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  • The Princess Bride

    As You Wish – Westley Death cannot stop true love. All it can do is delay it for a while. – Westley Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die – Inigo Montoya Bye bye boys! Have fun storming the castle! – Miracle Max INCONCEIVABLE!…

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  • Singing in the Rain

    I’ve had one motto which I’ve always lived by: Dignity. Always, dignity. – Dan Lockwood Oh, Donny, you couldn’t kiss me like that and not mean it just a teensy weensy bit. – Lina Lamont Meet the greatest actor in the world! I’d rather kiss a tarantula.- Don Lockwood Synopsis…

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  • The Breakfast Club

    We’re all pretty bizarre. Some of us are just better at hiding it, Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by John Hughes in 1985, “The Breakfast Club” is a quintessential 1980s coming-of-age film that follows five high school students who are forced to spend their Saturday in detention. This experience allows each…

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  • The Umbrellas of Cherbourg/ Les Parapluies de Cherbourg

    “Mother, he’s leaving. He’ll be away for two years. I can’t live without him. I’ll die.” Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Jacques Demy and featuring music composed by Michel Legrand, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg follows the story of Geneviève and Guy, a couple in a relationship, set in Paris from…

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  • Groundhog Day

    What if there is no tomorrow? There wasn’t one today! – Phil Connors Synopsis and Recommendation Directed by Harold Ramis and starring Bill Murray and Andie MacDowell, Groundhog Day follows a pessimistic and sardonic weatherman named Phil who goes with his cameraman and producer to Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, for the Groundhog…

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  • Cinema Paradiso

    Get out of here! Go back to Rome. You’re young and the world is yours. I’m old. I don’t want to hear you talk anymore. I want to hear others talking about you. Don’t come back. Don’t think about us. Don’t look back. Don’t write. Don’t give in to nostalgia.…

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  • Meet Me in St. Louis

     “Have yourself a merry little Christmas.” – Esther Smith Meeting him across the lawn for the first time would be so ordinary. I don’t want to be just introduced to him. I want it to be something strange and romantic and something I’ll always remember. – Esther Smith Gosh, Miss…

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  • The Truman Show

     Truman: “Good morning, oh and in case I don’t see ya, good afternoon, good evening, and good night!” Synopsis and Recommendation Released in 1998 and starring Jim Carrey, “The Truman Show” plays on the paranoia of always being watched and manipulated and brings that to life. Rather than just paranoia,…

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  • I Married a Witch

    Ever hear of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire? That was our crowd. – Jennifer Jennifer: You know, I lighted it [the fire] with a match, Wally. From now on, I’m going to be a just simple, helpful wife. Wallace: *Turning to his friend, Dudley* Dudley, I can’t…

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  • The Purple Rose of Cairo

    Gil Shepherd : He’s [Tom Baxter] fictional. You wanna waste time with a fictional character? I mean, you’re a sweet girl. You deserve a human. Cecilia : But Tom’s perfect. Gil Shepherd : Yeah, but he’s not real. What good is perfect if the man’s not real? Tom Baxter :…

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