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On Valentine's Day, 2020, how would you like to spend your day at the cinema? Would you like to spend it watching the journey of an utterly kind, wholesome, lovely couple loving the absolute shit out of each other, and dealing with an unexpected roadblock with good grace and humor? Yeah! That sounds pretty friggin' great, right? Then you've simply gotta watch the trailer for Ordinary Love, a romantic drama coming to select cinemas on February 14, 2020. [caption id="attachment_864741" align="alignright" width="350"] Image via Bleecker Street/caption] Liam Neeson (Love Actually) and Lesley Manville (a …...

Hollywood studios have historically relied on typically cheaper and often endearing romantic comedy to fill out slates. The genre had its ups and downs during the 2000s, but studios and audiences rekindled their love affair with rom-coms over the course of the decade. Here’s a list of some of the most memorable romantic comedies from the 2010s.

“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World” (2010) There are more than a few genre-bending films on this list, but maybe none more interesting and ambitious than “Scott Pilgrim vs. The World.” This meta, cult classic rom-com co-written and directed by Edgar Wright blends rom-com tropes with comic books as Scott Pilgrim, played by Michael Cera, fights off The League of Evil Exes in order to win the heart of the girl he’s fallen for, Ramona Flowers, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead. The film truly is singular. And in addition to Winstead and Cera,...

Though it was released nearly two decades ago, few Christmas movies are quite as beloved and popular today as the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually. The movie covers a wide-ranging network of characters and relationships - romantic, familial, and platonic. It also boasts an impressive cast of celebrities who were A-listers at the time, and who have become A-listers since.

Related: 10 Christmas Movies For Fans Of Love Actually

The film may not exactly be regarded as the highest quality cinema ever produced, but it is known for its humor, its romance, and above all else its heart. Here, we take a look back at ten of the sweetest moments the film featured.

When Love Actually arrived in 2003, and became an overnight sensation. Audiences loved the wildly popular cast ensemble, heartwarming love stories, and its classic British aura. A number of arguments have been made for and against Love Actually. Some audiences hated certain storylines (Juliet and Mark), whilst others couldn't have asked for more (The Prime Minister and Natalie).

Related: 10 Feel Good Romance Movies To Watch Around Christmas

It is really difficult to not like Love Actually because it markets itself as ust what it is- a holiday movie. It doesn't sell itself to be otherwise. Yet, each time you rewatch Love Actually, there's are moments of, "aww what a people-friendly Prime Minister Britain just elected!" Then there are moments of cringe as well such as blond Keira Knightley not flying, was it necessary to ask Martin Freeman to crank it up a notch during filming erotica, and why is Emma Thompson...

For me, Richard Curtis’ 2003 film Love Actually is half “guilty pleasure with twinkles and earned fuzzies” and half “cluttered product-of-its-time with stand-out problematics.” 16 years after its theatrical premiere, Love Actually represents cheesy holiday cheer for some and eye-rolling for those who don’t find romantic comedy their thing. It weaves a loosely threaded web of […]

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When Love Actually was released in 2003, it changed the game for holiday movies. Several different stories set around the holiday season in England connected in surprising and heartfelt ways. Producers tried to replicate the feel of the movie — and its massive ensemble cast — with other films, but no film has quite captured the magic of the season, love, and family the way Love Actually has.

Related: 10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Making Of Love Actually

Fans have been interested in a sequel for years, and though we can’t give them that, we can explore the personalities of ten of the characters to see just where they’d fit in at Hogwarts. Sure, some of the actors appeared in the Harry Potter franchise as well, but they played vastly different people.

Whether you’re home for the holidays this year or staying put, one thing’s for sure — a lot of movies will be watched next week. We’ve done the heavy lifting for you and compiled a list of where and when to watch all of your Christmas favorites, from “It’s a Wonderful Life” to “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

“The Santa Clause” (Saturday at 5:05 p.m., Sunday at 10:15 a.m., Christmas Eve at 1:30 p.m., and Christmas at 11 a.m. on Freeform) Tim Allen is forced to become Santa due to a contractual agreement in this holiday classic.

“How the Grinch Stole Christmas”(2000) Jim Carrey at his absolute best? The argument could be made. Catch the 1966 animated version at 8 p.m. on Christmas on NBC.

