{"id":18473,"date":"2022-02-15T17:22:41","date_gmt":"2022-02-16T01:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/?p=18473"},"modified":"2022-02-15T17:22:48","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T01:22:48","slug":"films-for-valentines-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/films-for-valentines-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Films for Valentine\u2019s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;1px|||||&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.14.1&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><!-- divi:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Avoid the Valentine\u2019s cliches with these underrated movies<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Camille Lenning<\/strong> | Entertainment Editor<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Valentine\u2019s Day activities can sometimes be overly cliche, and no tradition encapsulates this more than the annual viewing of \u201cThe Notebook.\u201d If this inevitability doesn\u2019t sound appealing, here is a list of less cliche movies to enjoy on the day of love.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Princess Bride\u201d (1987) \u2014 After being separated for many years, a man must battle assassins, mythical villains and death itself to save his one true love from a king who intends to marry her.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cPride and Prejudice\u201d (2005) \u2014 Stubborn Elizabeth Bennet and arrogant Mr. Darcy must overcome their personal biases in order to fall in love and marry in 19th century England.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cLove, Simon\u201d (2018) \u2014 This romantic comedy follows 17-year-old Simon, who has yet to come out as gay to his friends and family. When he falls for an anonymous gay classmate online, his situation only becomes more complicated.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cDeadpool\u201d (2016) \u2014 After undergoing torturous experiments that left him with healing powers but a disfigured apperance, mercenary Wade Wilson goes on a rampage to kill the man who destoyed his life, and maybe win back his girlfriend in the process.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society\u201d (2018) \u2014 After World War II, a London-based writer begins correspondence with residents from the island of Guernsey, which was German-occupied during the war. Through the letters, she begins to understand what living under tyranny was like.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cCasablanca\u201d (1942) \u2014 An American business owner in Casablanca, Morocco must choose whether or not to aid his former flame and her husband in fleeing Nazi persecution.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-16738\" width=\"4220\" height=\"82\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line.png 4220w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-300x6.png 300w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1024x20.png 1024w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-768x15.png 768w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1536x30.png 1536w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-2048x40.png 2048w, https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/files\/2020\/12\/lighter-gray-line-1080x21.png 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 4220px) 100vw, 4220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span>Contact the author at <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">howlentertainment@mail.wou.edu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/divi:tadv\/classic-paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avoid the Valentine\u2019s cliches with these underrated&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1361,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1361"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18473\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}