Joshua Jackson Movies

Aspiring moviemaker Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his lifelong friends Joey Potter (Katie Holmes) and Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson) enter their sophomore year of high school as Dawson's Creek enters its inaugural season. Life in Capeside, MA, has been fairly sedate for the trio up till now, but with the arrival of Dawson's new next-door neighbor, 15-year-old Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams), things begin to heat up a bit. Joey is jealous because Dawson clearly likes Jen, Pacey is jealous of Joey because he likes Jen, and Jen is stimulated by all the attention, having had far more carnal experience than Dawson, Joey, and Pacey combined. But Pacey is soon making up for lost time, losing his virginity to his attractive teacher, Ms. Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley), who is forced to leave town to avoid a scandal. Pacey's friends' romantic adventures are somewhat more chaste, with both Dawson and Joey enjoying their first kisses (though not as yet with each other) in the course of the season. Later on, flirtatious Jen breaks Dawson's heart, but comes to regret her actions. On a less frolicsome note, Dawson finds out that his TV-newsperson mother, Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes), is cheating on Dawson's dad, Mitch (John Wesley Shipp). As in future seasons, movie references abound during season one of Dawson's Creek, notably in the episode "Detention," a virtual remake of The Breakfast Club. The season ends with Dawson and Joey realizing that there is something wonderful between them, thanks to a long and passionate kiss (minus the expected discreet fade out!). But nothing may come of this, since Joey seems poised to move to France. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

The debut episode of the hit teen drama Dawson's Creek introduced audiences to Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek), a 15-year-old film enthusiast who desires a career as a director, and his lifelong best friend, Joey Potter (Katie Holmes). The two have spent many a Saturday night watching movies in Dawson's room, but their maturing bodies have complicated the situation and made them rethink their weekly sleepovers. Emotions get sticky when the neighbor's granddaughter, Jennifer Lindley (Michelle Williams), moves in next door and sparks Dawson's budding sexual awareness. Dawson's smart-alecky friend Pacey Witter (Joshua Jackson) adventurously begins hitting on an older woman, who turns out to be the new Capeside High English teacher, Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley). The episode also introduces Dawson's devoted parents, Mitch (John Wesley Shipp) and Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes), whose devotion to each other will soon be tested. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

In an obvious homage to The Breakfast Club, this episode of Dawson's Creek finds Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Joey (Katie Holmes), Pacey (Joshua Jackson), and Jen (Michelle Williams) serving an eight-hour Saturday detention along with class bad girl Abby (Monica Keena). After tensions between Pacey and Dawson, as well as Jen and Joey, heat up for a variety of reasons, a game of truth or dare ends in a kiss that may cause all kinds of emotional ramifications. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

After Jen (Michelle Williams) breaks up with him, Dawson (James Van Der Beek) sets out on a road trip with Pacey (Joshua Jackson) and Billy (Eion Bailey). They end up at a college bar where Dawson finds some success with a female film student. After football player Warren Goering (Eric Balfour) begins a rumor that Joey (Katie Holmes) had sex with him, Jen hatches an elaborate plot to humiliate Warren. But the plan leads to some unexpected complications. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Dawson (James Van Der Beek) plots the perfect location to share his first kiss with Jen (Michelle Williams), but his plans are threatened when he is forced to take part in a class film project. Joey (Katie Holmes) lies about herself in order to impress a new boy in town. Tamara (Leann Hunley) begins to weaken due to Pacey's (Joshua Jackson) incessant and charming flirtations. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

As a hurricane roars into Capeside, Dawson (James Van Der Beek), Grams (Mary Beth Peil), Jen (Michelle Williams), Joey's very pregnant sister, Bessie (Nina Repeta), and her boyfriend, Bodie (Obi Ndefo), are trapped together at the Leery home. Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes) accepts that she must face the music in regards to her infidelity, while Dawson reaches the end of his emotional tether with all three of the women he cares about most. The good news for Pacey (Joshua Jackson) is that he is trapped with his lover, Tamara (Leann Hunley), the bad news is that his older brother, Doug Witter (Dylan Neal), is trapped with them. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Dawson (James Van Der Beek) cooks up some elaborate scares for his friends, but a séance turns particularly frightening when the group begins to suspect that the stranger in their midst may very well be an escaped serial killer. Cliff (Scott Foley), afraid he is not doing as well as he could with Jen (Michelle Williams), asks Dawson for advice on how to woo her. This episode is a thinly veiled homage to series creator Kevin Williamson's hit film Scream. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Fathers and life decisions are the recurring themes on the first season finale of Dawson's Creek. Joey (Katie Holmes) must balance her new feelings for Dawson (James Van Der Beek) with the opportunity to live in France for a year. She must also visit her father on his birthday, even though he currently resides in prison. Pacey (Joshua Jackson) confronts his older brother about their respective relationships with their father. Jen (Michelle Williams) has reason to celebrate when her grandfather comes out of his coma, but becomes distraught when his health deteriorates. ~ Perry Seibert, All Movie Guide

