Alice Through the Looking Glass 1998  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Family / Fantasy
Director: John Henderson
Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Ian Holm, Penelope Wilton, Michael Medwin, Geoffrey Palmer, Steve Coogan, Gary Olsen, Ian Richardson, Marc Warren, Sian Phillips, Rebecca R. Palmer, Greg Wise, Louise J. Taylor
In this TV version of the Lewis Carroll classic, grown-up Alice (Kate Beckinsale) is transported through the looking glass while reading to her daughter. Her adventures are enhanced by a combination of live action, animation, and special effects.
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Feast of July 1995  R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Menaul
Cast: Embeth Davidtz, Tom Bell, James Purefoy, Kenneth Anderson, Ben Chaplin, Greg Wise, Gemma Jones
Set in Victorian England, poor downtrodden Bella Ford (Embeth Davidtz) is rescued after giving birth to a stillborn baby and brought to the country home of Ben Wainwright (Tom Bell). She is admired by all three of Wainwright's sons but settles on Con (Ben Chaplin). All goes well until Con confronts the ogre who was responsible for Bella's earlier pregnancy.
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Johnny English 2003 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Adventure
Director: Peter Howitt
Cast: Rowan Atkinson, Natalie Imbruglia, Ben Miller, John Malkovich, Tim Pigott-Smith, Oliver Ford Davies, Kevin McNally, Douglas McFerran, Greg Wise, Steve Nicolson, Tasha de Vasconcelos, Terence Harvey
In this spoof on spy stories, Johnny English (Rowan Atkinson) takes on the unlikely assignment of protecting the crown jewels, which go on display during a party hosted by Pascal Sauvage (John Malkovich). Wouldn't you know it? The jewels are stolen, and now Johnny and his partner, Bough (Ben Miller), try to retrieve the gems.
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Judas Kiss 1998 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sebastian Gutierrez
Cast: Simon Baker, Gil Bellows, Carla Gugino, Alan Rickman, Til Schweiger, Emma Thompson, Roscoe Lee Browne, Hal Holbrook, Lisa Eichhorn, Greg Wise
When a no-good couple, Junior Armstrong (Simon Baker) and Coco Chavez (Carla Gugino), put together a plot to kidnap computer mogul Ben Dyson (Greg Wise), they enlist the aid of Lizard Browning (Gil Bellows) and Ruben Rubenbauer (Til Schweiger). But the well-laid plans go awry when Dyson's neighbor–who just happens to be the wife of the powerful Senator Rupert Hornbeck (Hal Holbrook)–is killed by a stray bullet during the kidnapping.
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 Sense and Sensibility 1995  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Emma Thompson, Hugh Grant, Alan Rickman, Kate Winslet, Greg Wise, Imogen Stubbs, Emilie Francois, Harriet Walter, James Fleet, Tom Wilkinson, Elizabeth Spriggs, Gemma Jones, Robert Hardy, Imelda Staunton, Hugh Laurie
Jane Austen's tale is brought to the screen in this witty film with an Oscar-winning screenplay by Emma Thompson. It is the story of an attempt by the women of the Dashwood family to balance sense with sensibility in 19th-century British society. When they are left with nothing because the estate passed to the eldest son, sensible Elinor (Emma Thompson) is the daughter who sees the farce of courtship to attain social status through marriage. In addition to the Oscar, the film had six other nominations, including Best Picture, Actress, and Supporting Actress (Kate Winslet).
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| 1. Alice Through the Looking Glass (1998)
2. Feast of July (1995)
3. Johnny English (2003)
4. Judas Kiss (1998)
5. Sense and Sensibility (1995)
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