Joely Collins Movies
Donal Logue (Grounded for Life) stars as a hard-drinking, has-been TV director who gets a second shot at success when he's assigned to run a fishing show in Scotland. Though he has to work with a miniscule budget, a challenging partner (who just happens to be his ex-wife), and a total lack of booze, his time in the highlands may be just the thing he needs to be happy. ~ All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Donal Logue, Joely Collins, (more)
First-time filmmaker Omar Naim writes and directs the sci-fi drama The Final Cut. Set in the near future, the story concerns a microchip that is capable of recording a person's entire life. Robin Williams plays Alan Hakman, an editor who cuts together the footage to make pleasant movies for funerals. Tormented by his job and his own memories, Alan also has a troubled romantic relationship with bookseller Delilah (Mira Sorvino). While looking through footage for his next project, Alan discovers a man whom he believes is from his own past. Meanwhile, former editor Fletcher (James Caviezel) wants the footage for his own purposes. The Final Cut was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, (more)
- 2004
Joely Collins (daughter of singer Phil Collins) stars in this film about the real-life 1995 murder trial in which juror Gillian Guess began sleeping with one of the defendants. Finally getting the attention she has craved since childhood, Gillian appears on a sleazy late-night talk show to tell her tale. Through flashbacks brought on by her narrative, the audience watches as Gillian grows from a groupie to a would-be college student, bored and unfulfilled, eventually leading to the circumstances surrounding her 15 minutes of fame. ~ Cammila Albertson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joely Collins, Hugh Dillon, (more)
- 1998
Debuting over the CTV network on January 23, 1998, the hour-long Canadian drama series Cold Squad was a precursor in both style and substance to the American weekly Cold Case. The series involved the concerted efforts of a dedicated Vancouver detective unit to reopen and (hopefully) solve unsolved murder cases, some of them several decades old. Julie Stewart headed the cast as Sgt. Ali McCormick, the unofficial head of the squad. There was a great deal of personnel turnover during the series' seven seasons on the air, with a complete supporting-cast overhaul at the beginning of Season Three (see the huge cast list below). The winner of eight Gemini Awards, the 98-episode Cold Squad ended its Canadian run on June 4, 2005; it was picked up for syndication in the United States on September 15, 2006. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1998
A Plain Jane paralegal is transformed into an irresistible beauty, only to realize that her ravishing new appearance is as much a blessing as it is a curse when two brothers begin competing for her affections. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Joely Collins, Jonathan Cake, (more)
- 1995
Television standbys Courtney Thorne-Smith (Melrose Place, Ally McBeal), Kyle Secor (Party of Five) and Tracey Gold (Growing Pains) co-star in the prime-time melodrama Beauty's Revenge (AKA Midwest Obsession), which first premiered on NBC, on Friday, September 22, 1995, but is now available in this home video release. Thorne-Smith plays Cheryl, a diabolical and sociopathic high-school cheerleader in a Midwestern small town, who has her heart set on dating nice guy mechanic Kevin (Secor). Only one problem: Kevin's already attached to Beth (Gold), a local plain Jane. Beth therefore stands as an obstacle in-between Cheryl and Kevin, and Cheryl schemes to eliminate her rival. But first, Cheryl grows irate over her father's lack of affection toward her, and decides to off Kevin's best friend, Larry (Stephen Fanning). Soon, the cops have multiple homicides on their hands - all of which point to the same girl. William A. Graham directs, from a teleplay by Duane Poole. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
