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Harley Street
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Paul Nicholls, Suranne Jones, Kim Medcalf
Director: Paul Whittington
Certificate: 
Glossy medical drama, HARLEY STREET, follows the tense lives, loves, and scalpel-slicing-action of a lively General Practice on London's prestigious Harley Street. Suranne Jones stars as strong-minded Dr. Martha Elliot, who heads up the Practice's gifted staff, including; Dr. Robert Fielding (Paul ..read more »
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65%
from 45 members
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Colditz
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Damian Lewis, Sophia Myles, Tom Hardy
Director: Stuart Orme
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Three prisoners, Jack Rose, Tom Willis and Nick McGrade, embark on an heroic plan to escape from a World War Two POW camp. As Rose And Willis are recaptured by the Germans, McGrade manages to traverse their clutches and travels to London to inform Rose's girlfriend of his capture. So begins a ..read more »
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65%
from 468 members
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The Falklands Play
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: John Standing, James Fox, Patricia Hodge
Director: Michael Samuels
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Once considered too controversial to film, Ian Curteis’ FALKLANDS PLAY is finally available to own on DVD. The play replays the events of the conflict from a pro-Thatcher/Conservative angle. Featuring astounding performances and the news footage of the day, THE FALKLANDS PLAY details the power ..read more »
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66%
from 147 members
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The Lost World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, James Fox, Matthew Rhys
Director: Stuart Orme
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This BBC presentation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's THE LOST WORLD follows an early 20th-century expedition to discover the existence of dinosaurs. Led by Professor George Challenger (Bob Hoskins), the party encounters primitive humans and various dinosaurs. The cast also includes James Fox, Peter ..read more »
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66%
from 381 members
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The Mystic Masseur
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Om Puri, Aasif Mandvi, James Fox
Director: Ismail Merchant
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THE MYSTIC MASSEUR is a delightfully warm, funny drama about Ganesh (Assif Mandvi), an ethnic Indian living in Trinidad. While working as a teacher in Port of Spain, Ganesh learns of his father's death. After returning home to his country village for the funeral, he decides to stay and write books. ..read more »
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50%
from 168 members
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Sexy Beast - BLU-RAY Version
(2000)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Certificate: 
Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ..read more »
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72%
from 542 members
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The Golden Bowl
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Uma Thurman, Jeremy Northam, Kate Beckinsale
Director: James Ivory
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THE GOLDEN BOWL is Merchant-Ivory's adaptation of the Henry James novel of romantic torment--the novel James named as his favorite. The title refers to a beautiful crystal bowl encrusted with gold, which conceals a single imperceptible flaw--a small crack. The bowl is a simple, effective metaphor ..read more »
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54%
from 849 members
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Up at the Villa
(2000)
Starring: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft
Director: Philip Haas
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An impoverished English widow, on vacation near Florence, considers the marriage proposal of an aging British aristocrat who is governor of Bengal. She takes pity on a refugee, and gets in harm's way with an American playboy. After a good deed results in tragedy, she must choose between ..read more »
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55%
from 13 members
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Sexy Beast - HD DVD Version
(2000)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Director: Jonathan Glazer
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Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ..read more »
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75%
from 202 members
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Sexy Beast
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ray Winstone, Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Certificate:
Jonathan Glazer, the award-winning director of advertisements and music videos, presents his feature film debut with this lushly photographed, expertly written, and brilliantly performed convention-defying gangster film. SEXY BEAST jettisons the slickness of the LOCK, STOCK & TWO SMOKING BARRELS ..read more »
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69%
from 11,806 members
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Mickey Blue Eyes
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Hugh Grant, James Caan, Jeanne Tripplehorn
Director: Kelly Makin
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Fish-out-of-water comedy tailor-made to the relaxed British mannerisms of star Grant. He stars as Michael Felgate, a dapper art auctioneer, whose romance with a school teacher entangles him in the workings of her mob family. While her father (Caan) accepts Michael wholeheartedly, a misunderstanding ..read more »
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55%
from 7,332 members
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Lover's Prayer
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: James Fox, Kirsten Dunst, Geraldine James
Director: Reverge Anselmo
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A young and very wealthy boy (Nick Stahl, TERMINATOR 3, IN THE BEDROOM) becomes infatuated with the beautiful young woman (Kirsten Dunst, SPIDER-MAN, INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE) who has moved in to the place next door for the summer. He is at an age where between childhood and adulthood, and the ..read more »
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32%
from 39 members
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Gulliver's Travels
(1996)
Starring: Ted Danson, Mary Steenburgen, James Fox
Director: Charles Sturridge
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This acclaimed made-for-television version of Swift's fantasy employs an all-star cast (led by Ted Danson) and superior special effects to portray all four books in the cycle. From Lilliput and Brobdingnag to Laputa and the lands of the Struldbruggs and Houyhnhnms, Gulliver's nine-year odyssey and ..read more »
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68%
from 587 members
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The Choir
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: David Warner, Jane Asher, James Fox
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
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James Fox, Jane Asher, and David Warner star in this unholy tale adapted by the BBC from Joanna Trollope's best-selling novel. In the sleepy cathedral town of Aldminster, passions are running high. The Dean will stop at nothing to restore his beloved church - even if it means sacrificing the school ..read more »
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69%
from 213 members
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The Remains Of The Day
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox
Director: James Ivory
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James Ivory directed this quietly moving film set just prior to World War II. On the large English estate of Lord Darlington (James Fox), a disciplined butler, Stevens (Anthony Hopkins), devotes himself to his duties with rigorous dedication. Like his father (Peter Vaughan) before him, Stevens ..read more »
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71%
from 9,007 members
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Patriot Games
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Harrison Ford, Anne Archer, Sean Bean
Director: Phillip Noyce
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His days as a CIA analyst behind him, Jack Ryan travels to London to vacation with his family. Outside Buckingham Palace, he is caught in the middle of an attack on a member of the royal family but manages to foil the attempt and dispatch one of the terrorists. The Irish terrorists vow revenge. ..read more »
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70%
from 11,664 members
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Hostage
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Sam Neill, James Fox, Talisa Soto
Director: Robert Young
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John Rennie, a special forces agent is sent to recover an abducted defence analyst from Argentina. Arranging the kidnapping of the chief suspect's children and executing the terrorists should have seen the job finished. But instead John has questions he would like the answers to and strangely his ..read more »
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48%
from 292 members
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Perfect Hero
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Nigel Havers, Georgia Allen, James Fox
Director: James Cellan Jones
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Nigel Havers stars as RAF bomber pilot Hugh Flemming in the six-part drama series A PERFECT HERO. Flemming suffers horrific burns when his plane is shot down, and consequently finds his life and relationship crumbling around him. Abandoned by his girlfriend and unable to fight alongside his ..read more »
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67%
from 13 members
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The Russia House
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sean Connery, Michelle Pfeiffer, Klaus Maria Brandauer
Director: Fred Schepisi
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Sean Connery and Michelle Pfieffer ignite the screen in this enchanting adaptation of John Le Carre's suspenseful espionage drama. Connery portrays Barley Blair -- a lonely, middle aged, hard-drinking, London publisher -- who has a love for all things Russian. While in Russia, Barley captures the ..read more »
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62%
from 813 members
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The Mighty Quinn
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Denzel Washington, James Fox, Mimi Rogers
Director: Carl Schenkel
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A wealthy businessman is brutally murdered. When the chief of police discovers that his closest childhood friend is the prime suspect, he is sure it is a set-up. The results of his investigation could have grave consequences.
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55%
from 448 members
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The Whistle Blower
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers
Director: Simon Langton
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The compelling mystery surrounds a talented linguist who works at a government information-gathering service in England and whose accidental death haunts his father. Unraveling the truth about his son's death, he discovers sinister, covert dealings that threaten the England he has always believed in.
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54%
from 373 members
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High Season
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, James Fox, Irene Papas
Director: Clare Peploe
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Katharine is a talented photographer living on an idyllic Greek island. Unfortunately, the only thing that's clicking is her camera, until she finds herself surrounded by crazies, spies, smugglers, love-sick tourists, a teenage daughter and an ex-husband.
