Ashley Olsen

Marking their first theatrical-release feature since 1995's It Takes Two, the Olsen twins bring their adventures back to the big screen with New York Minute. Billed as a sort of Ferris Bueller's Day Off for tweens, the plot involves the escapades of two enterprising Long Island girls, Roxy (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Jane (Ashley Olsen), as they decide to dupe their parents and spend a day on the island of Manhattan. It seems the high-minded Jane has a speech to give to a scholarship committee, while the punky Roxy wants to meet her favorite rock band. When Jane's planner gets swiped, however, the girls find themselves embroiled in a political scandal involving a high-powered senator (Andrea Martin), as their high school's truant officer (Eugene Levy) doggedly pursues them. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

The three most glamorous and butt-kicking private detectives in the business are back and ready to take on bad guys in this sequel to the 2000 blockbuster screen adaptation of the once-popular television series. Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu) are once again summoned to the office of their boss Charlie (voice of John Forsythe), where they're introduced to his new right-hand man Jimmy Bosley (Bernie Mac) and given their latest assignment. It seems a pair of rings have gone missing and need to be recovered, but this was no ordinary jewel heist -- the rings have been coded with special information that can be used to access a list of every person in the FBI's Witness Protection Program, and when a handful of protected informants are murdered, the Angels are brought in to help crack the case. As the women search for the culprits, they encounter Madison Lee (Demi Moore), one of Charlie's former agents who decided that the wrong side of the law pays better, and Seamus (Justin Theroux), who once dated Dylan and wants revenge for her decision to turn him over to the police. Luke Wilson and Matt LeBlanc return as (respectively) Natalie and Alex's love interests, as does Crispin Glover as the Thin Man; John Cleese, Robert Forster, and Eric Bogosian also appear in supporting roles. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Child stars Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen are growing up fast in this feature-length, straight-to-video release. En route to the Olympic Winter Games in Park City, UT, the girls encounter more adventures than even they can handle as they zip cross-country in their candy-apple red, vintage Mustang convertible. Hilarity, hijinks, and snowboarding ensue. ~ Michael Hastings, All Movie Guide

In this comic adventure story, Maddy (Mary-Kate Olsen) and Abby (Ashley Olsen) are twin sisters (sounds reasonable) who accidentally witness a felony and soon find they're being chased by hoodlums who want to make sure they keep quiet about what they've seen. Hoping to keep the girls under wraps so they can testify against the crooks, Maddy and Abby are placed into the FBI Witness Protection Program; however, the girls have a tragic inability to keep a secret, and before long the FBI decides the best approach is to simply ship the twins out of the country until they can testify. Maddy and Abby are sent to sunny Sydney, Australia, where they find sun, fun, and danger when the gangsters discover them down under. Our Lips Are Sealed was released direct-to-video on November 21, 2000. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Twin sisters discover trading places isn't quite as simple as they imagined in this comedy for the whole family. Emma Stanton (Ashley Olsen) and Samantha Stanton (Mary-Kate Olsen) are a pair of 12-year-old identical twins who look alike, but otherwise have little in common. Samantha -- or Sam, as most everyone calls her -- loves sports and isn't much on frilly stuff, while Emma is a junior fashion maven who doesn't have any use for her sister's tomboy interests. Their father (Eric Lutes) thinks he doesn't have a close enough relationship with Emma, so he decides to draft her onto the winning girls' soccer team he's coaching; their mother (Kathryn Greenwood) signs Sam up for a second-string team coached by someone who acts as if he could hardly be bothered to watch the game. Neither Sam nor Emma is happy with this situation, so they decide to swap places on the teams; at first, neither Mom or Dad are the wiser, but when the girls' wildly different levels of play become obvious, Emma discovers she has to act like Sam to keep her folks from catching on to their plan, and vice versa. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Sent to Paris to visit their grandfather, the girls fall in love with France -- and with two French boys. ~ All Movie Guide

An acting team from infancy, making their debuts on the TV series Full House, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen maintain their adoring fan base with their You're Invited series of musically accompanied home videos. Each lighthearted episode explores a different American locale, and features the young female role models singing, dancing, and gossiping about boys. You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Costume Party encompasses several American cultural eras from poodle skirts to disco fever, and learning about these eras provokes the twins to throw a party in their basement. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

An acting team from infancy, making their debuts on the TV series Full House, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen maintain their adoring fan base with their You're Invited series of musically accompanied home videos. Each lighthearted episode explores a different American locale, and features the young female role models singing, dancing, and gossiping about boys. You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Campout Party explores the outdoors, involving the twins in activities like rock climbing and marshmallow toasting. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

An acting team from infancy, making their debuts on the TV series Full House, Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen maintain their adoring fan base with their You're Invited series of musically accompanied home videos. Each lighthearted episode explores a different American locale, and features the young female role models singing, dancing, and gossiping about boys. You're Invited to Mary-Kate and Ashley's Ballet Party travels to Lincoln Center, providing a cultural glance at New York City and demonstrations by professional ballerinas, as well as a dance performance by the twins themselves. ~ Sarah Sloboda, All Movie Guide

Mary-Kate Olsen and Ashley Olsen, star in this TV sitcom as the Burkes, twin daughters with a widowed dad, college science prof Kevin Burke (Christopher Sieber). Tomboy Mary-Kate and sis Ashley don't like the babysitter dad hired, so they scheme to replace her with college student Carrie (Sally Wheeler), who's enrolled at dad's science lab. So will dad date her or hire her? Filmed in Burbank, this series premiered September 25, 1998 on ABC. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide