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  • Rushmore
  • Rushmore review by from Liverpool, UK
    Rated - 4 stars Believe the hype 14 September 2004
    ...on, therefore Sofia Coppola and Nic Cage's cousin ?) Brits Olivia Williams and Brian Cox balance the movie out with the best and most believable kids seen on screen for...  
  • Manhunter
  • Manhunter review by A customer from England
    Rated - 5 stars Excellent 21 September 2004
    ...de as Red Dragon. This is 100% better than Red Dragon, William L Petersen and Brian Cox give musch stronger and believable performances than Edward Norton and Anthony ...  
  • The Bourne Identity
  • The Bourne Identity review by Northernsky from West Yorks
    Rated - 2 stars Preposterous thriller that lacks edge 13 March 2004
    ...can pie for the role of an action hero, he lacks edge. Solid support comes from Brian Cox and Chris Cooper and Franka Potente is suitably bewildered as the innocent byst...  

Brian Cox - filmography


  • The Take on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Tom Hardy,  Brian Cox,  Shaun Evans
    Director: David Drury
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Screenwriter Neil Biswas' (BRADFORD RIOTS) adaptation of Martina Cole's novel THE TAKE, spans 10 years of British socio-political change. The backdrop of the Thatcher era and its transition into the birth of New Labour, is particularly relevant to the drama's theme of idealised new beginnings; ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 1,188 member
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  • The Escapist on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Brian Cox,  Joseph Fiennes,  Liam Cunningham
    Director: Rupert Wyatt
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Frank Perry is an institutionalized convict twelve years into a life sentence without parole. When his estranged daughter falls ill, he is determined he make peace with her before it's too late. He develops an ingenious escape plan, and recruits a dysfunctional band of escapists - misfits with a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 11,311 members
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  • Trick 'R Treat on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Dylan Baker,  Brian Cox,  Anna Paquin
    Director: Michael Dougherty
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Prolific director Bryan Singer takes a turn towards horror as the producer of this Halloween shocker directed by X2 and SUPERMAN RETURNS screenwriter Mike Dougherty. With four interwoven tales concerning a high-school principal who moonlights as a vicious serial killer, a college-age virgin who's ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 120 members
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  • Shoot On Sight on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Clemency Burton-Hill,  Brian Cox,  Taru Devani
    Director: Jag Mundhra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    "Shoot On Sight" is a gripping thriller and riveting family drama that unfolds the turmoil in the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. Commander Ali, born in Pakistan, married to an English woman, and with two kids, is tasked to investigate the police shooting of a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 1,895 member
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  • A Woman In Winter on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Jason Flemyng,  Julie Gayet,  Brian Cox
    Director: Richard Jobson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set in Edinburgh, Michael is a young local astronomer cought up in experiments to break down the barriers of space and time. An encounter with Caroline, an enigmatic French photographer, soon develops into an obsessive love affair. However, Michael's experiments have turned everything into a kind ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 133 members
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  • Troy on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    With soaring photography that circles from above then swoops in for the action, TROY is Wolfgang Petersen's majestic presentation of the classic Greek legend. It tells the story of an epic battle over Helen (Diane Kruger), the queen of Sparta, who is kidnapped by her lover Paris (Orlando Bloom), ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 75,375 members
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  • X-Men 2 on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Hugh Jackman,  Patrick Stewart,  Ian McKellen
    Director: Bryan Singer
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The X-Men led by Professor Xavier once again return to save the world from a group of mutant creatures. Nightcrawler attempts to assassinate the President, Stryker sets out to capture the pupils at the school for the 'gifted' and Magneto has escaped from his cell and is out to reek havoc...
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 49,844 members
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  • L.I.E. on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Paul Franklin Dano,  Bruce Altman,  Billy Kay
    Director: Michael Cuesta
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The Long Island Expressway, the highway that traverses suburban Long Island with its "lanes moving east, lanes moving west, and lanes that go straight to hell" serves as the central metaphor in this disturbing meditation on coming of age and teenage vulnerability. Howie Blitzer (Brian Cox) is a ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 61% from 2,215 members
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  • Adaptation on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Nicolas Cage,  Meryl Streep,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Spike Jonze
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Following up their acclaimed debut, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH, screenwriter Charlie Kaufman and director Spike Jonze are back to metaphysical moviemaking with ADAPTATION. The film stars Nicolas Cage as both Charlie Kaufman and his fictionalised identical twin brother Donald. While the boisterous Donald ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 26,242 members
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  • The Trials Of Henry Kissinger (2002)
    Starring: Brian Cox
    Director: Eugene Jarecki
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Part contemporary investigation and part historical inquiry, this film follows the quest of one journalist in search of justice. At the centre of the film is Christopher Hitchens' charges that Henry Kissinger should be considered a war criminal - allegations documented in Hitchens' book of the same ..read more »
    Rate this: 4.5 stars out of 5 90% from 2 members
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  • The Ring on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Naomi Watts,  Martin Henderson,  Brian Cox
    Director: Gore Verbinski
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Gore Verbinski's remake of Hideo Nakata's chilling horror film, a group of teenagers all die suddenly and inexplicably exactly one week after watching a mysterious videotape at a remote cabin in the Pacific Northwest. Journalist Rachel Keller (Naomi Watts), a relative of one of the victims, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 27,289 members
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  • Sin on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Gary Oldman,  Ving Rhames,  Gregg Henry
    Director: Michael Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gary Oldman plays evil so well. Here he plays a sadistic maniac who has retired cop Eddie Burns (Rhames) hunting for him across Reno. Burns' sister has gone missing and an ingenious and wicked trail is leading him to Oldman. Is this an act of revenge by an old adversary
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 927 members
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  • The Bourne Identity on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Matt Damon,  Franka Potente,  Chris Cooper
    Director: Doug Liman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    A young man with two bullet wounds in his back is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea by a group of Italian fishermen. Barely alive, he is nursed back to health, but with no memory to help him, his only clue to his identity is a bank account number. It becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 76% from 82,608 members
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  • Keepin' It Real on DVD (2001)
    Starring: Kurupt,  Portia Realer
