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Love and marriage are the concerns of Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew. Lucentio's marriage to Bianca is prompted by his idealized love of an apparently ideal woman. Petruchio's wooing of Katherine, however, is free of idealism. Petruchio takes money from Bianca's suitors to woo her, since Katherine must marry before her sister by her father's decree; he also arranges the dowry with her father. Petruchio is then ready to marry Katherine, even...
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
Description
Complete unknown is Marston's first English language film and centers on Tom and a mysterious woman named Alice. When Tom and his wife host a dinner party to celebrate his birthday, one of their guests brings a date named Alice. Tom is convinced he knows her even though she's going by a different name with a different biography, and she's not acknowledging she knows him.
3) The vow
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
A young couple have a car accident that puts the wife in a coma. After she wakes up with severe memory loss, her husband sets his sights on winning her heart again.
Publisher
HBO Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
After nearly reaching their breaking points last season, Brett and Michelle struggle to make sense of where their marriage might be heading; Michelle tries to handle her guilt over a night with another man while pushing ahead with her charter-school plans, while Brett looks for artistic inspiration. Following his big acting break, Alex returns from New Orleans reinvigorated, and with a new girlfriend in tow, but his newfound success threatens to disrupt...
8) Multiplicity
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
A comedy about a man who clones himself to save his marriage and then almost loses his wife to himself.
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Paul, a happily married father of one, is nonetheless intrigued by his pal Ed's many extramarital affairs. In a series of lessons and parables, Ed gives Paul a crash course in how to have the perfect affair while still being considerate of one's wife.
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Ever since she was a young girl, Melinda Gordon has been able to see and talk to dead people. Earth-bound spirits who have yet to cross over to the other side seek her help in communicating and resolving unfinished business with the living.
11) Mr. & Mrs. Smith
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2005
Language
English
Description
John and Jane Smith are a married couple who are beginning to get bored with their quiet domestic life. What they don't know, however, is that they are both assassins, secretly traveling around the world and killing for hire. But their separate lives are about to collide when the discover they are each other's next target.
12) 45 years
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As Kate and Geoff prepare to celebrate their 45th wedding anniversary, their marriage is shaken when unexpected news threatens to change their lives.
13) A kind of murder
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
A crime novelist obsessed with an unsolved murder case begins to fantasize about committing a crime of his own. His marriage is an unhappy one, and his desire to be free from his beautiful but damaged wife becomes an obsession. But when his wife is found dead, the lines blur between innocence and intent, forcing the question: who, in fact, is the real killer?
14) Jane got a gun
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Young and pretty with a soul of pure steel, Jane Hammond is a good girl married to one of the worst baddies in town. When her husband Bill turns against his own gang, the vicious Bishop Boys, and returns home barely alive with eight bullets in his back, Jane knows it's time to ditch the dress for a pair of pants and strap on her own gun.
17) Shall we dance
Publisher
Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
A ballet star (Astaire) and a musical revue sensation (Rogers) decide to wed and publicly divorce to quash persistent rumors of a secret marriage. Once tied, however, perhaps they shouldn't call the whole thing off.
Publisher
distributed by Vivendi Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Underscoring the impact of secrets, lies and deception when a husband and wife find themselves in the midst of a crisis after their young daughter is kidnapped. The couple must race against time to find their child, who is believed to have been abducted by a serial killer that symbolically murders his victims 'On the 7th Day.' During their desperate search, they begin to uncover details about their past that threaten to rip their marriage and lives...
Publisher
Miramax Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
1990
Language
English
Description
Story of a Kansas City couple, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge, whose lives are affected in different ways as their children grow up and leave home, and more adventurous friends bring new ideas into their home. Mrs. Bridge questions the life she has led, but her husband remains a firm believer in family and home, regardless of the changes in the world around him.
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