel befriends Jim, who becomes completely besotted with her. But all is not well: Jim's friends want to take advantage of the heavenly creature, Jim's bride is wracked with jealousy and wants nothing more than to get rid...

A native New Yorker Rachel Chu accompanies her longtime boyfriend, Nick Young, to his best friend2s wedding in Singapore. Excited about visiting Asia for the first time but nervous about meeting Nick2s family, Rachel is unprepared to learn that Nick has neglected to mention a few key details about his life. It turns out that he is not only the scion of one of the country2s wealthiest families but also one of its most sought-after bachelors.

A small-town music lover reluctantly travels to the city to help his uncle run the family business. Once there, he falls for the daughter of a rival family, unbeknownst to both parties--that is, until a live radio broadcast ends up getting everyone into trouble!

A big box store worker, Maya, reinvents her life story to land a job in the corporate side of the company she works for. After the aid of a fabricated resume and social network profile, she is offered the position. She accepts the position to try to prove what street smarts can do.

Like many 20-somethings her age, Sophie (Lana Condor) is faced with a world of choices. Sure, there's the future stuff, the family stuff, the job stuff. But, where she is truly confused is on the big choice, the momentous one, the top-of-list one that stands out--what to do about him! Her long-term b.f. Calvin (Mason Gooding) has moved with his family and taken a job out of town. As in way out of town. A published scientist, Calvin's posting was supposed...