Can the crisp sound and picture of Blu-ray enhance films already blessed with a fair share of critical acclaim? We’re about to find out as we take a gander at four early Miramax titles (back when the cutting-edge Weinstein Bros. were running things!) including "Amélie," "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas," "Chocolat" and "Bridget Jones’s Diary" now out on Blu-ray from Lionsgate.

Title: "Amélie"

Grade: 5

Cast: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz, Rufus

Director: Jean-Pierre Jeunet

Rating: R

Runtime: 122 minutes

Release Company: Lionsgate

Website: www.miramax.com

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The sky is blue, water is wet, and Johnny Depp is ridiculously sexy.

These are facts you just can't argue with. If you tried to argue with that last one, millions of women (and a good number of men) would descend upon you with DVDs, posters, and issues of People Magazine as evidence.

He's just so... hot, what with the chocolate eyes and those sharp cheekbones. To top it off, the man is perhaps most irresistible as a pirate -- a promiscuous, unhygienic, clearly unbathed pirate -- as he proves once again reprising the role of Captain Jack Sparrow in "Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger ...

There's the quintessential romantic comedy, and then there's the romdramedy. Similar to a dramedy (in which there is an equal balance of humor and serious content), a romdramedy combines comedy and drama with that mushy thing we call romance.

This is not a list of the best films over the past 20 years. Rather it is a list that gives preferences to those films that best combine all three elements - romance, comedy and drama.

Films like Magnolia and The Matrix were barred from competition, while films like Down with Love were considered (however, that one didn't make the cut)....

Actress Juliette Binoche regrets never marrying - because she has always dreamed of walking down the aisle. The 43-year-old has been romantically linked to French director Leos Carax and Kylie Minogue's ex-boyfriend Olivier Martinez - but has yet to tie the knot with any of her partners.

She says, "It's not a great regret, but I've always said I'd love to get married. But the opportunity hasn't come along yet." However the French beauty insists her single status is not down to a lack of offers: "I have been proposed to four times. It happened twice at the beginning of a relationship a...

Actress Lena Olin's home is the place to celebrate the holidays because Santa always makes a stop before flying off around the world to deliver presents. The Chocolat star loves turning her home into a Swedish winter wonderland on Christmas Eve, complete with gift-giving and St. Nicholas.

Olin, who was born in Scandinavia, explains, "We get all the Swedish food from the neighborhood market. We have very heavy Christmas food. We have the meatballs and the sausages and ham and all of that. And also Santa Claus comes to visit on Christmas Eve, which is a European tradition. He comes to ou...

Actress Juliette Binoche is taking time out of Hollywood to learn to dance. The Chocolat star has agreed to perform a contemporary dance work by choreographer Akram Khan at London's National Theatre next year - even though she has never had lessons in her life. Kahn has defended his unlikely casting, insisting Binoche is bound to be a natural.

He says, "She has been training a lot in the past year and I have no doubts of what she can achieve. From seeing her in some films such as Damage and Three Colours Blue I knew she had an ability not to be afraid of taking on demanding roles, and...

Valentine’s Day is just a heartbeat away, so take your sweetie by the hand, grab some chewy chocolate treats, put extra butter on your popcorn, and check out some of Starpulse’s top romantic movies of all time.

Starpulse Top Romantic Movie List:

Casablanca

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Summertime

African Queen

Sabrina

Doctor Zhivago

Love Story

The Graduate

Hannah & Her Sisters

Gone with the Wind

Moonstruck

An Officer and a Gentleman

The Bridges of Madison County

Titanic

Ghost

When Harry Met Sally...

Sleepless in Seattle

The Princess Bride

My Best Fri...

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Ryan Gosling was named Best Actor for his role in Half Nelson, while the Audience Award was presented to Little Miss Sunshine.

Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom, best known for movies like The Cider House Rules, Chocolat and What's Eating Gilbert Grape, was honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Hollywood producers Bob and Harvey Weinstein are auctioning off thousands of props and wardrobe items from their most famous movies to raise money for charity. The online auctions begin on Friday, March 3, and will feature the dress Renee Zellweger wore in Chicago's "All That Jazz" number, an outfit Madonna wore while delivering a singing telegram in Blue In The Face and Halloween killer Michael Myers' mask from Halloween H20.

Also on the block will be movie memorabilia from Shakespeare In Love, The Cider House Rules, Spy Kids, Frida and Chocolat. The items will be listed on online auc...