Headline Crasher

Zodiac

March 2007 •English

The Zodiac murders cause the lives of Paul Avery, David Toschi and Robert Graysmith to intersect.

The Shipping News

December 2001 •English

An emotionally-beaten man with his young daughter moves to his ancestral home in Newfoundland to reclaim his life.

27 Dresses

January 2008 •English

Altruistic Jane finds herself facing her worst nightmare as her younger sister announces her engagement to the man Jane secretly adores.

Goodbye, Francesca!

September 1957 •German

The Philadelphia Story

December 1940 •English

When a rich woman's ex-husband and a tabloid-type reporter turn up just before her planned remarriage, she begins to learn the truth about herself.

The Godfather Part II

December 1974 •English

In the continuing saga of the Corleone crime family, a young Vito Corleone grows up in Sicily and in 1910s New York. In the 1950s, Michael Corleone attempts to expand the family business into Las Vegas, Hollywood and Cuba.

Notting Hill

May 1999 •English

London bookstore owner William Thacker's quiet life turns upside down when a chance encounter with famous actress Anna Scott sparks an unlikely romance challenged by their vastly different worlds.

Wag the Dog

December 1997 •English

During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.

Bridget Jones's Diary

April 2001 •English

Bridget Jones is an average woman struggling against her age, her weight, her job, her lack of a man, and her various imperfections. As a New Year's resolution, Bridget decides to take control of her life, starting by keeping a diary in which she will always tell the complete truth. The fireworks begin when her charming though disreputable boss takes an interest in the quirky Miss Jones. Thrown into the mix are Bridget's band of slightly eccentric friends and a rather disagreeable acquaintance into whom Bridget cannot seem to stop running or help finding quietly attractive.

Doctor X

August 1932 •English

A wisecracking New York reporter intrudes on a research scientist's quest to unmask The Moon Killer.

The Return of Doctor X

November 1939 •English

When news reporter Walter Garrett arrives at the hotel room of bombshell actress Angela Merrova to conduct an interview, he finds her dead from multiple stab wounds. He returns with the police to find the hotel empty and the body vanished. Garrett writes about the incident but is fired when Merrova, alive and well, goes to the paper to complain. Now his only chance to get his job back is to find the truth, which involves the grisly scheme of a madman.

City of Fear

August 1965 •English

A Canadian reporter gets mixed up in Cold-War politics, romance and espionage in Eastern Europe.

The Believer

August 2001 •English

A hardcore US racist skinhead who, because of his intelligence, leads a gang dedicated to fighting the enemy: the supposed American-Jewish conspiracy for domination. However, he's hiding a secret: he's Jewish-born, a brilliant scholar whose questioning of the tenets of his faith has left him angry and confused, turning against those who he thinks have a tragic history of their own making.

Scream

December 1996 •English

A year after the murder of her mother, a teenage girl is terrorized by a masked killer who targets her and her friends by using scary movies as part of a deadly game.

Scream 3

February 2000 •English

While Sidney Prescott and her friends visit the Hollywood set of Stab 3, the third film based on the Woodsboro murders, another Ghostface killer rises to terrorize them.

The Good Fairy

February 1951 •Japanese

The wife of an elite government official left her husband, and a young journalist is sent to investigate the case. But his boss has a hidden agenda.

Tout Va Bien

April 1972 •French

A strike at a French sausage factory contributes to the estrangement of a married filmmaker and his reporter wife.

The Cobra Strikes

April 1948 •English

A newspaper reporter investigates the near-fatal shooting of a medical scientist.

Behind the News

December 1940 •English

As suggested by its title, Behind the News was a "stop the presses!" yarn set in a big-city newsroom. Lloyd Nolan is top-billed as a cynical reporter with a penchant for sticking his neck out too far. Frank Albertson costars as a cub reporter fresh out of journalism school, whose presence is resented by Nolan and his fellow workers. But it is Albertson who, after running afoul of the law, is instrumental in breaking up a ring of racketeers. Behind the News was remade by Republic as Headline Hunters (55).

The Adventures of Jane Arden

March 1939 •English

Reporter Jane Arden goes undercover to try to expose a gang of jewel thieves and smugglers. Her mission becomes more dangerous when her identity is discovered early on by one of the gang leaders.