Season two of Dawson's Creek picks up where season one left off, with the passionate kiss between 15-year-old aspiring filmmaker Dawson Leery (James Van Der Beek) and his lifelong friend Josephine "Joey" Potter (Katie Holmes). Still, it will be some time before Dawson and Joey surrender to the obvious fact that they are destined to be together forever. This season marks the first appearance of Andie McPhee (Meredith Monroe) and Andie's brother Jack (Kerr Smith), not to mention the manipulative Abby Morgan (Monica Keena), who wastes no time exerting her bad influence over Dawson's sexy next-door neighbor Jen Lindley (Michelle Williams). Meanwhile, Dawson's pal Pacey (Joshua Jackson) has an uncomfortable reunion with Tamara Jacobs (Leann Hunley), the English teacher to whom he had given up his virginity in the previous season. With Joey apparently interested only in newcomer Jack, Dawson goes back to Jen on the rebound, which turns out to be a really bad move. As it turns out, however, Jack is gay, and thus hardly a rival to Dawson. As for his sister Andie, she has a brief fling with the ever-willing Pacey -- and as a result of her parent's marital problems, Andie also suffers a nervous breakdown, which may force her to move out of Jack's life forever. Things aren't much more pleasant in the Leery home, as Dawson's parents, Gail (Mary-Margaret Humes) and Brian (John Wesley Shipp), decide to get a divorce. Using his "art" to release his emotions, Dawson starts filming a movie of his life, upsetting his friends and family -- and himself, when the finished product is roundly panned by a professional filmmaker. Just before the season closer, Jen joins Abby in a drinking binge, which ends disastrously when Abby falls off a bridge and drowns in the river. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Everybody's favorite underdog youth hockey team hits the ice for a third adventure in D3: The Mighty Ducks. This time out, the Ducks' improbable success under lawyer-turned-hockey player Gordon Bombay (Emilio Estevez) has earned the group of misfits a certain degree of fame, and the entire team is given scholarships to attend Eden Hall Academy, an upscale private school with a rich and snobbish student body. The Ducks are dismayed to discover that they have a new coach, Ted Orion (Jeffrey Nordling), and they soon learn that, as freshmen, they get precious little respect from the Varsity team, and the team's melting-pot lineup makes them stick out like a sore thumb in the white, upper-class surroundings of Eden Hall. However, by the film's final reel, the Ducks will have taught their fellow classmates a lesson about teamwork and overcoming adversity. This proved to be the last film in the Mighty Ducks series, but it was followed by an animated television series that improbably turned the team into hockey stars from another dimension. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Set in beautiful British Columbia, Canada, this magical family tale centers on a divorced radio talk show psychiatrist who has been so immersed in his career that he has neglected his two kids, Ashley and Josh. To rectify the situation, he takes them to a beautiful lakeside cabin in Glenorky, BC, the supposed home of a giant mythological reptilian monster. Though he has ostensibly come to spend time with the kids, the lure of working on his book is too strong and soon he is locked away in the cabin amidst papers, a cellular phone and a lap-top, busily clacking away while the children head out to explore. It is Ashley who first sees the mythical monster. She tells her dad, and of course, he initially disbelieves her, but the girl seems so earnest that he begins to wonder. His investigation of the matter leads him down a magical road to reconciliation with his children and the rediscovery that there is a wonderful life outside of his career. He even manages to find a little love along the way. This film is also known as Glenorky. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide

This family drama features the riotous exploits of a lovable seal who befriends a family of animal lovers living in Rockport Maine. The father in this family is Harry Whitney, the harbor master with a great love of animals. His wife Thalice, teenagers Steve and Paula also adore wild critters. But the one who loves them most of all is Toni, a grade-schooler. Every corner of their seaside home is filled with small animals. At work Harry battles the fishermen who hate the seals because they interfere with their catch. Their leader is Billy Baker who drinks too much. At school Toni is persecuted by her schoolmates, the sons and daughters of fishermen. Andre, the seal, has been separated from his clan and is sick. He is rescued by Harry, who brings him home. With Toni's special help, Andre returns to health and becomes a real handful by getting into innocent trouble at every turn. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide