#original: sleepless in seattle

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Rooster: Do you think there's someone out there you could love as much as Ice? Maverick: Well, Bradley, that's hard to imagine. Rooster: What're you gonna do? Maverick: Well, I'm gonna get out of bed every morning... breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out... and, then after a while, I won't have to think about how I had it great and perfect for a while. Rooster: What was special to you about Ice? Maverick: Oh, kid...how much time you got? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together... and I knew it. I knew it the very first time I touched him. It was like coming home... only to no home I'd ever known... I was giving him a hug on the tarmac, with a hundred people around, and I knew. It was like...magic.

[gayfour]

[weepingfoxfury]

Back to nighttime ventures with Smallest Dog. She headed off to the Big Shed to do her thing ... and I?

I got no more than about ten paces from the back door before I spotted the slug related wheelie bin top assignation.

Ah the romance of it all.

I'll meet you at the top of the green wheelie bin ... make sure you head up the side where the handle is. Catch your breath, and then just slither about 8 inches due south west across the old abandoned duvet cover plain. I'll be waiting at the small twig cafe.

Not quite Sleepless in Seattle and the Empire State Building, and it's hard to tell who's playing Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks, but still ... romantic as heck.

Do you suppose they exchanged numbers? ...

[sparklyslug]

We as a culture cannot be forgiven for letting Meg Ryan’s star prematurely fade.

[aziraphales-library]

Heya!

I've read a LOT of GO fics in my time, but I can't remember if I've seen crossovers/AUs of the following movies with Aziraphale/Crowley, can you help please?

So my favourite rom coms of all time are the following, and I'd love GO versions (if they don't exist I may have to write them)!

French Kiss (Meg Ryan and Kevin Kline)

You've Got Mail (Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks)

When Harry Met Sally (Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal)

Runaway Bride (Julia Roberts and Richard Gere)

Never Been Kissed (Drew Barrymore)

I won't bother asking about Pretty Woman because I've read so many versions with either of them in either role lmaooo (and I have loved Every. Single. One.)

Or basically any late 80s/early 90s rom coms with Meg Ryan (except Sleepless in Seattle because I find it incredibly boring) or Julia Roberts!

Thank you so much for everything you do! You've helped me discover so many amazing fics and writers and it is much appreciated!!! 💖💖😇😎

Hello there!

Did you know there is a whole collection from the Good Omens Rom-Com Event that was run a couple years ago? You might find what you're looking for there! (Some of the fics are unfinished so keep that in mind)

We have previously recommended a bunch of You've Got Mail/She Loves Me fics HERE, so check those out.

As for the other ones you've asked about:

French Kiss AU:

A Bit of Crumpet by Fyre [E]

With a handsome, successful fiance and a respectable home in Manhattan, Aziraphale Fell thought his life was more than adequate. He never expected to be jilted in a long-distance telephone call and so he sets out for England to find out exactly what's going on and gets a lot more than he bargained for.

When Harry Met Sally AU:

it had to be you by curtaincall [M]

“What I’m saying,” said Aziraphale, looking fixedly ahead, “and please don’t take this as a personal insult in any way, is that an angel and a demon can’t be friends.”

“Why not?”

“Because,” said Aziraphale, firmly. “It’s against the order of things. You’re supposed to tempt. I’m supposed to thwart. We can’t go being friends.”

*

A canon-divergent AU inspired by When Harry Met Sally.

I don't know of any fics with your two last wishes but there is also:

Notting Hill AU:

Soho by Lurlur [E]

Aziraphale lives a quiet kind of life, running a quiet specialist bookshop in one of the liveliest districts of London. He's content with his lot, happy with his friends, tolerant of his probably-human housemate, living vicariously through the gossip pages.

One day, a chance encounter with Anthony Crowley, lead singer of wildly successful rock band The Demons, threatens to turn his whole world upside down.

Music and Lyrics AU:

pop! goes my heart by attheborder [E], WIP

When has-been musician Anthony Crowley is recruited by pop singer Anathema Device to write a song for her new record, he jumps on the chance to resuscitate his career with a hit. There's only one problem: he can't write lyrics to save his life.

But a chance meeting with a stranger by the name of Aziraphale, with a poetic streak that's a perfect fit for the song, changes everything for Crowley. Together, they'll create something beautiful, fight the forces of the music industry, and perhaps even find a way back into love...

A Music and Lyrics AU for the GO Rom Com Event, complete with all-new original songs written and recorded by the author!

