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Music and Lyrics

Keep it in rhythm.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Marc Lawrence
Distributors: Warner Bros. Pictures
Starring: Hugh Grant, Drew Barrymore, Kristen Johnston, Jason Antoon

Alex Fletcher is a washed-up '80s pop star who's been reduced to working the nostalgia circuit at county fairs and amusement parks. The charismatic and talented musician gets a chance at a comeback when reigning diva Cora Corman invites him to write and record a duet with her, but there's a problem -- Alex hasn't written a song in years, he's never written lyrics and he has to come up with a hit in a matter of days. Enter Sophie Fisher, Alex's beguilingly quirky plant lady, whose flair for words strikes a chord with the struggling songwriter. On the rebound from a bad relationship, Sophie is reluctant to collaborate with anyone, especially commitment-phobe Alex. As their chemistry heats up at the piano and under it, Alex and Sophie will have to face their fears -- and the music -- if they want to find the love and success they both deserve.

Daddy's Little Girls

Give life. Teach love.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Tyler Perry
Distributor: Lionsgate
Starring: Gabrielle Union, Avant, Louis Gossett Jr., Idris Elba, Tracee Ellis Ross

A mechanic (Idris Elba) enlists the help of a successful-but-lonely attorney (Gabrielle Union) while trying to wrest custody of his three daughters from his treacherous ex-wife and her larcenous boy friend. Along the way, the working relationship between the blue collar dad and his uptown attorney grows into something more. This is a simple, touching story of two people trying to overcome their different backgrounds to find love, a down-on-his-luck man struggling to protect his children from abuse and neglect, and a community looking to purge itself from the criminals terrorising their neighborhood.

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