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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: Megan Fox, Ben Kingsley, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Larry Charles
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Comedy written by and starring Sacha Baron Cohen following the dedicated attempts of a dictator to stave off the terrible threat of democracy. Like all good dictators, General Admiral Aladeen (Cohen), the self-described 'Supreme Leader, All Triumphant General and Chief Opthalmologist of the People'..read more »
 
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Hugo - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, Sacha Baron Cohen
Director: Martin Scorsese
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Martin Scorsese makes his first foray into children's cinema with this semi-fantastical drama based on a book by Brian Selznick. Asa Butterfield stars as Hugo, an orphan who lives in the hidden nooks of a train station in 1920s Paris. With the help of his friend, Isabelle (Chloë Moretz), he sets ..read more »
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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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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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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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Fifty Dead Men Walking - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Tom Collins, Joe Doyle
Director: Kari Skogland
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Thriller loosely based on the autobiography by Martin McGartland, former undercover informant to the British police on the activities of the IRA. Set in Belfast in the late 1980s, the film shows how McGartland led a double life for four years while still in his early twenties, revealing nothing of ..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 - 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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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 6,433 members
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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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War Inc.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Dan Aykroyd, John Cusack, Hilary Duff
Director: Joshua Seftel
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Darkly comic political satire co-written by and starring John Cusack. Riots are breaking out in the fictional desert country of Turaqistan after an American corporation owned by the former US Vice President (Dan Aykroyd) assumes power over the entire country. Hoping to take maximum advantage of the ..read more »
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The Love Guru - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Mike Myers, Ben Kingsley, Romany Malco
Director: Marco Schnabel
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Mike 'Austin Powers' Myers returns in this madcap tale of an Indian guru's attempt to help a star hockey player get back on track. When the Toronto Maple Leafs' star player Darren Roanoke (Romany Maloco) encounters marital problems, the news that his wife is seeing rival L.A. Kings star Jacques ..read more »
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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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The Last Legion
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Colin Firth, Ben Kingsley, Aishwarya Rai
Director: Doug Lefler
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As the Roman empire crumbles, young Romulus Augustus flees the city and embarks on a perilous voyage to Britain to track down a legion of supporters.
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The Wackness - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Josh Peck, Method Man
Director: Jonathan Levine
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Coming-of-age comedy drama set in New York in the sweltering, hip-hop-infused summer of 1994. Luke Shapiro (Josh Peck), a lonely teenager who is spending his last summer before college selling marijuana on the streets, forms a friendship with Dr Jeffrey Squires (Ben Kingsley), an unorthodox ..read more »
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You Kill Me
(2007)
Starring: Philip Baker Hall, Ben Kingsley, Bill Pullman
Director: John Dahl
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Comedy starring Ben Kingsley and Tea Leoni. Frank Falenczyk (Kingsley) loves his job. He just happens to be a hit-man for his Polish mob family in Buffalo, New York. But Frank's got a drinking problem and when he messes up a critical assignment that puts the family business in peril, his Uncle (..read more »
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Bloodrayne
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Billy Zane, Meat Loaf, Ben Kingsley
Director: Uwe Boll
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Gothic action adventure prequel to the popular video game. In medieval Romania, the evil Lord Kagan (Ben Kingsley), vampire supreme, seeks to increase his dominion over the land. On hearing of three magical talismans that can bestow immortality, Kagan scours the country in his quest for ultimate ..read more »
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Lucky Number Slevin
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Oliver Davis, Ben Kingsley, Sam Jaeger
Director: Paul McGuigan
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Thriller in which a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses, The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley ..read more »
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Lucky Number Slevin - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Oliver Davis, Ben Kingsley, Sam Jaeger
Director: Paul McGuigan
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Thriller in which a case of mistaken identity lands Slevin (Josh Hartnett) in the middle of a war being plotted by two of the city's most rival crime bosses, The Rabbi (Ben Kingsley) and The Boss (Morgan Freeman). Slevin is under constant surveillance by relentless Detective Brikowski (Stanley ..read more »
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A Sound of Thunder
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Catherine McCormack, David Oyelowo
Director: Peter Hyams
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Thriller based on the short story by Ray Bradbury. In 2055, in Chicago, a company specialised in time travel and owned by the powerful and wealthy Charles Hatton (Ben Kingsley) organises safaris for tycoons in the prehistoric era. The team is leaded by Dr. Travis Ryer (Edward Burns) and the jump is ..read more »
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Oliver Twist
(2005)
Starring: Ian Mcneice, Ben Kingsley, Mark Strong
Director: Roman Polanski
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Abandoned at an early age, Oliver Twist is forced to live in a workhouse lorded over by the awful Mr. Bumble, who cheats the boys of their meager rations. Desperate yet determined, Oliver makes his escape to the streets of London. Penniless and alone, he is lured into a world of crime by the ..read more »