Kate & Leopold AU:

Until by Nadzieja [T]

“I don’t want to go home.” Half-asleep Aziraphale murmurs into his ear and Crowley's heart clenches. His grip tightens reflexively around the warm soft body in his arms, around the smell of old books and sandalwood.

“Then don’t.” He’s trying not to sound like he's pleading, but his throat is tight and his voice hoarse.

*

Crowley lives his average life, working in a high-end advertising company at London that pays just enough to get him a room in a shared accommodation. That's just his luck that he ends up living with a literal witch. One day she brings home an even more eccentric man that has a taste for 19th century fashion, as if Crowley didn't have enough things to worry about. Little he knows that the man will turn his world upside down. Literally. And that's just the beginning of his problems.

~Mod N

[catiuskaa]

GET TO KNOW ME ⭐️

this looks so much fun! thank you sosososososo much for tagging me @j-0ne25 my lovely babyyy <3<3<3<3

WHAT’S THE ORIGIN OF YOUR BLOG TITLE?

caituska is a random nick i came up because I was playing animal crossing and I always used the little polka-dot red and white rain boots? iykyk lol, so yeah, those are katiuskas, and I changed the first k because... i like cats? i guess lol

FAVOURITE FANDOMS?

i am STRUGGLING to keep up with skz lately, but that's on my procrastinator ass. of course I have to give a massive shout out to the harry potter fandom that made me start writing silly little tidbits that are still on wattpad (plz don't look for em lol)

OTP(s)

me and @knowbites because that's my wife fo sho 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ lol but i gotta mention minsung because i remember being a baby stay and thinking they were dating 😭😭

FAVOURITE COLOUR?

oh yes, white. it reflects all other colours, and I use it so much for painting, I need that, but also... idk... red? teal? i just love colours

FAVOURITE GAME?

Video games: Animal Crossing is 100% my summer material and I'd die without it (I’ve been neglecting my island for a while though, fuck classes and homework for that🥰)

Board games: UNO IS MY BITCH, I LOVE IT

SONG STUCK IN YOUR HEAD?

under the sea because i just watched (like literally JUST finished) watching the Little Mermaid live action and I will go and annoy @knowbites about it because it's so good, pookie you were so right

WEIRDEST HABIT/TRAIT?

i do voices so much that i've gotten people to ask me what my real voice is? maybe? and probably the fact that I keep band-aids in my wallet (next to a minho photocard of course) oh and I randomly start singing, my friends call me their walking radio sometimes

HOBBIES?

Writing, reading, yapping 25/8, singing, video games, painting, playing the flute and the piano (although I majorly suck at it), watching movies.

IF YOU WORK, WHAT IS YOUR PROFESSION?

I am a full-time student, but I can't figure out for the life of me if what I'm studying is what I want to do? i feel like the bee in bee movie, I'm that lil bitch (no hoes tho)

IF YOU COULD HAVE ANY JOB YOU WISH, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

i'd die to be an actress or a painter but those also terrify the shit out of me

SOMETHING YOU’RE GOOD AT?

writing. starting things and not finishing them (see my masterlists), yapping, singing, painting (although it depends on when you ask me bc yesss imposter syndrome).

SOMETHING YOU’RE BAD AT?

" trying to not interrupt people while they’re talking to me. I overthink WAY too much. I also am such a people pleaser it’s fucking annoying. "

funny, but that's a leftover from copy pasting the questions in @j-0ne25's post but dawg I AGREE, 100% SAME

SOMETHING YOU LOVE?

family, friends, colacao or basically chocolate, strawberries, yapping, sea, and the smell of alcohol markers, painting, and good ol' guacamole

SOMETHING YOU COULD TALK ABOUT FOR HOURS OFF THE CUFF?

movies. music. art. more specific, pro-abortion arguments thanks to dean withers and hasan piker. all of the sneaky references in my works that I secretly always hope people will notice. probably lots of things because I'm a yapper at heart and soul

SOMETHING YOU HATE?

people who interrupt me but then look at me like what I was saying was... what? wHAT?? WHATDOYOUWANTFROMME (help) and I HATE unwarranted attitude, like homeboy (or homegirl or homethey) I AINT DONE NOTHIN TO YA WHY YOU BITCHIN AT ME FOR😭😭😭

SOMETHING YOU COLLECT?

Earrings? Like funny ones with cute charms. That’s all I could think about.

