First Friday with the Crew

IF YOU COULD 
LIVE A ROMANCE 
IN A MOVIE . . .

I am a movie person. I love seeing films as first releases on a huge screen. I'm totally spoiled with our local theater's over 21 Cinema Suites. You should totally spoil yourself and see a movie this way. It's terrific !!   But I also watch movies for inspiration, to get ideas for fight scenes (YES, I pause and write descriptions). Do I have a favorite? I have one for all occasions. For every mood. Too many to name. From Bringing Up Baby with Kathryn Hepburn to Chris Pratt in Guardians of the Galaxy. . . choosing just one for this post was very difficult. So what about the rest of the crew?          ~Angi

Living as Kathleen in

YOU'VE GOT MAIL

I adore Vicki's choice. My one drawback is that Joe and Kathleen are at "war" with each other. 
But I think Nora Ephron wrote the best line of all time. 

Here's the IF ONLY scene... ~Angi

Everything about this movie is charming. Big box store versus little family store. Guy chatting with girl on the internet not knowing who each other is. Based on Pride and Prejudice and written by the amazing Nora Ephron. Set around Christmas time.  Witty dialogue. I love it!!!

~ Vicki Batman ~ sassy writer of sexy and funny fiction

 New job. New love. And murder.  Temporarily Employed                            

 This Christmas is disastrous.        Holiday Disaster in Season of Magic   

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Living as Aurelia in

Love Actually

Like Liz, I have lost count of how many times I've seen this movie. My favorite scene is where the manuscript pages are blowing onto the lake. (Always back-up the file.) Here's the scene where Jamie proposes to Aurelia in halting but oh-so-romantic Portuguese...  ~Angi

I have watched this scene countless times over the years and I never, ever get tired of it. First of all, it's Colin Firth, duh. But the romance of it does me in every time. Imagine someone going to all the trouble of learning your native language so he can put into words the emotions he's been feeling for you from the time you met. And then you astound him by showing you've learned his language, too, because you feel the same way. Not only that, he travels across land and sea to find you, proposes in a most beautiful setting in front of everyone who loves you, and kisses you--and your dad! This scene has it all:  true love, self-sacrifice, dedication, going the extra mile, not taking love for granted, vulnerability, and sexy accents. Oh, yeah, this is the kind of romance I love to write. I'd be Aurelia in a heartbeat!

~ Lizbeth Selvig ~ 
"Wherever you wander, let love bring you home."

Good Guys Wear Black 
When it comes to making a family, DNA isn't always the most important ingredient.

Beauty and the Brit
Fire destroyed Beauty's dreams. Can the fire she finds in a sexy Brit's arms restore them?       

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Living as Hannah in

CRAZY, STUPID, LOVE

This is such a crazy, mixed-up movie that ends perfectly. I'm going to have to rewatch next week for Valentine's Day. Here's the KISSING AT THE BAR scene... ~Angi

The romance movie I’d want to live is Crazy, Stupid, Love. Why? Um. Ryan Gosling. ;) Sure this movie is more about the male characters than the female ones, but I love how they showed the relationship between the Emma Stone and Ryan Gosling characters developing, and I love how meeting both her and the Steve Carell character transformed Gosling—even though the external plot is supposed to be about Gosling transforming Carell. I love the reversal and the last minute surprises.

~ Maureen McGowan ~
The Dust Chronicles
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Living as Danielle in

EVER AFTER

OH GOSH. I can't tell you how much I love this movie. Dougray Scott is absolutely perfect. I love the story, the costumes, the everything. And did I mention Dougray Scott? Here's the official trailer (because I couldn't choose a favorite scene)... ~Angi

Ever after.  This Cinderella version is spunky and awesome and she gets to be the kind of princess that makes a true difference for her people.