    Director: Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A joyful combination of rap musical and comedic film, KEEPIN' IT REAL stars real life rapper Kurupt as Raw-D, a fictional rap star. The new big thing in the world of hip-hop, Raw-D manages to convince his adoring girlfriend Joslyn (Portia Realer) to swipe a recording master from her father, a ..read more »
    Rate this: 1.5 stars out of 5 31% from 44 members
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  • Complicity on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Jonny Lee Miller,  Valerie Edmond,  Keeley Hawes
    Director: Gavin Millar
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Newspaper Reporter Cameron Colley, having built his professional reputation on stories dealing with corruption and the underworld, is drawn into a web of deceit and murder when a serial killer begins a rampage. Elaborately staged deaths await victims who all have one thing in common -- they are ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 56% from 944 members
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  • A Shot At Glory on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Robert Duvall,  Michael Keaton,  Brian Cox
    Director: Michael Corrente
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Gordon McLoed (Robert Duvall), is a former soccer star who now manages a smalltime team in the town of Kilnockie. The team hasn't won a championship for over a hundred years, so the American team owner (Michael Keaton) acquires star player Jackie McQuillan (real life soccer pro Ally McCoist) to ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 470 members
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  • Mad About Mambo on DVD (2000)
    Starring: Keri Russell,  William Ash,  Brian Cox
    Director: John Forte
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Lucy McLoughlin and Danny Mitchell share a passion for dancing, but that is about all. They come from very different backgrounds, Lucy lives a very privileged life and Danny, comes from a poor background...
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 201 members
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  • Rushmore on DVD (1998)
    Starring: Jason Schwartzman,  Olivia Williams,  Bill Murray
    Director: Wes Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Director Wes Anderson's follow-up to the acclaimed BOTTLE ROCKET is a funny, warmhearted, and extremely sharp American response to the English Angry Young Man films of the 1960s, right down to its British Invasion soundtrack. Newcomer Jason Schwartzman creates a classic protagonist in Max Fischer, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 17,760 members
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  • Sharpe The Legend on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Sean Bean,  Daragh O'Malley,  Elizabeth Hurley
    Director: Paul Whilmshurst,  Tom Clegg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Unfortunately this title is currently unavailable for rental. This may be due to the title being deleted or on a limited release. We will continue to rent this title as soon as stock becomes available. Several years after the Battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 1,569 member
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  • Kiss The Girls on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Morgan Freeman,  Ashley Judd,  Cary Elwes
    Director: Gary Fleder
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In KISS THE GIRLS, a North Carolina police detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) tracks an elusive psychopath whose modus operandi is not necessarily killing the young women he abducts but "collecting" them as trophies. Unfortunately, his quarry includes the detective's own law-student niece, ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,898 members
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  • Scorpion Spring on DVD (1997)
    Starring: Alfred Molina,  Ruben Blades,  Esai Morales
    Director: Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    A man passing by the desert road which lies between California and Mexico, comes across a drifter who offers him money for his car in exchange for a trip to Los Angeles. But things are not what they seem...
    Rate this: 2 stars out of 5 39% from 71 members
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  • Rob Roy on DVD (1995)
    Starring: Liam Neeson,  Jessica Lange,  John Hurt
    Director: Michael Caton-Jones
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A rousing film version of Sir Walter Scott's sweeping romantic adventure based on the life of Scottish hero Robert Roy MacGregor (Liam Neeson) who battled a despotic English secretary appointed by the king to watch over Scottish highlands.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2,613 members
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  • Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber on DVD (1993)
    Starring: John Thaw,  Kevin Whately,  Jason Durr
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Dr. Mathew Brewster's suicide takes a particular twist when the pathologist determines that he had also been bound and gagged. The Brewsters, both medical doctors, ran a private clinic and their son John, who lived at home, is doctoral candidate in philosophy. One possible suspect is Michael ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,026 member
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  • Hidden Agenda on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Frances McDormand,  Brad Dourif,  Brian Cox
    Director: Ken Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    An implicit condemnation of the repressive tactics of the British government in Northern Ireland, HIDDEN AGENDA stars Brian Cox (THE BOXER), Brad Dourif (MISSISSIPPI BURNING), and Frances McDormand (FARGO). When an American attorney working for a humanitarian group who is investigating the torture ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 804 members
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  • Manhunter (2 discs) on DVD (1986)
    Starring: Joan Allen,  Stephen Lang,  Brian Cox
    Director: Michael Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 7,826 members
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  • In Celebration on DVD (1975)
    Starring: Brian Cox,  Alan Bates,  Bill Owen
    Director: Lindsay Anderson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Made as part of the 'American Film Theatre' in which plays were filmed and then shown at the cinema. This is the story of an English family and their gathering together for the parents' wedding anniversary. Three grown sons argue while Mum wanders about aimlessly and Dad waits for the next crisis.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 134 members
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  • The Year Of The Sex Olympics (1968)
    Starring: Leonard Rossiter,  Suzanne Neve,  Brian Cox
    Director: Michael Elliott
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A world where the television is king and love, war and hate are emotions of a past existence. With daily programmes of food and sex boring the nation, a new reality television show looks like just the thing to liven up the ratings. Two people are required for a stay on a deserted island, without ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 62% from 364 members
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  • Hitler - In Colour on DVD
    Starring: Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Tells the story of the succession and demise of one of the world's most notorious and destructive dictators.
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  • Helen Mirren At The BBC (6 discs) on DVD
    Starring: Helen Mirren,  Stanley Baker,  Brian Cox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Set Comprises: 1. The Changling (1974) 2. The Apple Cart (1975) 3. Caesar & Claretta (1975) 4. The Philanthropist (1975) 5. The Little Minister (1975) 6. The Country Wife (1977) 7. Blue Remembered Hill (1979) 8. Mrd Reinhardt (1981) 9. A Midsummer Nights Dream (1981) 10. Cymbeline (1983) ..read more »
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  • Troy - HD DVD Version
    Starring: Brad Pitt,  Orlando Bloom,  Sean Bean
    Director: Wolfgang Petersen
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In 1193B.C. the dandy Trojan prince Paris (Bloom) irresponsibly spirits away the unhappy wife of Menelaus (Gleeson), the Spartan king. Demanding the return of Helen, the Greeks launch a thousand ships and lay siege to Troy. Under the command of Agamemnon (Cox), revered warrior Achilles (Pitt) leads ..read more »
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Brian Cox - watch online


