Erin Brockovich (Dir. Steven Soderbergh 2000): Erin Brockovich was never trained or indeed meant to work in a lawyers office. Circumstances take this down-on-her-luck twice-divorced mother of three into a legal practice. Here she discovers some legal files that don't add up... On investigation she discovers an injustice and decides against the odds to take on the bad guys on behalf of a poor and very ill community. Stepmom (Dir. Chris Columbus 1998): Jackie (Susan Sarandon) is a divorced mother of two. Isabel (Julia Roberts) is the career minded girlfriend of Jackie's ex-husband Luke (Ed Harris) forced into the role of unwelcome stepmother to their children. It is the universal dilemma of the 'non-traditional family' they all love the children but the complex interplay between parents step-parents step-children ex-spouses and significant others is decidedly tricky. But when Jackie discovers she is ill both women realise they must put aside their differences to find a common ground and celebrate life to the fullest while they have the chance. Steel Magnolias (Dir. Herbert Ross 1989): A beautiful bittersweet comedy set in deep south Louisiana Steel Magnolias unites talents of America's finest actresses as six very special friends bonded together by mutual triumphs and tragedies. Despite their differences beautiful Shelby (Julia Roberts) her strong-willed mother M'Lynn (Sally Field) beauty parlour owner Truvy (Dolly Parton) elegant wealthy widow Clairee (Olympia Dukakis) sharp tongued Ouiser (Shirley MacLaine) and mousey newcomer Anelle (Daryl Hannah) enjoy a friendship that spans the boundaries of age and status. Sharing each other's strength and loyalty they face their greatest fears and highest hopes with dry wit and a self-deprecating style...
Jeremy Brett Susan Fleetwood Robin Ellis and Geoffrey Chater star in this adaptation of Ford Madox Ford s classic Edwardian story of love and deception widely regarded as one of the greatest English-language novels of the twentieth century. A household name from his iconic performance in ITV s The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes Brett relishes the title role giving one of the outstanding performances of his long and distinguished career. The complex plot evolves around two outwardly perfect married couples Englishman Edward Ashburnam and his wife Leonora and Americans John and Florence Dowell; the couples meet annually in the German spa town of Bad Nauheim a resort favoured by those with heart conditions. But as the friendships deepen the intricacies of the relationships are gradually laid bare and the carefully concealed flaws destructive passions and infidelities of the protagonists bring about a sequence of tragic events that will consume them all.
A young girl Maria is caught in flagrante delicto with her lover by Father Vicente who belongs to the nearby Serreda Iris cloister. The fiendish clergyman persuades her parents who are poor and easily intimidated to put Maria under his protection. She is brought to Serreda Iris where the nuns seem to have an unusual interest in her beautiful body. Maria abondoned by everyone loses hope but first she wants to make things clear with the only friend left to her: She writes a let
Hollywood will never be the same again... So many stars...so little sympathy! Leave it to legendary Hollywood ""weasel"" Pauly Shore to fake his own death and chronicle the hilarious reactions from dozens of A-list celebrities in this outrageous dark comedy that raises the eternal show business question: is it better to be a dead genius or a living idiot?
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