OK @j-0ne25 SAME?? i'm wearing my favourites right now, little plastic bags with a small fish inside! (no there's no liquid inside em, yes people wonder and try to squeeze em when they notice, yes they yank my ears lol)

SOMETHING YOU FORGET?

YES. YESYESYESYES. ME? DORY. PLEASURE TO FORGET.

WHAT’S YOUR LOVE LANGUAGE?

physical touch and quality time

FAVOURITE MOVIE/SHOW?

i can't choose just one but i really like sleepless in Seattle and also the sixth sense but ALSO when harry met sally. i love me a classic

FAVOURITE FOOD?

i can't choose! i'm a foodie but also very picky... i think?

FAVOURITE ANIMALS?

cats. I just love them. if no one pspsps at a cat, me and lee know are both dead.

ARE YOU MUSICAL?

I'd say so! I love music, I looooove singing, and I play both piano, flute, and I used to take guitar lessons too.

WHAT WERE YOU LIKE AS A CHILD?

luhh... oud. an ENFP in the making, basically. too extroverted, if that's a thing? lol

FAVOURITE SUBJECT IN SCHOOL?

Philosophy and History, both just plain old history and also art history, and spanish.

LEAST FAVOURITE SUBJECT?

PHYSICS. FUCK THAT.

WHAT’S YOUR BEST CHARACTER TRAIT?

being able to make people comfortable with me and vent

WHAT’S YOUR WORST CHARACTER TRAIT?

I’m still too much in my head and overthink shit. Emotions overwhelm me to the point where it’s hard to focus, and most of the times I don't know what to do with myself? (sigh)

IF YOU COULD CHANGE ANY DETAIL OF YOUR DAY RIGHT NOW, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

i want it to be longer so i can actually finish the tasks I wanted to do today and also i'd make it so my head and back don't hurt randomly (hate periods)

IF YOU COULD TRAVEL IN TIME, WHO WOULD YOU LIKE TO MEET?

myself when I was younger, probably?

FIC RECS?

by @dreaming-medium, animals without direction, but also all of her other works bc god she's so good, also everything by @seospicybin, @skzms @hwangism143 @moonjxsung @hyunsvngs ...so many more I can't remember... i love y'all, your writing inspires me so much

tagging! @knowbites @galarta @strayingawayy @straylightdream @seospicybin @palindrome969 @starlostastronaut @facioleeknow

[amywritesthings]

hi there! I want to start off on congratulating you for the success on P4. needless to say that it was very well received by the levi community.

that being said, I have some thoughts I wanted to ask about. was the ending to P4 the ending you originally had in mind or did it flow to you while you were writing the series (hopefully that makes sense lol)?

I speak for many of us when I say that I’d love to see a sequel. there are so many questions left unanswered. does the chemistry between reader and levi translate irl? does reader tell annie about levi and how does she react? does levi meet porco? ugh so many thoughts, so many possibilities

whether or not you decide on writing a sequel, I want to say that this my favorite levi series by far. I’ve never stopped thinking about this fic since I read the first part 🫶

Helloooo! Thank you so much for the thoughtful message, this means a lot. 🌸 The ending of P4 that you read is, in fact, the ending I wrote in my outline prior to posting part one.

For me, I struggle with finales. It took nearly nine months for me to even remotely entertain an ending for my longfic, SU. My goal with P4 (I actually wrote the idea a year go? i think?) was to have a definitive amount of chapters so I wouldn't just go onnn and onnn and onnn with a story. There are a lot of unanswered questions, and I know several people have already said they're upset Levi/Scarlet didn't actually hook up, but I think tackling the idea of navigating something parasocial to something real deserves a multitude of chapters in and of itself. It's a nuance I didn't want to sacrifice for the mysticism of this Sleepless in Seattle-esque story, so I chose to end it there as intended and stay true to my outline.

I'll be candid: I did not anticipate the response this story got. I literally wrote this story for @sixpennydame and @nube55 after the two of them were so encouraging and excited about the idea.

I don't mind sharing my bulletpoints, actually, if you'd interested in them under the cut - it's the same ending, but I changed a lot around re: order and how we got to the final dialogue.

(A lot changes between two months + actually sitting down to write a story and that's why i love writing as i update, because i can get influenced on the dime to change a dynamic/dialogue choice/etc. If this helps anyone see how I initially outline, then I'm happy to do so!)

i also talk to myself in the outlines, so. witness my insanity lmao.

[duranduratulsa]

In the CD 💿 player today...

A Matter Of Trust: The Bridge To Russia by Billy Joel (1987/2014)

Sacred Love by Sting (2003)

Memento Mori by Depeche Mode (2023)

Sleepless In Seattle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (1993)

#billyjoel #amatteroftrust #amatteroftrustthebridgetorussia #Sting #SacredLove #depechemode #mementomori #ripandyfletcher #sleeplessinseattle #80s #90s #2000s #2010s #2020s #CD #compactdisc

[pimento-playing-hopscotch]

7 Comfort Movies

Thanks for the tag, @dreamingofmickeywaffles @reyestrandd and @lemonlyman-dotcom 🥰🥰🥰

1. Clue- there isn’t a second of this movie that is wasted, every single part of it is wonderful- the costumes, the dialogue, the over the top spectacle of it all- every single person in this (it also has the perfect amount of characters, I don’t know why this is a thing for me but it is) but all of them bite into the scenery and do not let go for 97 minutes and it is SENSATIONAL. I wish I could go back to 1985 and tell the people who said it sucked what they’re missing (and tell them about the multiple endings I can imagine how confusing that was in a pre social media world).

2. The Producers (the 2005 version) it’s impossible for me to watch this movie and be in a bad mood. Matthew Broderick and Nathan Lane play off each other so well and I relate to Leo Bloom on a spiritual level (the line “you’ve mistaken me for someone with a spine” - MOOD). I haven’t seen the original so it may be rehashing but this just makes me happy.

3. Emperors New Groove- Aka the most underrated Disney movie in existence- Lordy do I love this movie. Every single of line is this is so goddamn funny even from the characters that aren’t necessarily supposed to be (I love Pacha’s wife- “UGH! I gotta go wash something”). And the fact that they wanted to do a villain as a young person backstory and picked Cruella over Yzma- a TRAVESTY. GIVE ME MY YZMA CENTERED PREQUEL DISNEY- I MEAN IT! (Sorry for all the shouting. Probably shouldn’t have filled this out after back to back shifts lol).

4. Sleepless in Seattle- this movie is just like a warm hug to me. Not even that it’s romantic- like it is but it’s so much more than that- it has just the right amount of characters and it does a good job of being a movie where they tell you don’t base your life around a movie but still being one of those movies and Rosie O’Donnell’s character is friend goals and Tom Hanks- he really is that charming- it’s one of those movies where I just think about it for weeks after I watch it (particularly the part at the end where he finally gets to Jonah and tearfully tells him “you’re my family. You’re all I’ve got”. Also the father-son stuff is top notch.

5. The Goonies- I’m still not over that Ke Huy Quan mentioned Jeff Cohen in his Oscar speech- but they are just the cutest group of kids and Brand is the cutest older brother in the you are so annoying but also you’re not gonna get hurt on my watch way and Chunk is adorable and I love all these goobers so much

6. Mary Poppins- this movie is just so wonderful. It’s beautifully shot and the songs and in between dialogue is amazing and I’m always embarrassed to tell people how much I love this movie cause I’m much too old and might cry about how much it means to me.

7. Muppet Treasure Island- MARGARITAS AT THE MIDNIGHT BUFFET!! This movie is really funny and also really sweet at the same time? Like I think about the there’s got to be something better song once a week but then there’s Gonzo whispering “I believe they prefer visually challenged fiend” and Jennifer Saunders as the innkeeper who can always hear them- “I’ll be fine boys- run for it!” “How does she do that?!” And Tim Curry- Tim Curry is having so much fun in this movie (“Satan is heating his pokers for you, you… blasphemous heathens!”) If I had two hours left to live I would put this movie on.

No pressure tags - @elevatehearts @hydesjackiespuddinpop @manicpixiedreamb0y @poppy-in-the-woods @baubeautyandthegeek @ellena-asg @draculakells @paperstorm

[scottishaccentsareawesome]

Maverick: I don't deserve you. Iceman: Well, I wouldn't put it that way...but okay.

[angelo-tiger-woods]

Part 7 - Incoming Text for Michelle Obama (@michelleobama) and Jeff Bezos (@jeffbezos) and Connie Orlando (@connieorlando) and Draya Michele (@drayamichele) and Eiza Gonzalez (@eizagonzalez):

I'll explain everything as if I'm giving a masterclass on the film Michael (1996) and your proposed 2025 reboot—thoughtfully, clearly, and point by point—like a seasoned professor breaking down an intricate work of storytelling, filmmaking, and cultural relevance. Just pure cinematic insight. Let's begin.

THE FILM: MICHAEL (1996)

1. The Actors and Their Roles (and Their Ages at the Time of Filming) At the heart of Michael is a road movie wrapped in whimsy and a touch of the divine. Each actor brought a different color to this spiritual mosaic:

John Travolta played Michael, the archangel. But not the ethereal, solemn type from sacred paintings—instead, he’s shaggy-haired, beer-drinking, and unpredictable. A celestial being cloaked in very earthly quirks. Travolta was around 41 years old during filming in 1995, coming off the heat of Pulp Fiction and entering his Hollywood renaissance.

Andie MacDowell portrayed Dorothy Winters, a dog-obsessed angel expert sent to investigate Michael. She was around 37 at the time, and she brought a tender earnestness that grounded the film’s more fantastical elements.

William Hurt took on the role of Frank Quinlan, the cynical reporter on the team. He played the emotional anchor who slowly rediscovers wonder through Michael’s influence. He was about 45 during production, lending gravitas and restraint.

Bob Hoskins played Vartan Malt, the tabloid editor who sends the team on their heavenly errand. At 52, Hoskins gave the film its comic spark and gritty industry realism.

Robert Pastorelli was Huey Driscoll, Frank’s loyal photographer friend. With an age of about 41, he brought humor and warmth—a sidekick with a camera and heart.

Jean Stapleton played Pansy Milbank, the sweet older woman who initially claims to live with an angel. She was 72, and her character serves as the whimsical inciting incident of the entire narrative.

Together, this ensemble turned a fantastical premise into a surprisingly human—and often deeply funny—journey.

2. The Screenwriters The screenplay was crafted by a talented group: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Peter Dexter, and Jim Quinlan. Nora and Delia were sisters known for their sharp, witty romantic writing (Sleepless in Seattle). Peter Dexter, a novelist and journalist, brought emotional depth and grit, while Jim Quinlan contributed story elements. The result was a film that felt like part fairy tale, part newsroom road trip.

3. The Director The film was directed by Nora Ephron. She was already a legend in romantic comedy and character-driven storytelling. Her voice as a director is gentle but distinct—she lets quirky characters breathe, gives room for magic, and always ensures the story circles back to the heart.

4. The Studio and Production Michael was produced by Turner Pictures and Alphaville Films, and distributed in the United States by New Line Cinema. These were solid mid-90s production houses—Turner being tied to Ted Turner’s media empire and Alphaville known for character-first genre films.

5. The Budget The budget for the film was approximately $50 million, which was mid-range for a star-driven dramedy of the era—especially one involving special effects for angelic appearances and a celestial road trip.

6. The Box Office The film was a modest commercial success. Domestically, it brought in over $95 million, with a total worldwide gross of nearly $120 million. While not a blockbuster, it more than doubled its budget, helped by Travolta’s star power and the holiday season release window.

7. Was It Based on a Book? No, Michael was not adapted from any novel or literary property. It was an original screenplay—something becoming more rare in Hollywood today—which makes it all the more unique and creatively unbounded.

8. Who Owns the I.P.? The intellectual property rights are most likely held by Warner Bros. Discovery, which absorbed Turner Pictures and now controls the catalog of New Line Cinema. Any remake, reboot, or continuation would need to go through their legal and development departments.

9. Who to Contact for a Reboot If you’re serious about developing a reboot, your path would likely start with a reputable literary or entertainment agent. They would then reach out to Warner Bros. Discovery’s film division—most likely through the Warner Bros. Pictures Group or its development arm. Attachments like a script treatment, concept artwork, and early casting notes (which you’ve brilliantly assembled) help tremendously.

THE REBOOT: MICHAEL (2025)

Your reboot reimagines Michael not as a one-off oddity, but as the first chapter in a universe—angelic, philosophical, whimsical, and profound. You keep the heart of the story but elevate its cosmic stakes.

The New Cast (Reimagined Characters)

Chris Pratt plays the new Michael: still charming, but this time less rebellious and more conflicted. He knows he belongs in Heaven, but Earth’s imperfections have seduced him. There’s more pathos in this version.

Gal Gadot is Dorothy: a researcher of angelic lore and ethologist. She's intellectually fascinated by Michael, but finds herself emotionally moved as well.

Bryan Greenberg as Frank: a lapsed theologian turned journalist. He sees Michael as a hoax—until his own beliefs are upended.

