IRON MAN

GENRE:  Action/ Adventure/ Sci-fi
MADE:  2008
CAST:  Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard
DIRECTOR:  Jon Favreau
WRITER:  Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby, Art Marcum, Matt Holloway, Stan Lee, Don Heck, Larry Lieber, Jack Kirby

PLOT:  When Tony Stark gets kidnapped by terrorist and is held captive to build a weapon he instead builds an armored suit to break out of the situation, this proves to be the beginning of his new secret persona, Iron Man.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Iron Man 2, The A-Team, Transformers, Spiderman, The Dark Knight

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RUNNING WITH SCISSORS

GENRE:  Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  2006
CAST:  Joseph Cross, Annette Bening, Gwyneth Paltrow
DIRECTOR:  Ryan Murphy
WRITER:  Ryan Murphy, Augusten Burroughs

PLOT:  When Augusten is handed off to stay with his mother's therapist's extended family he finds himself in a different world.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  The Royal Tenenbaums, Garden State, The Kid's Are All Right

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EMMA

GENRE:  Comedy/ Romance
MADE:  1996
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow, Toni Collette, Jeremy Northam
DIRECTOR:  Douglas McGrath
WRITER:  Jane Austen, Douglas McGrath

PLOT:  Based on Jane Austen's book, Emma, the film is set in 1800s England, a young lady plays cupid only to find that she herself is naive, somewhat blind and... not a very good match-maker.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Pride & Prejudice, Sense And Sensibility, Shakespeare In Love

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SHAKESPEAR IN LOVE

GENRE:  Romance/ Comedy/ Drama
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush, Judi Dench
DIRECTOR:  John Madden
WRITER:  Marc Norman, Tom Stoppard

PLOT:  A story about young Shakespeare and how he came about to write "Romeo And Juliet".

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Emma, Romeo + Juliet by Baz Luhrmann, Julia And Julia

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THESPIAN OF THE WEEK: Gwyneth Paltrow

Name:  Gwyneth Kate Paltrow

AKA:  Gwyneth Paltrow

DOB:  September 27, 1972

From:  Los Angeles, California

Specialty:  Actress, singer

PALTROW'S TOP THREE FILMS:

Shakespeare In Love (1998)

Romantic drama & comedy

The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
Dark comedy

Emma (1996)

Romantic comedy

SLIDING DOORS

GENRE:  Romance/ Drama
MADE:  1998
CAST:  Gwyneth Paltrow, John Hannah, John Lynch, Zara Turner, Jeanne Tripplehorn
DIRECTOR:  Peter Howitt
WRITER:  Peter Howitt

PLOT:  A story about fate and how true love will always find a way in the example of one woman living two different lives.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE:  Love Actually, Bridget Jones's Diary, About A Boy

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NOTE:  Many wonder about fate and say things such as, "if that never happened I would have never met you",  this film is about such statements.  Truth is we really don't know do we?  If that had never happened would I have ever met you?- is the real question.  Sliding Doors says you will, but the real interest of the film occurs in the way that it all happens.