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44%
from 97 members
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Comrades - BLU-RAY Version
(1986)
Starring: Keith Allen, David Atkins, Stephen Bateman
Director: Bill Douglas
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Bill Douglas’ beautiful film Comrades tells the epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union. Unfolding in the pastoral haze of Dorset and the blinding light of Australia, Douglas has created a film rich with carefully ..read more »
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55%
from 40 members
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Comrades
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Keith Allen, David Atkins, Stephen Bateman
Director: Bill Douglas
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Bill Douglas’ beautiful film Comrades tells the epic story of the Tolpuddle Martyrs, six Dorset labourers deported to Australia in the 1830s for forming a trade union. Unfolding in the pastoral haze of Dorset and the blinding light of Australia, Douglas has created a film rich with carefully ..read more »
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63%
from 144 members
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A Passage To India
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Judy Davis, James Fox
Director: David Lean
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David Lean returned to filmmaking after a 14-year absence to direct this award-winning adaptation of E.M. Forster's novel. Adela Quested (Judy Davis), a young and spirited Englishwoman, travels to India alongside the somewhat older Mrs. Moore (Peggy Ashcroft). Mrs. Moore's hope is that her son, an ..read more »
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69%
from 2,202 members
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Anna Pavlova
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Galina Beliaeva, James Fox, Roy Kinnear
Director: Emil Loteanu
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This films charts the extraordinary life of the sickly little girl from a Russian village who becomes the world's most famous ballerina. Based on the real life story of the ballerina Anna Pavlova. It features incredible locations and an epic story.
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52%
from 17 members
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Thoroughly Modern Millie
on DVD
(1967)
Starring: Julie Andrews, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing
Director: George Roy Hill
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This characteristically spectacular Ross Hunter musical production, a parody of the films of the 1920s, stars Julie Andrews as the eager young Millie Dillmount. She arrives in New York City in the 1920s intent on a job as a secretary with a rich, handsome, eligible boss. Deciding to adopt the ..read more »
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66%
from 1,253 member
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King Rat
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: George Segal, Tom Courtenay, James Fox
Director: Bryan Forbes
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Inside a Japanese POW camp during World War II, an American prisoner runs a black market operation for the benefit of his fellow captives, and among his "merchandise" he includes rats, breeded to supplement prisoners' food rations.
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66%
from 392 members
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The Servant
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Chris Sarandon, Harold Pinter
Director: Joseph Losey, Basil Dearden
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In THE SERVANT, Joseph Losey's 10th film made in the U.K. after his 1951 blacklisting in the U.S., the powerful undercurrents of class struggle and sexual repression erupt through the very British patina of civility to expose the poisoned undercurrents of a class-based society.
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76%
from 266 members
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The Blue Lamp
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: Harold Pinter, Jack Warner, Sylvia Sims
Director: Basil Dearden
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An immensely popular British crime film, Basil Dearden's The Blue Lamp concentrates on interrelated episodes in the lives of several London policemen. Jack Warner heads the cast as George Dixon, a veteran "bobby" who is murdered by small-time delinquents Dirk Bogarde and Patrick Doonan. Rookie cop ..read more »
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72%
from 140 members
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Choir, The - Series 1
(2 discs)
on DVD
Starring: David Warner, Jane Asher, James Fox
Director: Ferdinand Fairfax
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A spirited choir teacher tries to motivate a group of slacker school kids into forming a world-class choir. Can he unleash their musical talents in time to win the World Choir Games in China?
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65%
from 11 members
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Absolute Beginners
Starring: David Bowie, Patsy Kensit, Eddie O'Connell
Director: Julien Temple
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The film centers on Colin, an 18-year-old with a talent for photography and a fondness for the neon nightlife of British jazz clubs. He also is in love with Crepe Suzette, an impulsive, ambitious young beauty who abandons him after attracting the attention of a powerful fashion designer. Depressed ..read more »
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42%
from 11 members
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Accident
on DVD
Starring: Dirk Bogarde, Chris Sarandon, Harold Pinter
Director: Basil Dearden, Joseph Losey, Roy Boulting
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In 'Accident' (1967) Two Oxford students, William (Michael York) and Anna (Jacqueline Sassard), crash their car outside their professor Stephen's (Bogarde) house. The lecturer finds William dead and Anna in shock, and the horrifying spectacle in front of him triggers memories of their previous ..read more »
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63%
from 213 members
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James Fox facts
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Sexy feast 10 March 2004
...to show that with a cast including Ray Winstone, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ian McShane, James Fox and Amanda Redman we Brits can still churn out good movies. Ian McShane can fl...
