Shania Twain Movies

Five years after achieving commercial and critical success with his film Three Kings, director and screenwriter David O. Russell returns to the more idiosyncratic territory of his earlier work with this intelligent and offbeat comedy. Bernard and Vivian Jaffe (Dustin Hoffman and Lily Tomlin) are a married couple who run an existential detective agency where they sift through the lives of their clients in order to discover the source of their angst. The Jaffes' latest client is Albert Markovski (Jason Schwartzman), an environmental activist who has a very large rock and a great deal on his mind; their study of Albert's problems lead Bernard and Vivian to Brad Stand (Jude Law), a public relations executive with a chain of successful variety stores, Huckabees. While publicly allying himself with Albert's environmental initiatives, behind the scenes Brad is running roughshod over responsible land management with little care for the consequences. When Brad learns he's being watched by the Jaffes, he hopes to co-opt them by hiring them himself; however, the plan has unexpected consequences when their questioning leads Brad's girlfriend, well-scrubbed model Dawn (Naomi Watts), into reassessing her life and relationships. Meanwhile, Albert finds himself joining forces with Tommy (Mark Wahlberg), a firefighter and fellow environmentalist who has been having second thoughts about Bernard and Vivian's ideas and methods after a long-term investigation and has since fallen under the spell of nihilist poet and philosopher Caterine Vauban (Isabelle Huppert). ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Shania Twain's rise to stardom is more rags-to-riches than Cinderella. Twain is an outspoken, determined woman who dealt with the tragedy of losing both mother and father, and then her subsequent responsibility as surrogate parent to her younger siblings. This edition of VH1's Behind the Music examines her background, her career in Canada, and her rise to stardom. It even touches on the less than overwhelming response from the media that greeted her initial appearances. Regarded by some as a lightweight contender in the country and pop entertainment pantheons, she's nonetheless garnered awards and topped charts, knocking 'em dead with her personal style. ~ Leslie Birdwell, All Movie Guide

This video collection features all nine music videos from her 1997 album, Come On Over, and a unique version of "You've Got a Way" that had not been previously aired on MTV or CMT. Among the song selections are "Love Gets Me Every Time," "Don't Be Stupid," "You're Still the One," "Frome This Moment On," "Honey, I'm Home," "That Don't Impress Me Much, "Man! I Feel Like a Woman," "You've Got a Way," and "Come On Over." ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide

This specially recorded karaoke DVD features a variety of top country hits made famous by female artists, presented in "sing along" style. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

In Canada, quirky comedian Paul Bellini became a minor star after playing "the Towel Guy" on numerous episodes of the innovative sketch comedy series The Kids in the Hall. Bellini is also famed for penning the political satire This Hour Has 22 Minutes. For many years, Bellini was the pride of Timmins, a small Ontario town, and he greatly enjoyed the honors accorded him until a fellow resident's upstart daughter Shania Twain grew up to be a North American country music sensation and stole his thunder. This good-naturedly humorous documentary chronicles the fallen-Bellini's reaction when Ms. Twain returns to Timmins for a much-publicized "homecoming." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

Shania Twain: Any Man of Mine, a part of the Songs That Changed the World series, details how the feminist country anthem came to be, and caught on to such a degree that it helped establish a new voice that found a way to crossover between the country and pop charts. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide