Birthday Girl 2001  R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Jez Butterworth
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Ben Chaplin, Vincent Cassel, Mathieu Kassovitz, Stephen Mangan, Kate Lynn Evans, Alexander Armstrong, Sally Phillips, Jo McInnes, Ben Miller, Jonathan Aris, Katya Barton-Chapple, Rebecca Clarke
Using a "From Russia with Love" website, John Buckingham (Ben Chaplin) gets to know Nadia (Nicole Kidman) by mail. But, when Nadia leaves Russia and comes to England to marry John, he is less than pleased with her and tries to send her back. Next, Nadia's cousins (Vincent Cassel and Mathieu Kassovitz) come knocking on John's door, and, before he can blink an eye, he is involved in a dangerous con game.
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Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason 2004  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Beeban Kidron
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Gemma Jones, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Grant, Jacinda Barrett, Sally Phillips, James Faulkner, Celia Imrie, Dominic McHale, Donald(2) Douglas, Shirley Dixon, Neil Pearson, Rosalind Halstead, Tom Brooke
This sequel takes place four weeks after "Bridget Jones's Diary" ended. As Bridget (Renee Zellweger) grows increasingly unhappy about her relationship with Mark Darcy (Colin Firth), her ex-lover, Daniel (Hugh Grant), reenters the scene and thoroughly confuses Bridget's emotional decisions.
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 Bridget Jones's Diary 2001  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Sharon Maguire
Cast: Renee Zellweger, Colin Firth, Hugh Grant, Jim Broadbent, Gemma Jones, Sally Phillips, Shirley Henderson, Celia Imrie, Embeth Davidtz, Honor Blackman, James Faulkner, Charmian May, Paul Brooke, Shirley Henderson, James Callis
Bridget Jones (Renee Zellweger) is a 30-something single woman who lives in London, works in the publishing industry, and worries about not finding success–both romantically and professionally. After being snubbed by Mark (Colin Firth), Bridget begins writing in her diary about trying to cut back on wine, cigarettes, and men. She begins getting sexy e-mails from her boss Daniel (Hugh Grant) and meets him for dinner. Daniel tells her that he and Mark went to college together, and Mark seduced his fiancee. Later, Bridget runs across Mark again, he expresses an interest in her, and now both men compete for Bridget's attention. Zellweger excels in her role of the biologically ticking Bridget, and she received an Oscar nomination for Best Actress.
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 Mean Machine 2001 R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Barry Skolnick
Cast: Vinnie Jones, David Kelly, David Hemmings, Vas Blackwood, Jason Statham, Robbie Gee, John Forgeham, Jason Flemyng, Ralph Brown, Geoff Bell, Sally Phillips, Danny Dyer, Martin Wimbush, David Reid, David Cropman
Vinnie Jones plays the out-of-shape jock Danny Meehan in the U.K. remake of Robert Aldrich's "The Longest Yard." This time around, U.K. football (what the U.S. calls soccer) provides the hook for prison inmates taking on prison guards in one free-for-all game.
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| 1. Birthday Girl (2001)
2. Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)
3. Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
4. Mean Machine (2001)
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