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Imelda Staunton
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Imelda Staunton - what members say
review by PaulaWestwood from Mossley, Lancs.
Definately Spell.....binding.... 14 July 2007
review by A customer from scotland
not overly enthralled.... 18 April 2008
review by A customer from Lisburn, County Antrim
Simply superb 16 February 2008
Imelda Staunton - filmography
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Psychoville - Season 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Daniel Ings, Reece Shearsmith, Imelda Staunton
Director: Matt Lipsey
Certificate: 
More intrigue, suspense, weirdness and laughs in the return of the cliff-hanging comedy thriller...
After the explosion at Ravenhill Hospital, Mr Jelly, Joy, David and Maureen Sowerbutts, Mr Lomax and Robert just want to get on with their twisted, mad and sad lives. But the shadowy, if ..read more »
 
81%
from 483 members
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The Awakening
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
Director: Nick Murphy
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Starring Dominic West (The Wire, 300), Rebecca Hall (The Town) and Oscar®-nominee Imelda Staunton (Vera Drake), THE AWAKENING is the chilling new supernatural thriller from Nick Murphy. In post-World War I England in 1921, an author and paranormal skeptic (Hall) is invited to a countryside ..read more »
66%
from 5,542 members
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Psychoville - Season 2 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Daniel Ings, Reece Shearsmith, Imelda Staunton
Director: Matt Lipsey
Certificate:
More intrigue, suspense, weirdness and laughs in the return of the cliff-hanging comedy thriller...
After the explosion at Ravenhill Hospital, Mr Jelly, Joy, David and Maureen Sowerbutts, Mr Lomax and Robert just want to get on with their twisted, mad and sad lives. But the shadowy, if ..read more »
79%
from 280 members
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The Awakening - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Rebecca Hall, Dominic West, Imelda Staunton
Director: Nick Murphy
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Nick Murphy's gothic horror feature-debut THE AWAKENING is set in the post-World War I England of 1921 - not long after the devastating Spanish Flu outbreak; a time in which people were increasingly turning to the possibility of supernatural realms for comfort. Rebecca Hall (THE TOWN) stars as ..read more »
66%
from 2,532 members
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White Other
(2010)
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Tom Felton
Director: Dan Hartley
Certificate: 
White Other is a psychological drama about a nurse working the night shift in an East London Hospital and a troubled youth who arrives in the dead of night, intent on saving his brother and ending a gangland feud.
75%
from 23 members
Currently unavailable
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Another Year
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jim Broadbent, Ruth Sheen, Lesley Manville
Director: Mike Leigh
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Another Year is a touching comedic drama which follows happily-married couple Tom and Gerri and their dysfunctional friends and family over four seasons; a grown son who can't seem to meet the right girl; an overweight friend; a depressive brother; and a lonely hard-drinking divorced co-worker.
64%
from 18,263 members
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Taking Woodstock - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Dan Fogler, Adam LeFevre, Kevin Chamberlain
Director: Ang Lee
Certificate:
It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
58%
from 25 members
Not available for rental
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Taking Woodstock
(2009)
Starring: Demetri Martin, Imelda Staunton, Henry Goodman
Director: Ang Lee
Certificate:
It is 1969, and Elliot Tiber, a failing interior designer in Greenwich Village, New York, has moved back home to help his parents run their dilapidated motel. The bank is about to foreclose; his father wants to burn the place down, but hasn't paid the insurance; and Elliot is still deciding how to "..read more »
68%
from 126 members
Not available for rental
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Big And Small Vol.1
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Lenny Henry, Imelda Staunton
Certificate: 
Join fuzzy friends Big and Small in this set of fun-filled, musical adventures. Featuring the voices of Lenny Henry and Imelda Staunton.
75%
from 32 members
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Clay
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Ian McElhinney, Ben-Ryan Davies
Director: Andrew Gunn
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Based on the novel by award-winning author David Almond. Set in the mid-60s, this dark and mesmerising fable tells how 14-year-old David's life is changed forever by a mysterious outsider, Stephen. Stephen is a reject from priest-school, where not even the fathers can cope with his strange ..read more »
56%
from 115 members
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Three and Out
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Mackenzie Crook, Colm Meaney, Gemma Arterton
Director: Jonathan Gershfield
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You're a London tube driver and you've had two 'one-unders' in as many weeks. You're traumatized but completely blameless. Then you're told about the '3 and Out' rule; three fatal accidents within a month and you're out of a job but with a huge pay off! What do you do? Take trauma counselling and ..read more »
59%
from 9,615 members
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How About You...
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joss Ackland, Hayley Atwell, Orla Brady
Director: Anthony Byrne
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Ellie is left in charge of an elderly residential home, and while most of the residents have left to spend Christmas with their families, four residents known as 'The Hard Core' remain. The Hard Core have become impossible to live with. In fact, their rude and objectionable behaviour is so terrible ..read more »
68%
from 653 members
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Freedom Writers - HD
(2007)
Starring: Estelle Harris, Hilary Swank, Imelda Staunton
Director: Richard LaGravenese
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Based on actual diary accounts of several teenagers following the LA riots, FREEDOM WRITERS is the story of an idealistic teacher’s attempts to make a difference in the lives of her at-risk students. Located in gang-ravaged Long Beach, California, Woodrow Wilson High is a hotbed of violence due to ..read more »
80%
from 43 members
Currently unavailable
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Cranford - Complete BBC Series
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Michael Gambon, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate:
This is the DVD of the lavish BBC costume drama, Cranford, based on three of Elizabeth Gaskell's novels including Cranford itself. The cast boasts some of Britain's best-loved and most experienced actresses, including Dame Judi Dench, Dame Eileen Atkins, Imelda Staunton and Francesca Annis. The ..read more »
84%
from 3,061 members
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Return to Cranford
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Judi Dench, Imelda Staunton, Jonathan Pryce
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate: 
Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
81%
from 495 members
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The Wind In The Willows
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Matt Lucas, Imelda Staunton, Jim Carter
Director: Rachel Talalay
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Live-action adaptation of the Kenneth Grahame classic THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS. Follow the misadventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad, Badger, and the other eccentric woodland creatures as they get up to all sorts of humourous high jinks. This lavish BBC production features an all-star cast that includes ..read more »
66%
from 223 members
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Nanny McPhee - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Colin Firth, Kelly MacDonald
Director: Kirk Jones
Certificate:
In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
68%
from 173 members
Not available for rental
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Nanny McPhee
(2005)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Patrick Barlow, Colin Firth
Director: Kirk Jones
Certificate:
In this dark and witty fable, Nanny McPhee (a person of an unsettling appearance and magical powers) enters the household of the recently widowed Mr. Brown and attempts to tame his seven exceedingly ill-behaved children. The children, led by the oldest boy Simon, have managed to drive away 17 ..read more »
69%
from 50,911 members
Not currently released
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Vera Drake
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Imelda Staunton, Estelle Harris, Phil Davis
Director: Mike Leigh
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Mike Leigh produces another devastating masterpiece with the heartbreaking VERA DRAKE. Imelda Staunton is the title character, beloved wife of Stan (Phil Davis) and mother of Sid (Daniel Mays) and Ethel (Alex Kelly). Vera spends her days cleaning houses for money and looking in on elderly and sick ..read more »
66%
from 51,338 members
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Blackball
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Paul Kaye, Vince Vaughn, Estelle Harris
Director: Mel Smith
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Directed by funnyman Mel Smith, BLACKBALL follows the fortunes of Cliff Starkey (Paul Kaye). Starkey lives in a traditional, quiet seaside town where nothing seems to inspire him except for bowls. However, inspite of his talent for the game, his working-class upbringing does not go down well with ..read more »
61%
from 6,612 members
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Bright Young Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Stephen Campbell Moore, Peter O'Toole, Jim Broadbent
