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Kingsley in talks to play Iron Man villain -
9 April 2012
-Oscar-winning Gandhi star Sir Ben Kingsley is in talks to play the villain in the next Iron Man sequel, according to Hollywood trade reports.-The Hugo actor will follow Mickey Rourke as superhero Tony Stark's nemesis in Iron Man 3, if Variety rumours are true.- No d
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Law, Winstone & Kingsley team up for Depp and Scorsese's Cabret -
30 June 2010
am of Britain's actors have teamed up for a new Martin Scorsese film Johnny Depp is producing.-
-Jude Law, Christopher Lee, Sir Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, and beloved thespians Frances de la Tour and Richard Griffiths have started work on the great director's live-ac
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Kingsley honoured with Hollywood star -
28 May 2010
-Bruce Willis turned out to congratulate Sir Ben Kingsley on Thursday (27May10) as the actor unveiled his star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.-
-The Oscar-winner, who was knighted in 2002, received the 2,410th star at the ceremony as hundreds of fans turned out to appl
Ben Kingsley - what members say
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Excellent adaptation 8 July 2004
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Retirement plan gone wrong 21 February 2004
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6 May 2004
Ben Kingsley - filmography
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The Dictator - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Sacha Baron Cohen, Megan Fox, Anna Faris
Director: Larry Charles
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Sacha Baron Cohen re-teams with director Larry Charles on their newest slice of satire with this Paramount Pictures release concerning a foreign dictator and a goat herder (both played by Cohen) as they make their way across America. Anna Faris, Ben Kingsley, and Jason Mantzoukas head up the ..read more »
 
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Hugo - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Chloe Moretz, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
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A young orphan living in a Paris train station uncovers a mystery that jeopardizes his secretive way of life in this Martin Scorsese-directed adaptation of Brian Selznick's stunning children's book. THE AVIATOR's John Logan provides the screenplay for the lavish production, which stars Ben Kingsley,..read more »
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from 2,559 members
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Shutter Island
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Mark Ruffalo, Ben Kingsley
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Drama is set in 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels is investigating the disappearance of a murderess who escaped from a hospital for the criminally insane and is presumed to be hiding on the remote Shutter Island.
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Teen Patti
(2010)
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Madhavan, Saira Mohan
Director: Leena Yadav
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Sir Ben Kingsley, essays Perci Trachtenberg, regarded as the world's greatest living mathematician. Perci meets Venkat, a reclusive math genius from India, at a casino in London. Venkat tells Perci about an equation that could not only change the dialogue on mathematics forever but one that has ..read more »
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Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley
Director: Mike Newell
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Set in 9th century medieval Persia, a young adventurous prince uncovers a dangerous artefact in a remote mountain kingdom and with the help of an enemy princess, must stop a despot from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy all mankind. Based on the video-game, 'Prince Of Persia'.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jim Sturgess, Kevin Zegers
Director: Kari Skogland
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Based on Martin McGartland's shocking real life story, Martin is a young lad from west Belfast in the late 1980s who is recruited by the British Police to spy on the IRA. He works his way up the ranks as a volunteer for the IRA whilst feeding information to his British handler and saving lives in ..read more »
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from 11,178 members
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The Love Guru - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Meagan Good, Mike Myers, Verne Troyer
Director: Marco Schnabel
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Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
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War Inc.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack, Hilary Duff
Director: Joshua Seftel
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Joshua Seftel's fierce political satire features an all-star cast headed by John Cusack. Set in a fictionalized Middle East, the film takes United States foreign affairs to comic extremes in a world where corporations rule and wars are completely outsourced. At the start of the film, Turaqistan is ..read more »
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Elegy - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
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Transsiberian
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara
Director: Brad Anderson
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Set on the legendary express train as it travels from China to Moscow, follows an American couple who board the train and make the acquaintance of a Russian police inspector on the trail of the killers of a drug dealer. The couple soon find themselves embroiled in a murderous plot with no escape.
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Elegy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Penelope Cruz, Dennis Hopper
Director: Isabel Coixet
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Charismatic professor David Kepesh glories in the pursuit of adventurous female students but never lets any woman get too close. When gorgeous Consuela Castillo enters his classroom, however, his protective veneer dissolves. Her raven-haired beauty both captivates and unsettles him. Even if Kepesh ..read more »
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from 6,180 members
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Transsiberian - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Woody Harrelson, Emily Mortimer, Kate Mara
Director: Brad Anderson
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Set on the legendary express train as it travels from China to Moscow, follows an American couple who board the train and make the acquaintance of a Russian police inspector on the trail of the killers of a drug dealer. The couple soon find themselves embroiled in a murderous plot with no escape.
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The Wackness
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen, Josh Peck
Director: Jonathan Levine
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"The Wackness", set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter.
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The Love Guru
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jessica Alba, Justin Timberlake, Mike Myers
Director: Marco Schnabel
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Pitka an American raised outside of his country by gurus, returns to the States in order to break into the self-help business. His first challenge: To settle the romantic troubles and subsequent professional skid of a star hockey player whose wife left him for a rival athlete.
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Fifty Dead Men Walking - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ewan Harts, Natalie Press
Director: Kari Skogland
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Directed by Kari Skogland (LIBERTY STANDS STILL) and adapted from the autobiography of Martin McGartland, FIFTY DEAD MEN WALKING is the electrifying tale of a British secret services agent based in Northern Ireland during the late 80s. During the four years that he was stationed there and before ..read more »
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from 2,705 members
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The Wackness - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Mary-Kate Olsen, Olivia Thirlby, Ben Kingsley
Director: Jonathan Levine
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Set in New York during the summer of 1994, THE WACKNESS tells the story of Luke (Josh Peck), a pot-peddling teen with a self confidence problem and a list of clients that include his therapist, Dr Squires (Ben Kingsley), who in turn, is struggling with something of a mid-life crisis and a younger ..read more »
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The Last Legion
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Doug Lefler
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The Empire is being held to ransom by the Barbarians. On the eve of the coronation of the 12-year-old Romulus Augustus, his mentor, the shaman Ambrosinus (Ben Kingsley), predicts disaster. His worst fears are realised as the Goths sack the once-great city of Rome and capture the last Emperor and ..read more »
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You Kill Me
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Dennis Farina, Ben Kingsley, Tea Leoni
Director: John Dahl
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Cinematic hit men are dual-edged characters who can easily slip into the role of hero or villain, making them an attractive proposition for directors looking to pack an emotional punch. YOU KILL ME stars Ben Kingsley (SEXY BEAST) as Frank Falenczyk, a hit man whose work for the Buffalo-based Mafia ..read more »
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Lucky Number Slevin
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Josh Hartnett, Morgan Freeman
Director: Paul McGuigan
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A case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most infamous crime bosses: The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley Tucci) as well as ..read more »
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Bloodrayne
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Kristanna Loker, Kristanna Loken, Ben Kingsley
Director: Uwe Boll
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Meet Rayne. She's every man's dream. She's every vampire's living nightmare. And she's out to avenge her Mother's brutal death at the hands of Kagan, King of the Vampires, before he lays eighteenth century Romania to ruin. Driven by her own vampire bloodlust, but refusing to take innocent lives, ..read more »
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Oliver Twist
(2005)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jamie Foreman, Barney Clark
Director: Roman Polanski
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Acclaimed director Roman Polanski turns a dark eye toward the classic Charles Dickens novel OLIVER TWIST, about a charming orphan boy (Barney Clark) whose life seems to depend solely on the whims of fate. Abandoned early in life, Oliver first seems doomed to life in a workhouse, where he is farmed ..read more »
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A Sound of Thunder
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Edward Burns, Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate:
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In A SOUND OF THUNDER, based on a short story by Ray Bradbury, director Peter Hyams (END OF DAYS, TIMECOP) creates a world where time travel is possible and life as we know it is threatened. In the year 2055, Charles Hatton's (Ben Kingsley) company, Time Safari, will take anyone with a big enough ..read more »
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Thunderbirds
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards, Sophia Myles
Director: Jonathan Frakes
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Based on the cult British television show from the 1960s, THUNDERBIRDS explodes into the 21st Century with this thrilling live-action version of the franchise. Drawing on similar themes and familiar characters, director Jonathan Frakes (STAR TREK: FIRST CONTACT) sticks closely to the spirit of the ..read more »
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House Of Sand And Fog
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly star in the powerful drama HOUSE OF SAND AND FOG as two people fighting over the same house. Connelly is Kathy, a troubled young woman struggling with addiction and her husband's departure. Lost in druggy daze, she fails to check her mail, which includes letters ..read more »
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Spooky House
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Mercedes Ruehl, Matt Weinberg
Director: William Sachs
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Oscar®-winner Ben Kingsley is the Great Zamboni, a magician with a mysterious secret. He lives alone with his black Jaguar, Shadow, in the Spooky House, an old mansion rigged with magic tricks and hidden chambers. In spite of all the urban legends about the reclusive Zamboni, young orphan Max ..read more »
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Sexy Beast - HD
(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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Sexy Beast - Blu-ray
(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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What Planet Are You From?
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Annette Bening, John Goodman, Garry Shandling
Director: Mike Nichols
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The comic story of an alien, H-1449-6 (Shandling - THE LARRY SANDERS SHOW), sent to Earth to impregnate a human woman as part of a fiendish plot to conquer the Universe. Assuming the identity of Harold Anderson, he attempts to blend into human society (Phoenix, AZ to be exact) and begin his search ..read more »
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Sexy Beast
on DVD
(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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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Robbie Coltrane, Whoopi Goldberg, Ben Kingsley
Director: Nick Willing
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A acclaimed British production which originally aired on NBC, Lewis Carroll's classic story comes to life once again in this updated version- with an all-star cast including Martin Short, Whoopi Goldberg, Miranda Richardson, and Gene Wilder.
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Parting Shots
(1999)
Starring: Chris Rea, Felicity Kendal, Bob Hoskins
Director: Michael Winner
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Harry only has a short time to live - but the prognosis is even worse for his enemies. An all-star cast shines in this hilarious black comedy about getting even - and getting away with it.
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Crime And Punishment
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Patrick Dempsey, Julie Delpy
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Dostoyevsky's socially conscious epic novel of morality and ethics comes to vivid life in this lavish version from Hallmark Entertainment. Originally aired on NBC and produced by Robert Halmi Sr. (known for such high-calibre and popular literature-based miniseries as THE ODYSSEY and MERLIN), its ..read more »
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The Assignment
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, Ben Kingsley
Director: Christian Duguay
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A CIA agent obsessed with apprehending infamous international terrorist Carlos "The Jackal" deploys a U.S. Navy man--who resembles Carlos exactly--in his scheme to discredit the legendary mercenary in the eyes of his employers. A complex psychological suspenser elevated above the bulging ranks of ..read more »
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Weapons of Mass Distraction
(1997)
Starring: Gabriel Byrne, Ben Kingsley, Mimi Rogers
Director: Stephen Surjik
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Two media moguls vie for ownership of a pro football team, at first they play by their own rules of fair game but then it gets dirty. In an attempt to out do one another each one makes it more personal as their own greed and ambition takes their toll on their families, companies and employees.
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Photographing Fairies
(1997)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Toby Stephens, Emily Woof
Director: Nick Willing
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Photographer Charles Castle is numbed with grief following the death of his beautiful bride. He goes off to war, working in the trenches as a photographer. Following the war and still in grief Charles is given some photographs purporting to be of fairies. His search for the truth leads him to ..read more »
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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 »
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The Bible - Moses
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, David Suchet, Frank Langella
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An ordinary man is called upon by God to do the impossible in this lavish production of the Old Testament story. When the Pharaoh of Egypt begins to tighten the noose on his people, Moses finds himself leading them to freedom--and lands unknown.
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Species - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
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Species
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
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Schindler's List
(1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Caroline Goodall
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Based on a true story, Steven Spielberg's Schindler's List stars Liam Neeson as Oskar Schindler, a German businessman in Poland who sees an opportunity to make money from the Nazis' rise to power. He starts a company to make cookware and utensils, using flattery and bribes to win military contracts,..read more »
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen
Director: Steven Zaillian
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A sportswriter is thrilled to find his son is a chess prodigy. Taking his son into the amazing world of championship chess, he learns that loving his kid is the best way to mold a champion in this intelligent and fascinating film.
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Innocent Moves
(1993)
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steve Zaillain
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Though he's only seven, Josh looks at a chessboard and anticipates moves that mature chess players don't even see. He's a malleable young boy with an incredible talent for the game of masterminds. When Josh begins honing his talent, playing a speedy version of the game called "blitz" with hustlers ..read more »
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Dave
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella
Director: Ivan Reitman
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A presidential look-alike finds himself in the oval office "filling in" for the president who has fallen ill. Lacking the political savvy of the real president, "Dave" proceeds to govern the country with a refreshingly straight-forward approach. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay.
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Freddie as F.R.O.7.
(1992)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jenny Agutter, David Ashton
Director: Jon Acevski
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Once upon a time in France there lived a prince called Frederick who was turned into a frog by his evil aunt. Escaping her clutches, Freddie uses his magic powers to become the world-renowned Special Agent F.R.O.7 ...
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Sneakers
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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A computer expert (Robert Redford) heads a team of renegade hackers who test security systems. His past comes back to haunt him when government agents blackmail the "Sneakers" into carrying out a covert operation: track down an elusive black box filled with national security secrets.
