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Paul McGann, Amanda Donohoe

Academy Home Entertainment, 1993

An undiscovered gem of British Cinema
This wonderful little thriller from over ten years ago was largely overlooked when it was first released, although I did manage to catch a look at it when it hit theatres. Then, as now, I was very impressed with its rather terrifying story about a young and ambitious ...

The Patriot

Mel Gibson, Heath Ledger

Sony Pictures, 2001

Mel and co engage again with the British with blood & guts
This film coming a few years later after "Braveheart" was one of the first films in which I saw the late Heath Ledger--and he was impressive to say the least. Mel Gibson plays a farmer who is an ex-guerilla fighter who is reluctant to take up arms against the British ...

Prime Suspect 1

Helen Mirren, John Benfield

Starz / Anchor Bay, 1997

Prime Suspect 1
Ordered this for my mom. Shipping was very fast. She loves the series. Have now purchased 1 thru 4-only three more to go!

Full Monty

Robert Carlyle, Mark Addy

20th Century Fox, 1998

Fully exposéd
Please note that this is for the two-disc "Fully Exposed" edition: If you're reading this you're probably already a fan or at least have read other reviews telling you how great the movie is, so I won't clutter the place with more of the same. But it has to be ...

Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind

Jim Carrey, Kate Winslet

Universal Studios, 2004

For me, a drama - an intense one
I rented this movie with my husband, one of our first 'dates' after our seperation. Since it was marketed as a comedy, i figured it would be good to have some light entertainment since we'd been working through so much heavy stuff. Ok, no, not light. Not light at ...

Stage Beauty

Billy Crudup, Claire Danes

Live / Artisan, 2005

A sleeper that is surprisingly good!
A period piece set in England around 1660- during King Charles II's reign, somewhere I read (perhaps here) that Stage Beauty is like Shakespeare In Love- only more intelligent. I would agree. This one is for the thinking woman. It's not so full of itself that it bores ...

Shakespeare in Love

Geoffrey Rush, Joseph Fiennes

Walt Disney Video, 1999

A Primer for a New Generation.
Although highly popular for its time (labelled the Best Film of the 90's), in those days anything even hinting at post modernism, (one aspect, mixing genres); a speculative tale about the Master experiencing "writer's block", falling in love and the beloved becoming ...

Wilde

Stephen Fry, Jude Law

Sony Pictures, 1999

Top Drawer!
Stephen Fry portrays Oscar Wilde brilliantly, with charm, sensitivity, and poignancy in this beautifully crafted film. Jude Law is properly aristocratic and arrogant in his role as Wilde's disastrous choice of paramours. The performances of the supporting cast, which ...

Attic: Hiding of Anne Frank

Mary Steenburgen, Paul Scofield

Cabin Fever, 1992

Mary Steenburgen in an absorbing performance
This is a overall very-fine TV movie, putting a different slant on the story of Anne Frank and her family. Mary Steenburgen plays heroic Miep Gies, the young woman who helped the Franks' and the others in ATTIC: THE HIDING OF ANNE FRANK. This movie attempts to tell ...

The Ghost and the Darkness

Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer

Paramount, 1997

'The Devil has come to Tsavo'
This is one of the best adventure/suspense movies ever made and deserves ten stars! Well written and paced, even the music chosen was excellent in keeping the tension at the proper level. Douglas and Kilmer are terrific, believable characters as they round out an ...

Royal Deceit

Gabriel Byrne, Helen Mirren

Castles and Kings
Features a younger Christian Bale (made in 1993). Gabriel Byrne is great, as usual, as the brother of the king, who murders the king. Bale is the son of the king, and feigns madness when his father is murdered-mainly to stay alive and let his uncle claim the throne. ...

Essex Boys

Sean Bean, Alex Kingston

Walt Disney Video, 2001

Is This What It's Like To Be A Gangster?
There is nothing attractive about a life of crime as portrayed in this film, and that is one of its strongest suites. Based on actual events, it's a study of criminal existence at its most bleak---and hats off to the filmmakers and the cast for the pristine starkness ...

The Governess

Minnie Driver, Tom Wilkinson

Sony Pictures, 1999

Beautiful
I have to say that this film is one of my favorites. Starring Minnie Driver as a enchanting Jewish girl who, through unforeseeable circumstances, has to leave the only home she's ever known in London, her grieving mother, best friend/sister, and the man she's has every ...

Pocketful of Rye

Joan Hickson, Timothy West

20th Century Fox, 1998

Sing a Song of Murder ...
Seemingly innocuous, English nursery rhymes often have a rather sinister origin; and noone knew this better than Agatha Christie, who repeatedly used them as a motif; most famously probably in 1939's "And Then There Were None" (a/k/a "Ten Little Indians"), where the ...

Rush Hour

Ken Leung, Jackie Chan

New Line Home Video, 1999

Classic Buddy Cop Film!
The original "Rush Hour" remains one of my favorite movies of all time. Jackie and Chris have great on screen chemistry, and the fights are absolutely classic. The film also has fantastic stunts, a wonderful plot, and a great score by Lalo Schifrin. If you love Jackie, ...