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Thunderbirds
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Bill Paxton
Director: Jonathan Frakes
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This live-action, big-budget family blockbuster brings Gerry Anderson's cult classic 1960s puppet sci-fi TV series to the big screen. Directed by Jonathan Frakes, the film follows the intergalactic adventures of the Tracy family, headed by former astronaut Jeff Tracy (Bill Paxton), who lives with ..read more »
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Suspect Zero
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Aaron Eckhart, Julian Reyes
Director: E. Elias Merhige
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Thriller about a Dallas FBI agent (Aaron Eckhart) who is investigating the case of a murdered serial killer when he discovers that a former, renegade FBI agent (Ben Kingsley) has dedicated himself to hunting down serial killers on his own. Mackelway (Eckhart) begins to realize that the avenging ..read more »
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House Of Sand And Fog
(2003)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ron Eldard, Jennifer Connelly
Director: Vadim Perelman
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Massoud Amir Behrani (Ben Kingsley), an Iranian immigrant living in California, becomes embroiled in a legal dispute with former drug addict Kathy (Jennifer Connelly). The dispute is over a house which Massoud has bought and which Kathy lost unfairly to the county. Neither Kathy nor Massoud has ..read more »
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Rules Of Engagement
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Philip Baker Hall, Dale Dye, Ben Kingsley
Director: William Friedkin
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Colonel Terry Childers (Samuel L. Jackson) is a war hero whose peacekeeping mission to Yemen goes horribly wrong when he orders his men to open fire on a group of demonstrators. The colonel is subsequently charged with murder and asks his comrade-in-arms Hays Hodges (Tommy Lee Jones), a military ..read more »
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What Planet Are You From?
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Judy Greer, Greg Kinnear
Director: Mike Nichols
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In order to save his emotionless, all-male race from extinction, alien Harold (Gary Shandling) travels to Earth to find and impregnate a mate. Posing as a banker, Harold's attempts to romance members of the opposite sex all fall flat due to his tactless chat up lines. After a colleague advises him ..read more »
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Sexy Beast
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ray Winstone, Ian McShane
Director: Jonathan Glazer
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Gangster Gary Dove (Ray Winstone) has now retired to a villa on the Costa Del Sol, where he lives with ex-porn star wife DeeDee (Amanda Redman) and spends his time lazing by the pool and dining out with friends. All is well until Gary's psychotic former colleague Dan Logan (Ben Kingsley) arrives in ..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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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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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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Alice In Wonderland
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Gene Wilder, Peter Ustinov
Director: Nick Willing
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Star-studded adaptation of the Lewis Carroll fantasy. When she slips down a rabbit hole, young Alice (Tina Majorino) finds herself in the bizarre kingdom of Wonderland. After an encounter with the ever-grinning Cheshire Cat (Whoopi Goldberg), Alice accompanies the White Rabbit to the tea party of ..read more »
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Crime And Punishment
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Julie Delpy, Ben Kingsley, Patrick Dempsey
Director: Joseph Sargent
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Adaptation of Dostoevsky's classic psychological exploration of guilt. Crispin Glover plays Raskolnikov, the poverty-stricken student who murders a pawnbroker as an existential exercise and then succumbs to the internal torture of his guilt, before being caught by the police.
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The Assignment
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Liliana Komorowska, Ben Kingsley, Aidan Quinn
Director: Christian Duguay
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American naval officer Annibal Ramirez (Aidan Quinn) bears an uncanny resemblance to the infamous terrorist Carlos 'The Jackal'. CIA spy Jack Shaw (Donald Sutherland) and his Israeli counterpart Amos (Ben Kingsley) hatch a plan to lure Carlos into a trap, using his doppelganger as bait. However, ..read more »
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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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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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Twelfth Night
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Nigel Hawthorne, Ben Kingsley, Imelda Staunton
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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Species - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen
Director: Roger Donaldson
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In 1974 scientists used the world's largest radio telescope to send messages into outer space. Twenty years later they receive a message giving instructions on how to mix human and alien DNA to form 'Sil', a new species. The scientists create 'Sil' - in the shape of a beautiful young woman (Natasha ..read more »
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Species
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen
Director: Roger Donaldson
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In 1974 scientists used the world's largest radio telescope to send messages into outer space. Twenty years later they receive a message giving instructions on how to mix human and alien DNA to form 'Sil', a new species. The scientists create 'Sil' - in the shape of a beautiful young woman (Natasha ..read more »
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Schindler's List
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
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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Innocent Moves
(1993)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Laurence Fishburne, Laurence Fishburne
Director: Steve Zaillain
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Dramatic directorial debut from Steve Zaillian, scriptwriter of 'Schindler's List' is about Josh, a child chess master whose father is pressurizing him to become a champion. Together with the coach of Bobby Fischer they drive Josh until the point of collapse.
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Schindler's List - Blu-ray
(1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steven Spielberg
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Steven Spielberg's epic Holocaust drama won seven Oscars, including statuettes for Best Picture and Director. Oskar Schindler (Liam Neeson) is a Nazi Party member out to profit from the war. The local Jewish population provide a ready source of cheap labour for his factory, but Oskar's mercenary ..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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Dave
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Ving Rhames, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Ivan Reitman
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When a cynical US President suffers a near fatal heart attack while in the arms of his mistress, a small town lookalike, the genial Dave (Kevin Kline), is called upon to act as his double. The doppelganger brings an innocent vitality to his new job, and begins to call the shots, much to the ..read more »
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Sneakers
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: David Strathairn, James Earl Jones, Robert Redford
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) is the head of 'Sneakers', a computer group who test security systems. However, his political activist past catches up with him when the government use it as a lever to force him into doing some of their hi-tech dirty work. Bishop and his team reluctantly comply, only ..read more »
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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 - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Sidney Poitier
Director: Phil Alden Robinson
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Martin Bishop (Robert Redford) is the head of 'Sneakers', a computer group who test security systems. However, his political activist past catches up with him when the government use it as a lever to force him into doing some of their hi-tech dirty work. Bishop and his team reluctantly comply, only ..read more »
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Bugsy
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Harvey Keitel, Warren Beatty
Director: Barry Levinson
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Warren Beatty stars in the life story of Benjamin 'Bugsy' Siegel, the Hollywood-obsessed, hot-tempered gangster who dreamt of a desert gambling paradise that would one day become Las Vegas. When Bugsy embarks on an affair with beautiful starlet Virginia 'The Flamingo' Hill (Annette Bening), the ..read more »
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Without A Clue
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Pat Keen, Lysette Anthony
Director: Thom Eberhardt
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Victorian society thrills to the crime-solving adventures of the great Sherlock Holmes, unaware that he is in fact a fictional character created by the real sleuth - Dr Watson (Ben Kingsley) - as a cover for his own detecting abilities. When Scotland Yard request that Holmes help them with their ..read more »
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Slipstream
on DVD
(1988)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Eleanor David, Bill Paxton
Director: Steven Lisberger
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In a future world, the laws of nature are in disarray and the main form of transport is in crafts carried by powerful winds which many people worship. Renegade android Bob Peck is hunted by lawman Mark Hamill to a wind-worshipping commune. Most of the aerial shots were filmed over Turkey.
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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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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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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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Playing Shakespeare
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Norman Rodway, Ben Kingsley, David Suchet
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A series of Shakespeare masterclasses filmed for television in 1982, featuring some of the finest actors from the Royal Shakespeare Company, including Judi Dench, Peggy Ashcroft, Ian McKellen, Patrick Stewart, Ben Kingsley and Sinead Cusack.
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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
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard
Director: Richard Attenborough
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It was Richard Attenborough's lifelong dream to bring the life story of Indian political and spiritual leader Mahatma Gandhi to the screen. When it finally reached fruition in 1982, the 188-minute, Oscar-winning Gandhi was one of the most exhaustively thorough biopics ever made. The film begins in ..read more »
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Gandhi - Blu-ray
(1982)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Martin Sheen, Trevor Howard
Director: Richard Attenborough
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Richard Attenborough's Academy Award-winning epic follows the extraordinary life of Mahatma Gandhi (played by Ben Kingsley), from his beginnings as a young Indian lawyer to his triumph as a revolutionary - whose philosophy of non-violent protest helped gain India its independence. The film won ..read more »
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Dickens Of London
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, John Breslin, Simon Bell
Director: Marc Miller, Michael Ferguson
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All 13 episodes of the 1976 series chronicling the life and times of London's most famous author. Young Charles Dickens is herded from pillar to post through his irresponsible father's many debts, but his desire to learn is undimmed by the traumas and poverty he endures as a youth. Following ..read more »
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Wessex Tales
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Jane Asher, Paul Rogers
Director: Michael Tuchner, Gavin Millar, Gavin Millar /
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All six stand-alone episodes of the 1970s BBC drama series based on short stories written by Thomas Hardy. Episodes are: 'The Withered Arm', 'Fellow Townsmen', 'A Tragedy of Two Ambitions', 'An Imaginative Woman', 'The Melancholy Hussar and 'Barbara of the House of Glebe'. John Hurt, Ben Kingsley ..read more »
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Mike Leigh At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Brid Brennan, Stephen Rea
Director: Mike Leigh
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Six-volume set featuring the acclaimed director's TV plays and dramas for the BBC. Leigh's best-known works during this productive period were the award-winning 'Abigail's Party' (1977), a satirical glimpse at middle-class values in the 1970s, and 'Nuts in May' (1976), the adventures of a self-..read more »
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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...
