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Some people adore a good love story and some folk would rather watch Texas Chainsaw Massacre on Valentine's Day. Here's a few films which have their romance tempered with a little something else to take the edge off.
| Il Postino A Cyrano-esque love story with a historic slant. Chilean poet Pablo Neruda and his exile to Italy feature heavily in this beautiful film set in a small oceanside village. For lovers of poetry, scenery, romance, and history. (DVD and VHS) | 
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| The Fisher King The dual romantic stories of Parry and Lydia and Jack and Anne fit snugly into Terry Gilliam's contemporary grail quest parable. Fans of romance lost and won and fans of Gilliam's dystopic fanstasy films alike will find something to love in this award winning film. (DVD and VHS) | 
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| Bringing Up Baby Katharine Hepburn, Gregory Peck and a leopard-- you've got to love at least one of them! A romantic comedy for the zoologist in all of us. | 
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| Lady and the Tramp You can't remain cynical about romance after watching the spaghetti scene from this Disney classic-- it's ranked by filmsite.org as one of film history's best on-screen kisses! As the Cole Porter song goes: "Birds do it, bees do it/ Even educated fleas do it"-- include cocker spaniels and mutts and you've got yourself a love story. | 
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| Tortilla Soup For lovers of food, romance and the great romantic food movie Eat, Drink, Man, Woman. This is a Latin-flavored version of the popular Ang Lee film, set in Los Angeles. | 
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| Kissing Jessica Stein Not your everyday romantic comedy. The typical chick-flick set-up of a young woman in the city unable to find the right man does a 180 when the young woman in the city finds the right woman. Light, funny and fresh this film is perfect for anyone loves the genre but is tired of the same-old-same-old. | 
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| Like Water for Chocolate Add a little Magical Realism to your romance with this film based on Laura Esquivel's popular novel of the same title. This movie is as much about the love of food as it is about the romantic entanglements of the characters. (DVD and VHS) | 
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| Shadowlands Get your intellectual-historical romance fix with this film based on the true story of C.S. Lewis and his relationship with an American fan, Joy Gresham, a divorced Jewish housewife and aspiring poet. (VHS) | 
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| Roman Holiday Are you lukewarm on romance but hot for scooters? This Audrey Hepburn/Gregory Peck vehicle (ha ha!) is a Vespa enthusiast's Technicolor dream come true. And who knows, while you drool over the zippy two-wheeler, you may just fall in love with the story, too. (VHS) | 
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Jennifer Kelley
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kelleyj@cod.edu
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