Pete Postlethwaite
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Distant Voices, Still Lives
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their...
Siblings Maisie and Tony, along with their mother, gather for their sister Eileen's wedding. It is a joyous occasion, but through flashbacks, it becomes clear that the family was not always happy. Their father was physically abusive to his wife and left the children emotionally traumatised. As a result, the children have grown into unhappy adults, looking for love they didn't receive when they were young.
Brassed Off
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with...
A Yorkshire coal mine is threatened with closure and the only hope is for the men to enter their Grimley Colliery Brass Band into a national competition in this BAFTA-nominated working class story.
Amistad
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set...
In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.
Dark Water
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move...
Dahlia Williams and her daughter Cecelia move into a rundown apartment on New York's Roosevelt Island. From the time she arrives, there are mysterious occurrences and there is a constant drip from the ceiling in her daughter's bedroom.
In the Name of the Father
The great Daniel Day-Lewis is Gerry Conlon, a...
The great Daniel Day-Lewis is Gerry Conlon, a man coerced into confessing a crime he did not commit, in this 1993 based-on-a-true-story drama nominated for eight Oscars including Best Picture.
Romeo + Juliet
Baz Luhrmann reinterprets Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of...
Baz Luhrmann reinterprets Shakespeare's romantic tragedy of two ill-fated, star-crossed lovers with Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes.
The Usual Suspects
Winner of two Oscars (for Kevin Spacey...
Winner of two Oscars (for Kevin Spacey and screenwriter McQuarrie), this is Bryan Singer's (who would go on to direct X-Men and Superman Returns) riveting modern film noir, with a twist ending that will blow your mind to smithereens.
Clash of the Titans
Louis Leterrier's (The Incredible Hulk) remake of...
Louis Leterrier's (The Incredible Hulk) remake of the 1981 film about the hero Perseus (Sam Worthington), born of a god but raised as a man, helpless to save his family from Hades (Ralph Fiennes), vengeful god of the underworld.
Closing the Ring
A love story based on the discovery...
A love story based on the discovery of a WW2 pilot’s wedding ring at the site where his plane crashed many years ago...
DragonHeart
In an ancient time, a disillusioned knight...
In an ancient time, a disillusioned knight makes a pact with the last living dragon (brought to life by CGI, Industrial Light & Magic and the voice of Sean Connery) to unite against an evil despot. Stars Dennis Quaid.
James and the Giant Peach
After 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, stop-frame animator...
After 1993's The Nightmare Before Christmas, stop-frame animator Henry Selick and producer Tim Burton adapt Roald Dahl's macabre kids book about young orphan James who enters a gigantic, magical peach. Inside, he embarks on a surreal, musical adventure with six garden bugs.
The Age of Stupid
Documentary-drama with Pete Postlethwaite as a man...
Documentary-drama with Pete Postlethwaite as a man living alone in the devastated future world of 2055, looking at old footage from 2008 and asking: why didn’t we stop climate change when we had the chance?
The Lost World: Jurassic Park
Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park follow-up, starring Jeff...
Steven Spielberg’s Jurassic Park follow-up, starring Jeff Goldblum as a reluctant member of a research team investigating a secretive second island, Site B.
The Omen (2006)
Re-make of the 1976 classic, based on...
Re-make of the 1976 classic, based on Biblical & nutball theories presupposing the reincarnation of Satan in human form...