102 Dalmatians 2000  G, 101 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Kevin Lima
Cast: Glenn Close, Gerard Depardieu, Ioan Gruffudd, Alice Evans, Tim McInnerny, Eric Idle, Ben Crompton, Carol MacReady, Ian Richardson, Jim Carter, Ron Cook, David Horovitch, Mike Hayley, Timothy West, Dick Brannick
Following her parole from prison, Cruella De Vil (Glenn Close) opens an animal rescue operation to impress her parole officer, Chloe (Alice Evans). But it isn't long before Cruella, up to her old tricks, makes a deal with a Parisian furrier, Jean Pierre Le Pelt (Gerard Depardieu), to make an ensemble out of the hides of 102 Dalmatian puppies. Will she succeed in her dastardly deed?
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission 1987  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Cast: Ernest Borgnine, Telly Savalas, Randall "Tex" Cobb, Vince Edwards, Gary Graham, Bo Svenson, James Van Patten, Vincent Van Patten, Wolf Kahler, Thom Mathews, Emmanuelle Meyssignac, Paul Picerni, David Horovitch, Pavle Balenovic, Branko Blace
This second remake of the 1967 film concerns another group of convicts that are gathered together as the Dirty Dozen. This time, General Worden (Ernest Borgnine) orders Major Wright (Telly Savalas) to train prisoners for the mission of going inside occupied France to rescue German scientists working on a new chemical weapon and, in the process, disable the project.
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 Great Expectations 1999  TV, 180 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julian Jarrold
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Justine Waddell, Charlotte Rampling, Bernard Hill, Ian McDiarmid, Selina Cadell, Emma Cunniffe, Tony Curran, Gemma Gregory, David Horovitch, Clive Russell, Ifan Meredith, Lesley Sharp, Gabriel Thomson
In this BBC version of Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations," Ioan Gruffudd takes on the role of working-class Pip who dreams of rising to "gentleman" status in order to win the love of the elusive Estella (Gemma Gregory as young Estella and Justine Waddell as older Estella) who has been taught by the bitter Miss Haversham (Charlotte Rampling) to have higher expectations than those of Pip. Orphaned Pip (Gabriel Thomson as young Pip) has been raised by blacksmith Joe Gargery (Clive Russell) and his wife (Lesley Sharp). As a child, Pip saves the life of convict Matwitch (Bernard Hill), and now Pip finds that a mysterious benefactor has given him wealth. It turns out that the benefactor is Matwitch, and Pip is on his way to gaining his "gentleman" status in the Victorian world of the social elite.
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 Max 2002 R, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Menno Meyjes
Cast: John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, Molly Parker, Ulrich Thomsen, David Horovitch, Janet Suzman, Andras Stohl, Peter Capaldi, Kevin McKidd
In this fictionalized biography of Adolph Hitler, Jewish art dealer Max Rothman (John Cusack) befriends aspiring artist Adolph Hitler (Noah Taylor). Director Menno Meyjes argues a case that Hitler turned to politics because he failed as an artist.
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Solomon and Gaenor 1999 N/R, 102 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Paul Morrison
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Nia Roberts, Sue Jones-Davies, William Thomas, Mark Lewis Jones, Maureen Lipman, David Horovitch, Bethan Ellis Own, Adam Jenkins, Cyril Shaps
Set in Wales during 1911, this is the story of an illicit romance involving a young Jew, Solomon (Ioan Gruffudd), and a Protestant, Gaenor (Nia Roberts), whose affair leads to pregnancy. At a time when anti-Jewish riots were commonplace, this mixed-ethnic pairing leads to nothing but problems. This film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.
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| 1. 102 Dalmatians (2000)
2. The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
3. Great Expectations (1999)
4. Max (2002)
5. Solomon and Gaenor (1999)
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