Company Man 2000  PG-13, 81 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Peter Askin, Douglas McGrath
Cast: Douglas McGrath, Sigourney Weaver, John Turturro, Anthony LaPaglia, Ryan Phillippe, Denis Leary, Woody Allen, Alan Cumming, Heather Matarazzo, Paul(2) Guilfoyle
A 1960s' high-school teacher, Allen Quimp (Douglas McGrath), wants his wife, Daisy (Sigourney Weaver), to quit bugging him to "make something of himself." Following an implausible series of events, Allen is actually recruited as a planner of the Bay of Pigs invasion in the plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Emma 1996   PG, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Jeremy Northam, Toni Collette, Greta Scacchi, Alan Cumming, Juliet Stevenson, Ewan McGregor, James Cosmo, Denys Hawthorne, Sophie Thompson, Kathleen Byron, Phyllida Law, Edward Woodall, Polly Walker, Rebecca Craig
Based on Jane Austen's novel, this is the story of Emma Woodhouse (Gwyneth Paltrow) who is obsessed with interfering in others' lives. She delights in playing matchmaker for her friends Harriet (Toni Collette) and Reverend Elton (Alan Cumming) and even brings together her governess (Greta Scacchi) and Mr. Weston (James Cosmo). Emma is so obsessed with matchmaking that she is clueless about the fact that she is falling in love with Mr. Knightly (Jeremy Northam). Will she wake up in time to learn some things about herself before it is too late?
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Infamous 2006  R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Toby Jones, Sandra Bullock, Daniel Craig, Sigourney Weaver, Hope Davis, Isabella Rossellini, Peter Bogdanovich, Jeff Daniels, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lee Pace, John Benjamin Hickey, Michael Panes, Juliet Stevenson
In 1959, after reading a newspaper article about the murders of a Kansas family of four, young writer Truman Capote (Toby Jones) and friend Harper Lee (Sandra Bullock) head for Kansas to investigate the case. After interviewing the killers–Dick Hickock (Lee Pace) and Perry Smith (Daniel Craig)–Capote forms a bond with Smith. Later, following the executions of Smith and Hickock, Capote is inspired to write "In Cold Blood."
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 Nicholas Nickleby 2002  PG, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Douglas McGrath
Cast: Charlie Hunnam, Christopher Plummer, Jim Broadbent, Juliet Stevenson, Anne Hathaway, Jamie Bell, Edward Fox, Romola Garai, Tom Courtenay, Nathan Lane, Alan Cumming, Barry Humphries
After the death of his father, Nicholas Nickleby (Charlie Hunnam) and his family seek help from Uncle Ralph (Christopher Plummer). But Uncle Ralph seems determined to split up the family members. He disposes of Nicholas by sending him to a boarding school for poor boys that is run by the dastardly Wackford Squeers (Jim Broadbent). All is not lost; Nicholas and his friend, Smike (Jamie Bell), escape and set out to reunite the Nicklebys.
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| 1. Company Man (2000)
2. Emma (1996)
3. Infamous (2006)
4. Nicholas Nickleby (2002)
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