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As the most romantic day of the year approaches, now is usually a time for couples to make dinner reservations. However, many are probably looking for ways to celebrate their love at home - perhaps by looking up what to watch on Valentineâs Day weekend. You could always go with a reliable favorite like
The Notebook, or a more recent, acclaimed drama like
A Star Is Born, for instance. However, if you expand your search across all of your favorite streaming platforms, you will find more movies that are perfect for the holiday than you will know what to do with.
Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally.
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Synopsis: Years after a post-college road trip, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) reunite in New York City as they ask themselves an age-old question: can a man and a woman be just friends?
Why it s so good: From proclamations of love on New Year s Eve to the endlessly quotable diner scene, When Harry Met Sally has remained a classic due to Nora Ephron s unparalleled writing.
Modern romantic comedies owe a lot to When Harry Met Sally (1989).
Synopsis: Years after a post-college road trip, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) reunite in New York City as they ask themselves an age-old question: can a man and a woman be just friends?
5 Great Rom-Coms to Stream on Hulu for Valentine s Day kxly.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kxly.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
What are most rom-coms missing? Existential dread. Andy Samberg and Cristin Milioti deliver that with the laughs in ‘Palm Springs.’
For editor Matt Friedman (“The Farewell”), the challenge was structuring a story that features soul-crushing repetition without inflicting soul-crushing repetition on the audience. His tack was to flesh out the details beyond the screenplay.
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“My style as an editor is to talk about the mechanics and the minutiae of everything,” Friedman says. “I don’t understand how I can tell a story if I don’t understand it explicitly, even if it’s something that isn’t necessarily going to be told to the audience.”