“Elf” Christmas just wouldn’t be the same without Buddy the Elf and a plate of candy-coated spaghetti.

“Home Alone”. “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York...

Love Actually is one of those classic Christmas movies that was never meant to be considered a Christmas movie. It’s in good company with other similar titles like Die Hard, but is a very different film.

The 2003 British romantic comedy has a star-studded cast with some actors who didn’t actually hit it big in Hollywood until long after the film was released. The ensemble cast includes recognizable names like the late Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Keira Knightley, Colin Firth, Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Martin Freeman, Andrew Lincoln, Laura Linney, and Rowan Atkinson.

Related: Love Actually: 5 Reasons We Need A Sequel (& 5 We Don’t)

It follows several different stories of different people experiencing love in its many forms, including the loss of love, young love, unrequited and forbidden love, new love, and non-romantic love. While it got mixed reviews, it was a box office...

All Aubrie Sellers wants for Christmas is to beat her family in a game of “Nertz.”

Work commitments mean the singer-songwriter is hosting Christmas in L.A. this year instead of going to see the family in Texas, but despite the location change, some traditions will stay the same.

“Everyone cooks and we play a lot of music and have guitars all over the house,” she says, over the phone in Los Angeles on a recent afternoon, “but what we really love is playing games.”

Whether it’s a classic card game,...

It's a classic holiday tradition: curling up on the couch with loved ones and binging the numerous Christmas films that have taken over Decembers for years and years. Whether it's Home Alone or Love Actually, these films can even put Scrooge into the holiday spirit.

While it can be tough to pick a favorite, The Hollywood Reporter has gathered the 21 most memorable Christmas moments on film, dating back to the 1946 black-and-white classic It's a Wonderful Life.

Featuring classic quotes like "You'll shoot your eye out, kid" from 1983's A Christmas Story to Will Ferrell'...

It's a classic holiday tradition: curling up on the couch with loved ones and binging the numerous Christmas films that have taken over Decembers for years and years. Whether it's Home Alone or Love Actually, these films can even put Scrooge into the holiday spirit.

While it can be tough to pick a favorite, The Hollywood Reporter has gathered the 21 most memorable Christmas moments on film, dating back to the 1946 black-and-white classic It's a Wonderful Life.

Featuring classic quotes like "You'll shoot your eye out, kid" from 1983's A Christmas Story to Will Ferrell'...

Try as they might, no Christmas movie will ever compare in terms of popularity, romance, and cult classic status to the 2003 classic British romantic comedy Love Actually. Even nearly 20 years after the movie was released, it remains just as popular, just as highly discussed, and just as debated as it ever has been.

Related: The Other Biggest Projects The Cast Of Love Actually Have Been In

Thanks to social media, and the popularity of streaming services, Love Actually continues to have quite the life of its own among film viewing audiences all around the world. Regardless of which characters you feel most drawn to, or which romances you remain the most invested in, one thing is clear: a sequel to Love Actually is something that many fans want. But do we really need one?...

It's time to get in the holiday spirit because Kayla Catan is taking over BroadwayWorld's Instagram Story at Off-Broadway's Love Actually this Sunday, December 15th at The Jerry Orbach Theater. Be sure to tune in throughout the day to get a peek behind the scenes of Off-Broadway's unauthorized musical parody of the classic holiday film. Love is going to be all around, so you're not gonna want to miss it...

Colin Firth and wife Livia Giuggioli have announced their separation. After 22 years of marriage, and two children together, the Love Actually actor and the Italian film producer have decided to go their separate ways. "Colin and Livia Firth have separated," their reps tell E! News in a joint statement. "They maintain a close friendship and remain united in their love for their children. They kindly ask for privacy. There will be no further comment." This announcement comes almost two years after Livia admitted to having a past affair with her alleged stalker. In a statement to E! News in March 2018, the former couple's rep addressed Livia's prior romance with Marco...

