Movies starring Renee Zellweger

Empire Records (1995)

90 mins     Comedy, Drama      

I was 23 the first time I watched "Empire Records" probably just outside of its target market and that maybe why I didn't get it, in fact I wondered why anyone would watch it. I've seen it a few times since and each time it h...

The Whole Wide World (1996)

111 mins     Biography, Drama, Romance      

One thing that I have learned from my passion for movies is that even if I have never heard of a movie or the people it is about do not just ignore it as they can be some of the most enlightening and entertaining movies to wa...

The Bachelor (1999)

101 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Movie Review - The Bachelor (1999) Chris O'Donnell stars as Jimmie Shannon, the bachelor who has just 48 hours to marry to inherit a multi million dollar fortune, the question is; will he find anyone?...

Me, Myself & Irene (2000)

116 mins     Comedy      

"Me, Myself & Irene" comes under a group of movies which when you first watched them they were great but once viewed again you begin to question your own judgement. It's not unusual I can think if loads of movies and not just...

Nurse Betty (2000)

110 mins     Comedy, Crime, Romance      

"Nurse Betty" is a dark comedy which combines two things a thriller with quirky, dark humour as you would expect from a dark comedy and to be honest it works, it is dark and funny. But maybe it is me but there is something ab...

Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)

97 mins     Comedy, Romance      

Bridget Jones's Diary: Renee Zellweger stars as Bridget Jones, big panty wearer who he is torn between two men, the dashing Daniel and the safe Mark...

Chicago (2002)

113 mins     Comedy, Crime, Musical      

One of the songs in "Chicago" has the lyrics "Give 'em the old razzle dazzle. Razzle dazzle 'em" and right from the opening scenes that is what it does as it whips you up with a sexily dressed Catherine Zeta-Jones singing "An...

White Oleander (2002)

109 mins     Drama      

I read a handful of reviews before watching "White Oleander" and each one couldn't praise this movie highly enough so I started watching and about half an hour in I was debating whether I had read them right and looked back a...

Down with Love (2003)

101 mins     Comedy, Romance      

As a fan of Doris Day and the romantic comedies she made during the 50s and 60s, most notably those with Rock Hudson, I sometimes feel sadness that they don't make movies like that anymore. So when I watched "Down With Love" ...

Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

108 mins     Comedy, Romance      

The first time I watched "Bridget Jones's Diary" I hated it but after a few more viewings I slowly warmed to it. Maybe that will be the same with "Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason" because after watching it twice I can't say...

Shark Tale (2004)

90 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

Back in 2004 when "Shark Tale" came out the world of animation as we know it now was still fresh as whilst Pixar had given us "Toy Story" in 1995 they weren't churning them out and neither was Dreamworks who only really grabb...

Cinderella Man (2005)

144 mins     Biography, Drama, Sport      

To put it simply "Cinderella Man" is a very good boxing movie but it suffers from one major problem. That problem is that whilst "Cinderella Man" is based on the inspiration true story of James J. Braddock it plays like a ste...

Miss Potter (2006)

92 mins     Biography, Drama      

As a child I can't remember any one reading me one of Beatrix Potter's tales yet I was aware of some of her creations such as Peter Rabbit and Jemima Puddle Duck. It sort of explains why when in 2006 the biopic of Beatrix Pot...

Bee Movie (2007)

91 mins     Adventure , Animation, Comedy      

"Bee Movie" is a lot of fun with an array of visual gags, clever jokes about bees and all the typical sort of elements which you expect to find from an animation. But "Bee Movie" is also a movie with one huge problem; it look...

Appaloosa (2008)

115 mins     Action , Crime, Drama, Western      

Once upon a time, many decades a go the staple of the big screen was the western, but sadly tastes changed and westerns went out of fashion. Now days it's a rare occurrence for a western to be made although in a way that's no...

New in Town (2009)

97 mins     Comedy, Romance      

What do "Local Hero" and "Doc Hollywood" have in common? They both have a storyline which features a career minded person end up in a small backwater town and find the quirky nature of small town life alien to them but then f...

Case 39 (2009)

109 mins     Horror, Mystery, Thriller      

In the slightly altered words of Roger Murtaugh "I'm getting too familiar with this shit". Now I was going to say it is a problem only movie reviewers face as watching thousands of movies means you have seen pretty much every...