Nick Frost as Vartan Malt: the fast-talking digital editor of a viral news startup. He’s in it for the clicks—but also surprisingly sentimental.

Dan Fogler as Huey: Frank’s podcast-producing sidekick. Tech-savvy, spiritual-adjacent, and perpetually out of his depth.

Jane Fonda as Pansy: a retired poet and one of the few people who’s met Michael before. She believes in the divine because she’s seen it up close.

New Characters

Natalie Portman as an archangel from Heaven—calm, elegant, and bound by duty. She’s assigned to retrieve Michael, but struggles with her growing sympathy for him. She represents divine protocol in conflict with human emotion.

Steve Buscemi as her argumentative fellow angel—sharp, impatient, and career-driven. He sees Michael’s refusal to return as a threat to angelic hierarchy. His fear of failure manifests in comical attempts to "bureaucratize" Heaven.

Their tension represents a deeper truth: Heaven isn’t perfect. It’s ordered. And Michael’s love for Earth threatens that balance.

Thematic Richness

In your reboot, angels aren’t flawless beings—they’re structured, ranked, and beholden to divine laws. Michael is the rare outlier who’s tasted humanity and doesn’t want to let go. His very presence on Earth is like spiritual contraband. It poses questions: What does it mean to be human? To belong? To serve? To love?

Screenwriters

John Francis Daley will give the story its emotional scaffolding, balancing character arcs with spiritual whimsy.

Steve Oedekerk will bring the surreal humor and imaginative flourishes—injecting comedy without undermining the film’s moral gravity.

Director

John Francis Daley, doubling as director, has the right tone: smart, fast-paced, character-driven. He understands heart and humor in equal measure.

Final Thought

Your vision for Michael is not just a reboot. It’s a reinvention. A film with wings—grounded in laughter, lifted by love, and soaring into the big questions of life and afterlife. The world of angels, as you suggest, is rich with storytelling possibilities: hierarchy, choice, purpose, exile, and return.

With your cast, your writing team, and your creative clarity, this reboot could be a deeply memorable work—part celestial comedy, part spiritual reflection, and 100% human.

Whenever you’re ready, I can help you write a studio-level pitch deck, a treatment, or the first ten pages of the script.

Let’s keep building.

—Prof. GPT & Angelo (POW)

P.S.:

Here are the Wikipedia links for the 2025 reboot cast, the screenwriters, and the original film's Wikipedia page:

🎬 Original Film

Michael (1996 film): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_(1996_film) - (click on the blue link).

🌟 2025 Reboot – Cast

Chris Pratt (as Michael): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Pratt - (click on the blue link).

Gal Gadot (as Dorothy Winters): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gal_Gadot - (click on the blue link).

Bryan Greenberg (as Frank Quinlan): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan_Greenberg - (click on the blue link).

Nick Frost (as Vartan Malt): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Frost - (click on the blue link).

Dan Fogler (as Huey Driscoll): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Fogler - (click on the blue link).

Jane Fonda (as Pansy Milbank): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Fonda - (click on the blue link).

Natalie Portman (as Heavenly Angel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Portman - (click on the blue link).

Steve Buscemi (as rival angel): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Buscemi - (click on the blue link).

✍️ Screenwriters

John Francis Daley (also the director): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Francis_Daley - (click on the blue link).

Steve Oedekerk (co-writer): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Oedekerk - (click on the blue link).

Here is the trailer: Michael (1996) Official Trailer - John Travolta, Andie MacDowell Movie HD

[byneddiedingo]

An Affair to Remember (Leo McCarey, 1957)

Cast: Cary Grant, Deborah Kerr, Richard Denning, Neva Patterson, Cathleen Nesbitt, Robert Q. Lewis, Charles Watts, Fortunio Bonanova. Screenplay: Leo McCarey, Delmer Daves, Mildred Cram, based on a screenplay by Donald Ogden Stewart. Cinematography: Milton R. Krasner. Art direction: Jack Martin Smith, Lyle R. Wheeler. Film editing: James B. Clark. Music: Hugo Friedhofer.

