Meg Ryan

City of Angels (Snap Case)
$14.96
This movie is one of a kind. It has such a heartfelt meaning. I don't think anyone can watch this movie and say anything derogitory about it.

My Mom's New Boyfriend
$14.94
I really liked this movie.

It had the typical fill of Meg Ryan Charm and Antonio Banderas's passion. I loved the comedy. And the fact that I could watch these two older stars shine as they had when they were younger.

Yes. I want to see my favorite stars in roles as they age. It gives me hope seeing older people shine in the craft they do so well.

Because charm and wit doesn't dull just because you get wrinkles in your face and pains in your body. The human spirit lives on and on. And that aging stars can perform so well is an underlying message when you put these time-tested stars in a movie making vehicle.

Actually, the title of this show makes it sound like Meg Ryan is going to be frumpy. She was not. She was the shining star and that made the movie ever more surprising.

Addicted to Love
$14.98
In "Addicted to Love," Matthew Broderick plays Sam, an Astronomer, who is deeply in love with Linda (Kelly Preston). He is so happy, but then she suddenly leaves him, and he drops his job and tries to track her down. Sam, do you realize how many people graduate with degrees in Astronomy, and how few positions are available? Why the ratio of Astronomy Graduates to Astronomy Positions, is well... Astronomical! You had a job, and you even correctly predicted Alpha Cluster emissions! Why did you toss that aside to chase after Linda? You became a stalker, and once that happens, your chance of getting her back is a lot less than your chance of getting a restraining order.

Though I admit that the Astronomer does make a handy paradigm for a voyeur/stalker, and when the writer had you set up that Camera Obscura in the abandoned building conveniently located just across the street, that was a pretty bold and brilliant move. But when the writer added a second stalker, the motorcycle ridin' Maggie (Meg Ryan), the ex girlfriend of Linda's lover, who installed listening devices to compliment the Camera Obscura visuals, that really made it hard to suspend our disbelief.

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Maggie: I don't want him back, I just want him vaporized, extinguished! When I'm done with him, he'll be just a twitching little stain on the floor.
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Had "Addicted to Love" been funnier, I might have been willing to suspend my disbelief. I might have applauded the audacious visual metaphor. As it was, it was a mediocre Romantic Comedy, and therefore the premise merely seemed ludicrous. Kelly Preston didn't have a very big part as Linda, but even so, you could see that she was much better as Chirk in "Battlefield Earth: A Saga of the Year 3000." Meg Ryan took the hand she was dealt and made the most of it. Her Maggie was no Bonnie, Alice Green, or even a Sally Albright. Matthew Broderick was adequate, and that's about it. His performance won't make you forget his Steven M. Kovacs in "The Cable Guy" anytime soon. The Ferris Bueller legacy is secure.

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Maggie: Well, that is, without a doubt, the most pathetic thing I've ever heard.
Sam: You don't understand...
Maggie: And I don't mean that in a trivial way. I'm a photographer; I've seen a lot of things. I once took pictures of a man who ate his own legs, and you would be the black sheep of that family.
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Battlefield Earth - A Saga of the Year 3000 (2000) Kelley Preston was Chirk
Election (1999) Matthew Broderick was Jim McAllister
Hurlyburly (New Line Platinum Series) (1998) Meg Ryan was Bonnie
The Cable Guy (Full Screen) (1996) Matthew Broderick was Steven M. Kovacs
When a Man Loves a Woman (1994) Meg Ryan was Alice Green
The Doors (Special Edition) (1991) Meg Ryan was Pamela Courson
When Harry Met Sally (1989) Meg Ryan was Sally Albright
Torch Song Trilogy (1988) Matthew Broderick was Alan Simon
Biloxi Blues (1988) Matthew Broderick was Eugene Morris Jerome
Ferris Bueller's Day Off (1986) Matthew Broderick was Ferris Bueller

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Sam: I'm the Milky Way Man, and I know everything!
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Hanging Up
$9.95
This is classic Keaton and Ryan, study of realtionship between alcoholic ailing dad and daughters, funny and sad. Definitely a keeper in my dvd library!