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LOVE
There's nothing better than a great romance... to ruin a perfectly good friendship.

Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Nigel Cole
Distributor: Touchstone Pictures
Cast: Ashton Kutcher, Amanda Peet, Herschel Bleefeld, Kathryn Hahn, Moon Bloodgood

It takes some people years to fall in love at first sight. A LOT LIKE LOVE is a romantic comedy about destiny, connection and the frequently fuzzy line between chance friendships and happily ever after. A LOT LIKE LOVE traces the relationship of Oliver (Ashton Kutcher) and Emily (Amanda Peet) who met on a flight from Los Angeles to New York seven years ago - each of them declaring that they couldn't be more wrong for each other. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

King's Ransom

Big Man. Big Plan. Big Mistake.

Genre: Comedy / Crime
Director: Jeff Byrd
Distributor: New Line Cinema
Cast: Anthony Anderson, Leila Arcieri, Jay Mohr, Donald Faison, Regina Hall

Anthony Anderson stars as Malcolm King, a wealthy and arrogant businessman whose ex-wife to be has plans to take him for everything he's worth in their divorce settlement. Determined to avoid losing his fortune to her, Malcolm plans his own kidnapping with the help of his dim-witted mistress and her ex-con brother. Unfortunately for Malcolm, he is not the only one with a kidnapping plot.

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