My favourite Christmas movie turned 20 this year. Stanley Kubrick's final film has taken almost as long to get its due in the popular culture, but I feel it has achieved consensus (more or less) for the final Kubrickian masterwork that it is. As a Christmas movie, replacing It's A Wonderful Life, A Christmas Story, Love Actually, or Gremlins, Eyes Wide Shut might still have a way to go -- but not in my household. Cult of the 1% orgies, and a sexually frustrated Tom Cruise aside, the film is gorgeously lit entirely with (non-led) Christmas lights, soft yellows, pale blues, deep reds. It screams 'the holidays' even as the subject matter is completely orthogonal to any notion of a 'holiday movie.' And artist/designer Neil...

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At Christmas, you tell the truth—and that's exactly what Hugh Grant is doing. The British actor's performance in 2003's Love Actually is one of his most beloved roles, but there was one scene that he called an "absolute hell" to film. In a clip from BBC's upcoming feature "Hugh Grant: A Life on Screen," Grant admitted that his character's dance number was actually his least favorite day on set. For those unfamiliar with the classic holiday rom-com, the Notting Hill star plays a fictional Prime Minister that delivers a memorable impromptu dance to The Pointer Sisters' song "Jump (For My Love)," which takes place throughout the corridors of 10 Downing Street. And...

It may be more than 15 years since “Love Actually” was released, but Hugh Grant, Colin Firth, and Richard Curtis have finally opened up about one of the the film’s defining moments even as the movie made surprise election-related headlines in the U.K. this week.

Grant, Firth and Curtis all feature in the career retrospective “Hugh Grant: A Life on Screen,” which is part of the BBC’s Christmas programming schedule. In a clip shared exclusively with Variety, Grant describes his famous prime ministerial dance as “absolute hell,” and insists that the sequence was unrehearsed. But director Curtis begs to differ, saying jokingly that Grant had practiced and that, because of the actor’s “dirty behavior in discos across London,” he was “quite good at dancing.”

Co-star Firth said Grant “made a terrible fuss” about the scene, and Grant himself confesses that he dreaded the shoot. “I thought, ‘That’s going to be excruciating,...

The festive season is upon us! For film fans such as you or I that means the chance to revel in the cozy warmth of our most beloved Christmas movies. Whether it’s a preferred version of a well-loved tale (The Muppet Christmas Carol), a family-friendly laugh fest (still The Muppet Christmas Carol), or a barnstorming sing-a-long (again… The Muppet Christmas Carol), as the evenings draw in so too are we drawn to screens both big and small.

Everyone has their favourites (you can probably guess mine…), but films which warm the heart don’t always rake it in at the box office. The reverse is true too, with Paul Feig’s charming but paper-thin Last Christmas doing extremely well with festive audiences while barely troubling anyone’s Top Ten movies of the year.

The merry folks over at Betway have taken a look to see what makes a successful Christmas movie,...

Spoof ad promoting Brexit policies puts Boris Johnson in role played by Andrew Lincoln.

Hugh Grant has taken aim at a Conservative Party election campaign ad inspired by a much-imitated scene in the 2003 romantic comedy Love Actually, in which a man pretends to be a carol singer and holds up a series of cards confessing his secret love for the new wife of his best friend.

Taking the role originally played by Andrew Lincoln, Conservative Party leader Boris Johnson presents a series of messages, proclaiming the UK parliament has blocked Brexit and that he will force through the UK’s...

Perhaps one of the best romance movies of the twenty-first century, Love Actually is also one of the most beloved Christmas movies of all time. One of the reasons why the film got so popular was probably its cast includes Alan Rickman, Emma Thompson, Keira Knightley, and others.

Related: Keira Knightley's 10 Best Movies (According To IMDb)

Though some of them were lucky enough to join the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there were many other great projects they got into. Without further ado, here are the other biggest projects the cast of Love Actually has been in.

To mark the release of Stardog and Turbocat on 6th December, we’ve been given a merchandise bundle to give away.

Launched into space by his scientist owner in 1969, loyal dog Buddy (Nick Frost) crash lands in the present-day in a small town where pets are ruthlessly rounded up by animal-hating cop Peck. Desperate to be reunited with his owner, Buddy recruits genius millionaire cat Felix (Luke Evans) to help him on a madcap adventure across town. But when they encounter rabbit Cassidy (Gemma Arterton) and her misfit organisation of animal rights activists G.U.A.R.D., Buddy and Felix are forced to confront Peck and become the

heroes they need to be…

StarDog And TurboCat stars Luke Evans (Beauty and the Beast), Nick Frost, Gemma Arterton and Bill Nighy (Love Actually), and is directed by Ben Smith. StarDog and TurboCat will be released in both 2D and 3D formats.

