The American President

Widowed President Andrew Shepherd (Michael Douglas) falls for an environmental lobbyist (Annette Bening), but dating has political consequences for a man in his position. Another charming romantic comedy from Rob…

Flashdance 

18-year-old Pittsburgh welder Alex Owens (Jennifer Beals) also works as a dancer at a nightclub; she wants to be accepted into a prestigious dance academy, but will she make it?…

Love Actually 

Writer Richard Curtis’s directing debut is one big, loveable mess, a romantic comedy with a huge cast of people who keep falling in love with each other. There are too…

Shakespeare in Love: Bringing the Bard to Life

Gwyneth Paltrow. Photo: Miramax Let’s say William Shakespeare knew how to time travel. Let’s say he came to 1998, went to the movies and saw John Madden’s film Shakespeare in…

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason

Bridget (Renée Zellweger) is very happy with Mark (Colin Firth), but trouble is brewing in the shape of jealousy – and the return of Daniel Cleaver (Hugh Grant). This sequel…

Bridget Jones’s Diary

There was a lot of pressure on the filmmakers to turn Helen Fielding’s bestseller, about a 32-year-old Londoner who senses the time has come to choose between Mr. Right and…

Hart to Hart 

Not unexpectedly, it was novelist Sidney Sheldon who created this entertaining rip-off of the Thin Man movies. Jonathan and Jennifer (Robert Wagner, Stefanie Powers) were wealthy, gorgeous and always giving…

The Mexican 

Small-time crook Jerry Welbach (Brad Pitt) is forced to hunt down a priceless pistol in Mexico; suddenly, his girlfriend (Julia Roberts) is kidnapped. Two of Hollywood’s most attractive stars at…