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Bugsy
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Warren Beatty, Annette Bening, Harvey Keitel
Director: Barry Levinson
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Directed by Barry Levinson, BUGSY tells the true story of legendary New York mobster Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel. Visiting Hollywood 'on business', the reckless and volatile Bugsy is drawn to Tinseltown and the glamour of the movies. Leaving his wife and kids in Scarsdale indefinitely, the womanizing ..read more »
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Without A Clue
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Michael Caine, Ben Kingsley, Jeffrey Jones
Director: Thom Eberhardt
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Without A Clue presents an original twist on the famous Sherlock Holmes/Dr. John Watson stories of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. This time, however, Dr. Watson is the one with a talent for solving mysteries, while Holmes is nothing but his fictional creation. After inventing the sleuth in a series of ..read more »
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Slipstream
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Mark Hamill, Bob Peck, Bill Paxton
Director: Steven Lisberger
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`Slipstream' is set in a world where nature has gone mad and flying, fuelled by the wind, is the principal means of travel. A runaway fugitive, being taken to prison by two law officers, is kidnapped by a young adventurer intent on collecting a reward. They head off down the `Slipstream' - a river ..read more »
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Maurice
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: James Wilby, Patrick Godfrey, Ben Kingsley
Director: James Ivory
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At Cambridge, Clive Durham [Grant] is immediately attracted to a fellow student, Maurice Hall [James Wilby]. The love between them is platonic but intense and, in a society that both persecutes and prosecutes homosexuals, guilt and fear lead to Clive's breakdown and a bitter rift between the two ..read more »
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Harem
(1985)
Starring: Nastassja Kinski, Ben Kingsley, Dennis Goldson
Director: Arthur Joffé
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This film's two well-known stars -- Nastassja Kinski as Diane, a sophisticated trainee on the New York Stock Exchange, and Ben Kingsley as Selim an Arab mogul -- are hard-put to bring life into this beautifully photographed but underscripted romantic drama. Diane is kidnapped and brought to Selim's ..read more »
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Turtle Diary
(1985)
Starring: Glenda Jackson, Ben Kingsley, Richard Johnson
Director: John Irvin
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Two separate people, a man and a woman, find something very stirring about the sea turtles in their tank at the London Zoo. They meet and form an odd, but sympathetic camaraderie as they plan to steal two of the turtles and free them into the ocean.
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Playing Shakespeare
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Peggy Ashcroft, Sinead Cusack, Judi Dench
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Aspiring actors, Shakespeare aficionados, or just people interested in the craft of acting will be delighted by this programme from the Royal Shakespeare Company. Divided into nine lessons, PLAYING SHAKESPEARE features such actors as Dame Judi Dench, Sir Ian McKellen, and Patrick Stewart offering ..read more »
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Betrayal
(1983)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Ben Kingsley, Patricia Hodge
Director: David Hugh Jones
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Pinter's semi-autobiographical play examining the surprise attraction, shy first steps, gradual flowering, and treasonous deception of a woman's extramarital affair with her husband's best friend; the entire story is told from the husband's point of view, with the scenes in precise reverse ..read more »
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Gandhi - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
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Gandhi
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Candice Bergen, Edward Fox
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's award-winning epic recounts the life and times of Mahatma Gandhi. In South Africa, a young Indian lawyer is booted off a train for refusing to ride second-class. Upon his return to his native India and fed up with the unjust political system, he joins the Indian Congress ..read more »
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Dickens Of London
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Roy Dotrice, Simon Bell, Gene Foad
Director: Michael Ferguson, Marc Miller
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Dickens Of London is the compelling story of the life, loves and works of Charles Dickens. A moving account filled with great happiness and triumph as well as extreme hardship and tragedy, it explores his early penniless childhood in Chatham and London, and the unprecendented success he later ..read more »
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Wessex Tales
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Nick Brimble, Ben Cross, Jane Asher
Director: Michael Tuchner, Gavin Millar
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This six-part collection of adaptations of the works of Thomas Hardy. Originally broadcast in the UK in 1973, was Hardy's THE WITHERED ARM. Subsequent episodes include FELLOW TOWNSMAN, A TRAGEDY OF TWO AMBITIONS, (with John Hurt), AN IMAGINATIVE WOMAN, THE MELANCHOLY HUSSAR, and the series finale ..read more »
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Unlikely Heroes
on DVD
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Robert Clary
Director: Simon Wiesenthal, Richard Trank
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Narrated by Sir Ben Kingsley, 'Unlikely Heroes' tells the untold stories of Jewish resistance that took place throughout the Nazi Holocaust. In illustrating the individual heroism, the documentary uses both rare film and photos discovered in archives across Europe and enhances them with newly ..read more »
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Mike Leigh At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Brid Brennan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh's native Salford, Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family.
The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular expression ..read more »
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Ben Kingsley facts
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...vans)best novels, Silas Marner is here well adapted, in the TV version starring Ben Kingsley. He is wonderful, as ever. TV classics can tend to 'date' rather quickly, but t...