  • Shoot on Sight to Watch Now (2007)
    Starring: Clemency Burton-Hill,  Brian Cox,  Taru Devani
    Director: Jag Mundhra
    Certificate: Certificate: 15 (TBC)
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    Run time: 106 minutes
    Starring Bollywood film star Naseeruddin Shah, Brian Cox and Greta Scaachi. A fictional political thriller based on the London terrorist bombings and the subsequent police order to 'Shoot on Sight', the film unfolds the turmoil of the life of Tariq Ali, a Muslim police officer at Scotland Yard. ..read more »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 47% from 4 members
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Brian Cox facts

5 most recent films

The Fantastic Mr. Fox - 3.5 stars
The Take - 4.0 stars
The Escapist - 3.0 stars
Milestones - 0.5 stars
Trick 'R Treat - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Bourne Identity, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.5 stars
Bourne Identity, The - HD DVD Version - 4.0 stars
Bourne Supremacy, The - BLU-RAY Version - 4.0 stars
The Take - 4.0 stars
The Bourne Identity - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Milestones - 0.5 stars
The Cloning Of Joanna May - The Complete Series - 1.0 stars
Keepin' It Real - 1.5 stars
A Dirty Little Business - 2.0 stars
Nuremberg - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Sean Bean - 8 times - show films
James Marsden - 5 times - show films
Brad Pitt - 5 times - show films
Halle Berry - 5 times - show films
Hugh Jackman - 5 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Bryan Singer - 5 times - show films
Wolfgang Petersen - 5 times - show films
none - 4 times - show films
Doug Liman - 3 times - show films
Tom Clegg - 3 times - show films