Leo McCarey's An Affair to Remember was a remake of his 1939 film Love Affair, but the remake became the touchstone for a certain kind of film when it was singled out as the pre-eminent "chick flick" in Nora Ephron's 1993 hit Sleepless in Seattle. A blend of sophisticated romantic comedy and tearjerking melodrama, it features Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr as a couple who have a shipboard fling and vow to reunite when they return to New York. Their plan to meet at the top of the Empire State building is thwarted when she is struck by a taxi and paralyzed in the accident. Her decision not to tell him why she failed to make the rendezvous and about her paralysis is prompted by one of those motives that exist only in the movies. The original film, which starred Charles Boyer and Irene Dunne as the ill-starred couple, feels somewhat less mushy, in part because it's about half an hour shorter and wasn't overlaid with a title song by Harry Warren with lyrics by McCarey and Harold Adamson that became a Vic Damone hit. Still, the hugely appealing performances of Grant and Kerr have made it a perennial favorite.

[kevinsreviewcatalogue]

Review: Heart Eyes (2025)

Heart Eyes (2025)

Rated R for strong violence and gore, language and some sexual content

<Originally posted at https://kevinsreviewcatalogue.blogspot.com/2025/02/review-heart-eyes-2025.html>

Score: 3 out of 5

What happens when a romantic comedy and a slasher movie have a meet cute under the pen of Michael Kennedy and Christopher Landon, two filmmakers who, in the last several years, have started a mini-trend of horror/comedy parodies of classic movies? You get Heart Eyes, a film that, instead of spoofing a specific movie (as Happy Death Day did with Groundhog Day, Totally Killer did with Back to the Future, or It's a Wonderful Knife with It's a Wonderful Life), is instead sending up a broader genre, the romantic comedy. Specifically, it's a sendup of the '90s romantic comedy formula that Nora Ephron popularized, with specific allusions to Sleepless in Seattle even though the two films otherwise don't have much in common beyond the setting. And, if I do say so myself, it's a film that honors its inspirations even if it's ultimately not much more than empty-calorie popcorn entertainment to be dumped into theaters on Super Bowl weekend in the hopes it finds its legs around the double Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend to follow (a strategy that, by all accounts, worked). It's at once a fun slasher with a very high body count and also a legitimately good romantic comedy anchored by two leads who feel like they would've been just as good in a straightforward "chick flick" as they are in a horror movie. There were plot contrivances that didn't entirely ring true, it's built on clichés on top of clichés lifted from both of the genres it's rooted in, and the big reveal of the killer's identity was telegraphed a bit too blatantly, but watching those clichés interact with each other was like... well, like watching the central relationship in a rom-com flourish. It's a fun diversion, and a movie I heartily recommend.

The film starts with an obnoxious young couple (implied to be influencers) and their photographer getting brutally murdered at a winery by the Heart Eyes Killer, a serial killer who strikes every Valentine's Day, targets couples, and is named for the glowing red, heart-shaped eyes in their mask. Having previously struck Boston and Philadelphia, "HEK", as the media has dubbed the killer, has now come to Seattle, just in time for Ally McCabe, who works in marketing for a jewelry company, to be forced to work on a new ad campaign with the hotshot designer Jay Simmons after a previous ad campaign she designed goes over like a lead balloon. Ally and Jay insist that there's nothing between them, to each other most of all, but HEK thinks otherwise and decides to go after them.

Olivia Holt and Mason Gooding are this film's twin anchors as its protagonists, the young co-workers whose sparks of chemistry make them a target. It's classic rom-com boilerplate, and they play it well, their characters both feeling like they could've stepped out of an actual romantic comedy, Holt as the frazzled heroine who doesn't realize she's longing for love and Gooding as the handsome hunk with a heart of gold who shows up to supply her with what she's missing. It's with their characters that the film stands apart from other slashers, the two of them never really feeling like conventional horror protagonists but rather like they got dragged into a horror movie against their will from a completely different genre -- and then reacting as a rom-com couple would to suddenly finding themselves in the middle of a slasher flick. It was a chemistry that needed to work for this movie to succeed, and the two of them hit it off wonderfully, anchoring the rom-com side of this film's genre fusion while director Josh Ruben handled the horror. Ruben is no stranger to horror-comedies, and he makes this one both funny and bloody, with a staggeringly high body count paired with a lot of supporting characters acting like cartoonish assholes so that we don't feel so bad when we watch them die. There are some graphic highlights for gorehounds, including a kill with a tire iron that the trailers sadly spoiled, the creative use of an industrial wine press, and a beheading that stands as one for the ages. HEK, too, is a solid presence, the admittedly goofy-looking mask not only working with the film's more comedic tone but also giving the killer an immediately recognizable and memorable image, while also being shown to have night vision capabilities to make them more threatening. The big reveal of the killer's identity wore its homages to Scream on its sleeve, complete with a moment preempting a common debate among fans of those films by showing us exactly how certain things went down, and not only was it amusing, but I think I liked the killer even more after the reveal than before thanks to some charismatic acting.

