SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  2001
CAST:  Edward Burns, Heather Graham, Rosario Dawson, Brittany Murphy
DIRECTOR:  Edward Burns
WRITER:  Edward Burns

PLOT:  The story of lives and loves of six New Yorkers.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  My Blueberry Nights, Broken Flowers, The Brothers McMullen

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THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA

GENRE:  Drama/ Romance
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, Adrian Grenier, Stanley Tucci
DIRECTOR:  David Frankel
WRITER:  Aline Brosh McKenna, Lauren Weisberger

PLOT:  A down-to-earth unfashionable young lady with dreams to become a journalist moves to New York to take a job at one of the biggest fashion magazines in the industry that can open doors for her, the job?  An assistant to the editor of the magazine, the Devil, Miranda Priestly.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Marley & Me, Head Over Heels, Death Becomes Her

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JULIE & JULIA

GENRE:  Biographical/ Comedy
MADE:  2009
CAST:  Amy Adams, Meryl Streep, Chris Messina, Stanley Tucci
DIRECTOR:  Nora Ephron
WRITER:  Nora Ephron, Julie Powell, Julia Child, Alex Prud'homme

PLOT:  Julie Powell an aspiring writer puts her dream to become a writer on hold as she works 9 to 5 for a job that can pay the bills.  Julie loves to cook and as a way to relieve her stress she begins a blog that goes through all the recipes in Julia Child's cookbook.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Sunshine Cleaning, You've Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally, Little Miss Sunshine

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NOTE:  When I'm down in the dumps this is the film that I watch, it's light, uplifting and it's about cooking!  The director and writer, Nora Ephron also responsible for "You've Got Mail", "Sleepless In Seattle", "When Harry Met Sally" and many other romantic comedies, Ephron directed and wrote "Julie & Julia" in the same fashion and feel as her other hits.  If you're a fan of Ephron's previous works you will be sure to like this film as well.  And bravo to Meryl Streep who did a fantastic job as Julia Child!