You know you're going to get a different kind of superhero when you cast Robert Downey Jr. in the lead role. And Iron Man is different, in welcome ways. Cleverly updated from Marvel Comics' longstanding series, Iron Man puts billionaire industrialist Tony Stark (that's Downey) in the path of some Middle Eastern terrorists; in a brilliantly paced section, Stark invents an ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Robert Downey Jr, Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, Jeff BridgesDirected By: Jon Favreau
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Robert Downey Jr., Terrence Howard, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeff BridgesDirected By: Jon Favreau
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Jeff Bridges, Terrence Howard, Shaun Toub, Gwyneth Paltrow, Robert Downey JrDirected By: Jon Favreau
Nice concept, shaky execution--that about sums up the mixed blessings of British actor Peter Howitt's intelligent but forgivably flawed debut as a writer-director. It's got more emotional depth than most frothy romantic comedies and its central idea--the parallel tracking of two possible destinies for a young London professional played by Gwyneth Paltrow--is full of involving possibilities. It's ...
Manufacturer: Paramount Home EntertainmentStarring: Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Zara TurnerDirected By: Peter Howitt
Most people didn't mind Gwyneth Paltrow's English accent in this charming, 1996 adaptation of Jane Austen's novel (which also inspired Clueless). But even if it doesn't sound quite right to you, there are plenty of authentic and wonderful Brit thespians in this film by screenwriter-turned-director Douglas McGrath (co-author of Woody Allen's Bullets Over Broadway), including Juliet ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmStarring: Gwyneth Paltrow, James Cosmo, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming, Denys HawthorneDirected By: Douglas McGrath
The biting poetry and sad life of poet Sylvia Plath form the story of Sylvia, starring Gwyneth Paltrow. This subtle but fascinating movie centres around Plath's relationship with poet Ted Hughes (Daniel Craig), with whom she fell aggressively in love while a student at Cambridge. Their relationship proved passionate but rocky; many of Plath's fans blame the depression that eventually led ...
Manufacturer: MGM EntertainmentStarring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Daniel Craig, Lucy Davenport, David Birkin, Alison BruceDirected By: Christine Jeffs
Wes Anderson's satirical yet tender tragicomedy The Royal Tenenbaums is a defiantly offbeat movie, but its sheer originality makes it a winner. As Philip Larkin famously said, "They fuck you up, your mum and dad". Well, it's Dad, the opulently named Royal Tenenbaum himself (Gene Hackman in twinkly mode), who gets all the blame here. The precocious achievements of the Tenenbaum offspring are ...
Manufacturer: Walt Disney Studios Home EntertainmStarring: Gene Hackman, Anjelica Huston, Ben Stiller, Gwyneth PaltrowDirected By: Wes Anderson
The most viscerally frightening and disturbing homicidal maniac picture since The Silence of the Lambs, Seven is based on an idea that's both gruesome and ingenious. A serial killer forces each of his victims to die by acting out one of the seven deadly sins. The murder scene is then artfully arranged into a grotesque tableau, a graphic illustration of each mortal vice. From the ...
Manufacturer: Entertainment in VideoStarring: Morgan Freeman, Brad Pitt, Kevin Spacey, Gwyneth Paltrow, R. Lee ErmeyDirected By: David Fincher
One of the most endearing and intelligent romantic comedies of the 1990s, the Oscar-winning Shakespeare in Love is filled with such good will, sunny romance, snappy one-liners and devilish cleverness that it's absolutely irresistible. With tongue placed firmly in cheek, at its outset the film tracks young Will Shakespeare's overwrought battle with writer's block and the efforts of theatre ...
Manufacturer: Universal Pictures UKStarring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Judi Dench, Colin Firth, Simon CallowDirected By: John Madden
