The Emperor's Club 2002  PG-13, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Emile Hirsch, Embeth Davidtz, Patrick Dempsey, Steven Culp, Rob Morrow, Edward Herrmann, Harris Yulin, Joel Gretsch, Paul Dano
Based on Ethan Canin's short story, "The Palace Thief," this plot revolves around the once-stormy relationship between a Classics teacher and his young student. Today, more than 25 years later, the now-retired teacher, William Hundert (Kevin Kline) and the student, Sedgewick Bell (Emile Hirsch), who is currently a CEO for a major corporation, reunite. Old problems rise to the surface.
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Game 6 2006  R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michael Keaton, Robert Downey Jr., Griffin Dunne, Bebe Neuwirth, Catherine O'Hara, Ari Graynor, Shalom Harlow, Roger Rees, Tom Aldredge, Harris Yulin, Nadia Dajani, Lillias White
Successful playwright Nicky Rogan (Michael Keaton) is not having a good day: his wife, Lillian (Catherine O'Hara), is considering divorce; his aging father (Tom Aldredge) is in poor health; and Nicky is convinced that his autobiographical play, scheduled to open on Broadway that evening, is going to be panned by drama critic Steven Schwimmer (Robert Downey Jr.). But, even more important is the fact that his beloved Boston Red Sox are playing the Mets in Game 6 of the 1986 World Series and, despite Nicky's doubts, just might win their first World Series. After getting involved in a series of traffic jams and conversations with foreign cabbies, Nicky misses the opening of his play and sits in a bar watching his baseball team on TV and fearing the worst in all of his worlds.
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 A Midsummer Night's Dream 1999 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Kevin Kline, Michelle Pfeiffer, Rupert Everett, Stanley Tucci, Calista Flockhart, Anna Friel, Christian Bale, Dominic West, David Strathairn, Sophie Marceau, Roger Rees, Sam Rockwell, Gregory Jbara, Bill Irwin, Max Wright
One of the marvels of Shakespeare's comedies is that they are timeless. This version of "A Midsummer Night's Dream" is set in 19th-century Tuscany, and the star-crossed lovers Nick Bottom and Titania (Kevin Kline and Michelle Pfeiffer) ride bicycles to their moonlight rendezvous.
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 One Fine Day 1996 PG, 108 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Michelle Pfeiffer, George Clooney, Mae Whitman, Alex D. Linz, Charles Durning, Jon Robin Baitz, Ellen Greene, Joe Grifasi, Anna Maria Horsford, Sheila Kelley, Pete Hamill, Gregory Jbara, Robert Klein, George Martin
This enjoyable, romantic comedy features Michelle Pfeiffer as single-mom Melanie Parker and George Clooney as single-dad Jack Taylor. When their tots miss the ferry for their school field trip, Melanie and Jack are forced into helping each other. They spend the day swapping kids to allow attendance at scheduled meetings in this satire of today's hectic schedules of working parents who try to meet responsibilities of both the workplace and the home.
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Soapdish 1991 PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Sally Field, Kevin Kline, Robert Downey Jr., Cathy Moriarty, Whoopi Goldberg, Elisabeth Shue, Carrie Fisher, Garry Marshall, Teri Hatcher, Kathy Najimy, Arne Nannestad, Paul Johansson, Sheila Kelley, Leeza Biggons, John Tesh
This movie is a parody of personal lives of soap opera stars' personal lives. Leading lady Celeste Talbut (Sally Field), "Soap Queen," has problems keeping her professional status and living in the real world. This film works in pointing out the large egos of stars who work in the relatively unimportant field of daytime soap operas.
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Some Girls 1988 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Hoffman
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, Patrick Dempsey, Lila Kedrova, Florinda Bolkan, Sheila Kelley, Andre Gregory, Lance Edwards, Ashley Greenfield, Jean-Louis Millette, Sanna Vraa, Cedric Noel, John Cuthbert
Robert Redford was the executive producer of this unusual comedy about a young man, Michael (Patrick Dempsey), who spends Christmas vacation with the family of his girlfriend Gabby (Jennifer Connelly). As soon as they begin the vacation, Gabby breaks up with him, and separate bedrooms are provided. Michael is sad, but Gabby's sisters Irenka (Sheila Kelley) and Simone (Ashley Greenfield) are eager to fill in for Gabby. Meanwhile, Gabby's father (Andre Gregory) walks around in the nude, and her grandmother (Lila Kedrova) mistakes Michael for her deceased husband. A bizarre holiday, for sure.
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| 1. The Emperor's Club (2002)
2. Game 6 (2006)
3. A Midsummer Night's Dream (1999)
aka: William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. One Fine Day (1996)
5. Promised Land (1988)
aka: Young Hearts
6. Restoration (1995)
7. Soapdish (1991)
8. Some Girls (1988)
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