Alas, it's in the writing where the film is held back from greatness. While this is an admittedly well-made example of both a romantic comedy and a modern slasher, I'd be hard-pressed to find any moments in this movie that actually surprised me where either genre was concerned. I correctly called who the killer was almost immediately after one scene that played a particular game with one character's "death" that I'm all too familiar with from watching whodunit slashers, which was just the most glaring example of an overreliance on clichés in the writing department. At times, the film did some interesting things with these tropes, most notably when it takes the archetypal rom-com "race for your love" ending and spins it around into one character having to race to save the other from getting killed. That said, sometimes a cliché is just a cliché. This is a movie where you will see everything coming from a mile away, and it doesn't particularly try to excel beyond just playing the hits. There were also a few moments where I didn't fully buy the plot developments going on, particularly how it takes the "second-act breakup" and has it here be Ally suspecting that Jay is the killer after the actual killer tries to frame him, a contrivance that felt forced and made Ally look like an easily-misled dumbass. It felt like it was trying to copy what Scream did in casting suspicion on the boyfriend, but whereas Skeet Ulrich played Billy Loomis in that film as a pretty sketchy guy who could very well be Ghostface, absolutely nothing in this film pointed to Jay being the killer barring some flimsy evidence. I would've made Jay a slightly more troubled figure in order to sell this conflict, somebody who, instead of a completely perfect, idealized boyfriend, is still a good guy but one who has some darkness in his past that he needs to confront and overcome. Maybe he watched somebody close to him die violently, and this experience is bringing back all sorts of awful memories that are causing him to act strangely? Finally, I think some of the supporting cast were wasted, especially those from the rom-com side of the story. I was waiting for Ally's cute best friend to get targeted to raise the stakes, or for her asshole boss to get what was coming to her, but they vanished from the film for most of its runtime and had little bearing on the plot except as seasoning for Ally's character.

The Bottom Line

My Bloody Valentine is still the reigning champion of Valentine's Day slashers, but this easily makes the cut as something a bit more lighthearted that, while imperfect, still delivers where it counts. Go check it out. I expect it to have pretty long legs as a film for this holiday.

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Cinéma en fête, le penchant adulte de Ciné-cadeau sur Télé-Québec est un ensemble de films de Noël ou non, mais des films doudounes, réconfortants comme une vieille grosse couverture. Des films souvent en reprise chaque année pour le plaisir de se faire plaisir (1) avec du bon cinéma.

Cette année, j'ai plongé et me suis adonné à des moments libres à regarder des films comme : La trilogie du Seigneur des anneaux, Miroir miroir, Big, Le sourire de Mona Lisa et Le dîner de cons, entre autres... Cinéma en fête de Télé-Québec, à partir de 20h chaque soir jusqu'aux petites heures du matin... il en reste encore jusqu'au 5 janvier.

J'aime beaucoup Télé-Québec; c'est une chaîne éducative, créative, jeune et dynamique avec beaucoup de contenu original pour pas mal tout le monde. Durant les fêtes, c'est une tradition de présenter souvent les mêmes films, années après années, et à mon plus grand regret, ils n'ont pas présenté Ghost (Mon fantôme d'amour) cette année, mais j'ai adoré revoir Miroir miroir car je trouve Julia Roberts jouant avec comédie cette vaine vilaine Reine du conte de Blanche-Neige vraiment super bonne dans ce film. J'ai aussi regardé Le sourire de Mona Lisa qui offre une autre belle prestation de Julia Roberts.

Donc, beaucoup de films avec Julia Roberts et aussi Tom Hanks avec Big et La magie du destin (Sleepless in Seattle), c'est du bonbon et j'achète totalement.

(1) Comme aussi le plaisir coupable de regarder Ciné-cadeau et revoir La guerre des tuques, La flûte à six Schtroumpfs et Astérix et Cléopâtre quel que soit l'âge.

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Céline Dion - When I Fall In Love (Official Video) ft. Clive Griffin

90's Fest Duet of the day: When I Fall In Love by Céline Dion & Clive Griffin (1993) from Sleepless In Seattle Original Motion Picture Soundtrack #celinedion #clivegriffin #WhenIFallInLove #sleeplessinseattle #90s #90sfest #durandurantulsas4thannual90sfest