Romance

Champagne Problems

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  • Title: Champagne Problems
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Following your basic setup of a career woman finding the perfect guy in an unexpected place (which just happens to be the most romantic city on the planet), at Christmas no less, Minka Kelly stars as an executive sent to Paris to acquire a renowned champagne brand only to fall a dreamy guy (Tom Wozniczka) in a magical French bookstore who turns out to be the founder’s (Thibault de Montalembert) son. While not making googly-eyes, Sydney (Kelly) works to out-sell the other competitors (Sean Amsing, Flula Borg, and Astrid Whettnall).

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Is This Thing On?

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  • Title: Is This Thing On?
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Loosely inspired by the life of British comedian John Bishop, Will Arnett stars as a newly-separated fortysomething who discovers a way to talk through his issues by doing stand-up comedy. At times the film is a little cute for its own good such as how Alex (Arnett) falls into comedy while high, the manner in which his secret is discovered, and the unavoidable kid performances and parties all movies like this seem contracted to contain.

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Paws in the City

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  • Title: Paws in the City
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Adapted from Stefanie London’s novel The Dachshund Wears Prada, Paws in the City has more bark than bite. The TV-movie casts Emeraude Toubia as failed social media consultant Issa, whose downfall we see early in the film. Needing a job and running into the new CEO of a publishing house whose grandmother left him a troublesome dachshund Camilla who seems to take to Issa, Theo (Carter Jenkins) hires her on the spot (despite his hatred of publicity in general and social media especially).

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Holiday in Santa Fe

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  • Title: Holiday in Santa Fe
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In typical romcom holiday style, we get big city executive Belinda Sawyer (Emeraude Toubia) heading west to broker a deal for her company to buy out a small local business in Santa Fe, New Mexico. One there, Belinda is charmed by the oldest son Tony (Mario Lopez) and their buiness while the rest of the family is far more unsure about giving up their autonomy.

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