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Movie romances never run out of obstacles to throw in the way of the main couple, but the most iconic hurdle of all is the forbidden love story. This trope has been executed countless times throughout cinema history. There's something particularly heart-wrenching and exciting about two people who long to be together but can't, due to circumstances out of their control.

Stories such as Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet have existed for centuries, but the forbidden romance plot line is still relevant today in other variations. From blockbuster hits like Titanic to animated treasures like Beauty and the Beast, these romantic pairings fight to overcome barriers such as class, society, and rivalries to be together. While forbidden romances likely won't go away anytime soon, these couples always stand out as the most iconic.

Updated by Arthur Goyaz on January 2, 2025: The forbidden love trope is very recurring in the romance genre,...

At 94 years of age with his 40th and final directorial feature, Juror No. 2, set to be released in November, Clint Eastwood has had quite a memorable career that has created an unbelievable legacy. As an actor, especially in his early years, he's been known for playing the kind of characters who are always one step ahead of the game. Because of this, having acted in over 50 films, it's been a surprising rarity that audiences have ever seen one of his characters die, onscreen or otherwise. With the work he's done as a director, he has also gone out of his way to cast himself in roles with more of a vulnerability to them, the kind of characters that are far from the all-invincible tough guy persona that he's usually known for playing so well. Because of this, he's also shown that he's certainly not afraid to play the kind of...

Quick Links What Is The Bridges of Madison County About, and Who Does It Star? Streep Is Amazed by Eastwood's Keen Directorial Eye Two Hollywood Legends Make Movie Magic

Any time two of Hollywood's most revered and adored actors partner up for a picture, there's a very good chance that movie magic will be made, which was exactly the case when cinema greats Clint Eastwood and Meryl Streep starred in the 1995 romantic drama The Bridges of Madison County. The poignant and engrossing film chronicles the four-day love affair between a frustrated housewife and a traveling photographer. Like many of his silver screen projects, Eastwood masterfully both directed and appeared in the project.

Both a critical and commercial triumph, the drama earned appreciation from critics and audiences alike, with fans of the seasoned movie stars raving about the duo's magnetic on-screen chemistry. Streep herself was blown away by Eastwood's extraordinary...

Shine on, kids! The full schedule for the Stanley Film Festival, which runs at the iconic and historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Co, April 24-27, has been announced; and we have all the details you need right here. Dig it!

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The Stanley Film Festival (Sff), produced by the Denver Film Society and presented by NBC Universal's Chiller, announced today its Opening Night film and several special event highlights and experiences taking place at the four-day event (April 24-27, 2014).

The Stanley Film Festival celebrates the best in independent horror cinema at the hotel that inspired The Shining. The Festival will host a full slate of films, panels, competitions, and special events - all at the beautiful and historically haunted Stanley Hotel.

The Stanley Film Festival will open Thursday, April 24, with a Gala Presentation of an original documentary from EPiX, Doc of the Dead. Directed by Colorado...

The Stanley Hotel launched its first annual Stanley Film Festival last year and put together an impressive group of horror films and guests. After initially announcing Doc of the Dead as their opening film, we now have the full programming list, which includes screenings of The Sacrament, Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead, and much more:

“The Stanley Film Festival (Sff) produced by the Denver Film Society (Dfs) and presented by Chiller, announced today its full line-up and schedule. As previously announced, Doc of the Dead will open Sff. The festival, taking place April 24-27, will close with the mockumentary from Taika Waititi and Jemaine Clement (Flight of the Conchords), What We Do In The Shadows, about a house of vampires trying to get back in touch with modern society. Throughout the four-day celebration of the best in horror cinema, Sff will showcase a full slate of features, shorts, panels,...

The first couple of years during the nineties were filled with movies that were inarguably left over from the eighties. There were sequels to films from the eighties that would become franchises, such as Die Hard 2, but there were also movies like Men At Work, which I’ve always considered an eighties movie, despite the fact that it was released in the year 1990. And then, you have a film like Dark Angel, known stateside as I Come In Peace. Dark Angel takes all of the elements of genre greats of the eighties, and mashes them together in one bad ass Science Fiction romp, with Dolph Lundgren and Brian Benben(Dream On!) as your pilot and navigator, respectively. It took so long for this film to be released on DVD, that I never thought possible that one day, I would be sitting up at three in the morning one Saturday night,...

Five years after his now legendary performance as Ivan Drago in Rocky IV, Dolph Lundgren was enjoying considerable success having starred in a trio of films that include Red Scorpion, (the original) The Punisher and as popular toy figure He-Man in Masters of the Universe. The films ranged from okay to just plain awful, but Lundgren had an onscreen presence that was more than just his six foot five frame. The guy had personality and for a native of Stockholm, Sweden, he could easily adopt an American accent. The nineties saw Lundgren in a string of action films that included Showdown in Little Tokyo with the late Brandon Lee, Universal Soldier with Jean-Claude Van Damme and the Keanu Reeves vehicle Johnny Mnemonic which to this day remains Ludgren's last film that had an American theatrical release. By the close of the decade Lundgren's films were only released straight to video sin the U.