Show me someone who says they don't like Love Actually, and I'll show you a liar. One of the holiday season's most iconic odes to love and the Christmas spirit, the anthology style movie, which loosely interweaves interconnected stories of Londoners falling in and out of love, has something for

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It’s the time of year where families gather, get drunk and consume Love Actually. But what is it about the season that makes us accept such dross?

Every year, my in-laws have a Christmas tradition: they all sit down and watch Love Actually together. I will usually be in the kitchen doing something less painful, like removing my own fingernails. I am not sure they really love it that much either, actually. It’s just a thing they do that feels a lot like Christmas. They are by no means the only ones: Christmas is the only time of year that we will actively rewatch movies. Even terrible movies.

This is great news for the film industry. The same old festive films are dusted off and put out every year: It’s a Wonderful Life, Meet Me in St Louis, White Christmas, any number of Christmas Carols (I’ll...

'Tis the season! This time of year is always great to watch and re-watch the holiday specials from our favorite TV shows and watch some of our favorite festive flicks. There are so many different Christmas movies out there, from movies that just happen to take place during Christmas to movies that are completely focused on the holiday season.

Related: 10 Non-Traditional Christmas Movies To Watch On The Holidays

One really popular one is Love Actually, a 2003 film that follows the lives of several different couples during the Christmas season. These couples are all very different, but all their stories become intertwined with one another. Although watching Love Actually over and over is always fun during Christmastime, there are so many other good movies we can enjoy, too. To see 10 Christmas movies that are perfect for any fan of Love Actually, keep reading!

What makes the perfect Christmas movie? And which is the best of the best? Everyone has their own opinion, but a new study has the answer – https://musicmagpie.co.uk/ultimate-christmas-movies/ According to the team at musicMagpie, there are four key elements that make a Christmas classic. It must have Christmas references (obviously), perform well in the box office, be a hit with critics and audiences alike, and create a festive buzz year after year. Using this as a starting point, they looked at 20 of the most popular festive films of all time and ranked them against 20 different criteria to determine the ultimate Christmas movie. The Ultimate Christmas Movie According to musicMagpie’s research, Home Alone takes the top spot, being crowned the ultimate Christmas film. It tops the charts for financial performance, as well as festive buzz, being the one film people just can’t stop talking about, year after year.

Exclusive: CAA has signed award-winning British actor Martin Freeman.

Freeman is renowned for his many roles including Bilbo Baggins in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy as well as CIA agent Everett Ross Marvel’s Black Panther and Captain America: Civil War.

On TV, Freeman played Watson on BBC’s Sherlock of which he counts two supporting actor miniseries/movie noms and one win in 2014. The Aldershot, Hampshire native also counts a 2011 BAFTA supporting actor win for Sherlock. He was also nominated for both a Golden Globe and Emmy in the lead actor miniseries/movie category for his turn as Lester Nygaar in FX’s first season of MGM’s Fargo.

Freeman studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Other notable roles include Tim Canterbury in the UK’s famed version of The Office. Feature credits include Ali G Indahouse, Love Actually, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, The World’s End,...

So much for making the yuletide gay. Hallmark Channel is rolling out a total of 40 original holiday-themed movies across Hallmark and its sister network Hallmark Movies & Mysteries — not one of which features an Lgbtq character taking center stage.

And Lifetime, the network’s closest competitor in the made-for-tv holiday movie space, has a similarly poor track record: Out of 30 new original Christmas movies, none feature primary storylines about Lgbtq couples.

Lgbtq characters have appeared in Hallmark and Lifetime movies past and present — this year, Lifetime has four movies which feature queer relationships in supporting positions — but none have carried a holiday movie of their own as the co-owners of a candy cane company or lovers in Dollywood or whatever the premise may be.

Also Read: A Christmas Competition: Inside Netflix-Hallmark Battle for Holiday Viewers

Netflix, which has also moved into holiday programming with films like “The Knight Before Christmas...