~ Clover Autrey ~
SWEPT THROUGH TIME
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Living as Belle in

BEAUTY and the BEAST

Lara is so right...living with the library would be great. But isn't it all our secret desire to make a bad boy over? Here's the official 32 trailer... ~Angi

I'd like to live in Beauty and the Beast. That library is fantastic! :)

~ Lara Lacombe~
LETHAL LIES
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Living as Leeloo in

THE 5TH ELEMENT

OH MAN, there are few people out there arguing that this isn't a love story. WRONG. I love the chemistry, the action adventure, it's 100% futuristic romance. And of course, it's got my man BRUCE in it. Here's the SOME THINGS ARE WORTH SAVING scene... ~Angi

I have several favorite romance movies, but what comes to mind today is a fun SciFi romance, The Fifth Element. Wow, what a crazy futuristic world. It would be fun to be Leeloo in that movie. The theme is: love saves us. (My favorite theme.) In The Fifth Element love not only saves the world, but also the Bruce Willis and Leeloo characters. 

 ~ Kathleen Baldwin  ~
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Living as Ellen in

DAVE

This is a movie I've missed. I've always meant to watch, just never got around to it. So when Donnell selected it, I rented. LOVED it. She's right on the money with why it's a great film. Here's the TOMORROW scene... ~Angi

If I could live in a fantasy world, I would replace Sigourney Weaver in the movie DAVE.  I loved Kevin Kline as the kind-loving imposter who took the place of the president.  I’d make the world a better place and be smiling the whole time doing it.  He’s my absolute favorite!

~ Donnell Ann Bell ~

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Living as Allie in

THE NOTEBOOK

I have to admit that I'm not a Nicholas Sparks fan. Sorry. But I love Alexa's reason why she is a fan of this movie. And you can never go wrong watching James Garner in anything. Here's the official trailer... ~Angi

I would want to live out The Notebook. I love how both characters went on to do other things with their lives, but they eventually found a way back to the love they shared. I love the passion between them and Noah's support of Ally's painting, something she loves to do. I would also hope to be with my love right up until the day I died.

~ ALEXA BOURNE ~

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Living as Cora Munro in

The Last of the Mohicans

This is a movie I haven't seen in a long time. In fact, I believe I've seen it once. Been on my list to repeat for a while now. Especially in HD. I want to know the characters as well as Jillian.  Here's the official trailer... ~Angi

A love story masquerading as an action adventure movie. One of my favorites!  
Jillian Stone
The Gentlemen of Scotland Yard
Moonstone Investigations
Coming this year: Codename: Dragon and Prospero in Love

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Living as Elizabeth in

PRIDE and PREJUDICE

I haven't seen the BBC mini-series. BUT...SIGH... it's definitely on my rainy day binge list. Here's THE LAKE scene... ~Angi

Pride & Prejudice (the series not the movie)

Who can resist Colin Firth as Mr. D'Arcy?

Move over Elizabeth, make way for a new Elisabeth.

~ E.E. Burke ~

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Living as Lucy in

WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING

Another favorite. Such a sweet story and perfect romance. I grew to love Bill Pullman in this film (as in LUUUVVV).  Here's the official trailer... ~Angi

My favorite romantic movie is While You Were Sleeping, starring Sandra Bullock and Bill Pullman. Lucy has a crush on a man who rides the train. When Peter falls on the tracks one day, she saves him and ends up at the hospital. A nurse overhears her mumbling about being his girlfriend and BOOM, she's sitting next to his bed and meeting his family. It's so wrong, and she knows it.  But it isn't until she meets Peter's brother, Jack, that she realizes she's with the wrong man. The harder she tries to tell the truth, the worse things become. Instead of spending Christmas alone, she's surrounded by her new family. She agrees to marry Peter and is standing at the altar when she finally admits that she's in love with Jack.

It's sweet and funny!  I love a happy ending, especially when its the girl-next-door who thinks she knows exactly what she wants.

~ JAN SCHLIESMAN ~

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Living as June in

KNIGHT & DAY

When people ask me what type of a book I write . . . this movie is my example.
Here's the Super Trailer... ~Angi

I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to be June in KNIGHT & DAY. This movie represents my books and ultimate wish list! I write about heroines caught in the wrong place at the wrong time, then taken on an adventure with the man they complete. What a dream! This movie hits all the right buttons for me with it's humor, honor, action, chemistry and music. I actually write every book to the soundtrack. I love the dialogue. It's one of my favorite movies to quote. "With me. Without me," has become a favorite with me and my hubby. Along with, "It's someday, Roy."

Angi Morgan ~ Intrigues where honor and danger collide with love.

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