Director: Stephen, Fry
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Adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel "Vile Bodies" - BRIGHT YOUNG THING is the directorial debut for Stephen Fry and follows the lives of a novelist, Adam (Stephen Campbell Moore) and his would-be lover, Nina (Emily Mortimer) as they mix with the 'bright young things' who inhabit the upper echelons of ..read more »
59%
from 7,067 members
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I'll Be There
(2003)
Starring: Charlotte Church, Craig Ferguson, Jemma Redgrave
Director: Craig Ferguson
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New York-based Maxi dela Cerna is an up and coming fashion designer who has been sponsored to open up her own boutique. Her recently deceased mother left her with a piece of land in the province, part of the property she shared with her estranged father, Poch, and Maxi hopes to sell the land pay ..read more »
55%
from 466 members
Not currently released
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Crush
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Estelle Harris, Andie MacDowell, Imelda Staunton
Director: John McKay
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Three forty-something women, Kate (Andie MacDowell), Molly (Anna Chancellor), and Janine (Imelda Staunton), gather weekly to swap stories, drink gin, and laugh about whose life is more pathetic, the prize for which is a box of chocolates. A constant problem for these ladies, who live in the sleepy ..read more »
58%
from 1,650 member
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Another Life
(2001)
Starring: Natasha Little, Nick Moran, Estelle Harris
Director: Philip Goodhew
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Philip Goodhew's gripping drama is set London shortly after the turn of the 20th century. Natasha Little plays Edith, a woman who becomes intimately involved with two different men. The ensemble cast includes Nick Moran, Ioan Gruffudd, Tom Wilkinson, and Imelda Staunton.
54%
from 309 members
Currently unavailable
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Chicken Run
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jane Horrocks, Imelda Staunton, John Sharian
Director: Peter Lord, Nick Park
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Facing imminent death while laying eggs at Tweedy's English farm, a group of chickens led by the determined Ginger (Julia Sawahla, BBC-TV's ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS) plan to escape their prisonlike coop. The situation goes from bad to worse when the sinister Mrs. Tweedy (Miranda Richardson) decides to ..read more »
67%
from 12,099 members
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Rat
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly
Director: Steve Barron
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This quaint Irish tale focuses on Hubert Flynn (Pete Postlethwaite), a man who returns home one night after having a few pints at the local pub and mysteriously transforms into a rat. His metamorphosis is shocking to his family, and as they try to come to terms with his new identity, Hubert embarks ..read more »
53%
from 256 members
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Shakespeare In Love - Blu-ray
(1998)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Joseph Fiennes, Geoffrey Rush
Director: John Madden
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In this well-conceived Elizabethan comedy, writers Tom Stoppard and Marc Norman ask the question: Who was William Shakespeare's muse? The answer: Viola de Lesseps, a young noblewoman who dreams of acting on a man's stage. The screenwriters deliver a cleverly crafted scenario which beautifully ..read more »
70%
from 148 members
Not available for rental
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Twelfth Night
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Nigel Hawthorne, Imogen Stubbs
Director: Trevor Nunn
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The classic Shakespearean comedy about mistaken identity and gender confusion is brought to the screen once again in this British production, courtesy of screenwriter-director Trevor Nunn. Nunn has transferred the time period to the Victorian Era of the late 19th century. Two twins, Viola (Imogen ..read more »
67%
from 1,675 member
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Deadly Advice
(1994)
Starring: Jane Horrocks, Brenda Fricker, Imelda Staunton
Director: Mandie Fletcher
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Mother rules the house with an iron hand and has such power over her daughters that they see themselves as becoming old unmarried, maids. Jodie has feelings for the local doctor, a man much older than her, for which her mother strongly disapproves. Beth finds a relationship with a male stripper in ..read more »
75%
from 2 members
Currently unavailable
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Return To Cranford - Blu-ray
Starring: Judi Dench, Estelle Harris, Francesca Annis
Director: Simon Curtis
Certificate:
Welcome to Cranford, where all changes and all remains the same. Miss Matty's house is full of life and bustle. Her dream of having a child in the house has been realised in the birth of Tilly, daughter of her maid Martha and carpenter Jem. The shadow of the railway still looms but, to the relief ..read more »
75%
from 100 members
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Imelda Staunton facts
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... performances of the cast. Not to be outshone by our usual friends, and foes, Imelda Staunton is gloriously horrible as Dolores Umbridge, Maggie Smith as always as Minerva, ...
