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Brian Cox - what members say
review by from Liverpool, UK
Believe the hype 14 September 2004
review by Northernsky from West Yorks
Preposterous thriller that lacks edge 13 March 2004
review by daemonicus1980 from London, England
the makings of a great franchise 1 February 2004
Brian Cox - filmography
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Revelation Of The Pyramids - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Brian Cox
Director: Patrice Pooyard
Certificate: 
Narrated by Brian Cox The Revelation Of The Pyramids takes an in depth look into one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
Mystery has surrounded these epic structures for centuries with theories varying from the scientific to the bizarre. However with over thirty-seven ..read more »
 
69%
from 159 members
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Coriolanus - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Gerard Butler, Brian Cox
Director: Ralph Fiennes
Certificate: 
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Ralph Fiennes' directorial debut, CORIOLANUS, scripted by John Logan, updates one of Shakespeare's more difficult plays, without sacrificing the Bard's original dialogue. Set in modern times, the movie stars Fiennes as the title character, a fierce General able to fight Rome's most dreaded enemies ..read more »
61%
from 35 members
Due for release on 4th June 2012
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Scream 4
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Director: Wes Craven
Certificate:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of ..read more »
58%
from 8,220 members
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The Veteran
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Tom Brooke, Adi Bielski, Ashley Thomas
Director: Matthew Hope
Certificate:
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Evocative drama-thriller THE VETERAN stars Toby Kebbell (DEAD MAN'S SHOES, ROCK'N'ROLLA) as soldier Robert Miller, a man struggling to settle back into civilian life after returning from Afghanistan. Robert finds a new cause to fight for in the form of young Anglo-Asian woman Alayna (Adi Bielski), ..read more »
62%
from 1,571 member
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Ironclad
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy, Kate Mara
Director: Jonathan English
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
England, the Thirteenth Century. Set against the backdrop of the signing of the magna Carta, IRONCLAD is an action-packed epic that focuses on a band of land barons who make a stand against their turncoat king. James Purefoy (SOLOMON KANE), Paul Giamati (SIDEWAYS), Brian Cox (MANHUNTER), Derek ..read more »
63%
from 9,870 members
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The Veteran - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Tom Brooke, Adi Bielski, Ashley Thomas
Director: Matthew Hope
Certificate:
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Evocative drama-thriller THE VETERAN stars Toby Kebbell (DEAD MAN'S SHOES, ROCK'N'ROLLA) as soldier Robert Miller, a man struggling to settle back into civilian life after returning from Afghanistan. Robert finds a new cause to fight for in the form of young Anglo-Asian woman Alayna (Adi Bielski), ..read more »
60%
from 650 members
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Ironclad - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Paul Giamatti, James Purefoy, Kate Mara
Director: Jonathan English
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
England, the Thirteenth Century. Set against the backdrop of the signing of the magna Carta, IRONCLAD is an action-packed epic that focuses on a band of land barons who make a stand against their turncoat king. James Purefoy (SOLOMON KANE), Paul Giamati (SIDEWAYS), Brian Cox (MANHUNTER), Derek ..read more »
61%
from 5,514 members
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Revelation Of The Pyramids
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Brian Cox
Director: Patrice Pooyard
Certificate:
Narrated by Brian Cox The Revelation Of The Pyramids takes an in depth look into one of the seven wonders of the world, the Great Pyramids of Egypt.
Mystery has surrounded these epic structures for centuries with theories varying from the scientific to the bizarre. However with over thirty-seven ..read more »
69%
from 98 members
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Scream 4 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, David Arquette
Director: Wes Craven
Certificate:
Sidney Prescott, now the author of a self-help book, returns home to Woodsboro on the last stop of her book tour. There she reconnects with Sheriff Dewey and Gale, who are now married, as well as her cousin Jill and her Aunt Kate. Unfortunately, Sidney's appearance also brings about the return of ..read more »
58%
from 3,685 members
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As Good as Dead
(2010)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Brian Cox, Andie MacDowell
Director: Jonathan Mossek
Certificate: 
Seeking revenge for the murder of their religious leader, fundamental loyalists kidnap and torture the man they believe responsible, but the ensuing clash of right vs. left ideologies quickly reveals that they may have the wrong man, which puts them on a path toward a shocking twist.
90%
from 2 members
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The Sinking of Laconia
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Ken Duken, Paul Hilton
Director: Uwe Janson
Certificate:
The Sinking Of The Laconia tells the true story of the heroism that was shown by everyday people in the face of adversity during the Second World War when the British vessel, the RMS Laconia, was torpedoed and sunk by a German U-boat.
75%
from 386 members
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RED - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Robert Schwentke
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork ..read more »
72%
from 18,925 members
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RED
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Mary-Louise Parker
Director: Robert Schwentke
Certificate:
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Frank (Bruce Willis), Joe (Morgan Freeman), Marvin (John Malkovich) and Victoria (Helen Mirren) used to be the CIA's top agents - but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork ..read more »
72%
from 56,261 members
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The Take - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Kierston Wareing, Charlotte Riley, Tom Hardy
Director: David Drury
Certificate: 
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 »
73%
from 651 members
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Day Of The Triffids - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard
Director: Nick Copus
Certificate:
A modern day adaptation of John Wyndham's best-selling iconic novel, which brings his terrifying creation of carnivorous plant species to life in a CGI extravaganza, supported by a sensational all-star cast that includes Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Vanessa Redgrave and ..read more »
54%
from 1,170 member
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: George Clooney, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep
Director: Wes Anderson
Certificate: 
A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. George Clooney supplies the voice for Mr. Fox, with Meryl Streep, Bill ..read more »
68%
from 7,528 members
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The Take
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Tom Hardy, Brian Cox, Shaun Evans
Director: David Drury
Certificate:
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 »
78%
from 3,747 members
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Day Of The Triffids
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Eddie Izzard
Director: Nick Copus
Certificate:
A modern day adaptation of John Wyndham's best-selling iconic novel, which brings his terrifying creation of carnivorous plant species to life in a CGI extravaganza, supported by a sensational all-star cast that includes Dougray Scott, Joely Richardson, Brian Cox, Eddie Izzard, Vanessa Redgrave and ..read more »
59%
from 1,852 member
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The Fantastic Mr. Fox
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: George Clooney, Bill Murray, Meryl Streep
Director: Wes Anderson
Certificate:
A wily fox uses his formidable cunning to outsmart three feeble-minded farmers who resort to extreme tactics to protect their chickens in director Wes Anderson's animated adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl children's book. George Clooney supplies the voice for Mr. Fox, with Meryl Streep, Bill ..read more »
67%
from 27,993 members
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The Escapist
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Brian Cox, Joseph Fiennes, Liam Cunningham
Director: Rupert Wyatt
Certificate:
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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 »
61%
from 15,565 members
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Red
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Brian Cox, Tom Sizemore, Robert Englund
Director: Trygve Allister Diesen, Trygve Allister Diesen
Certificate:
Multi-award winning actor Brian Cox plays reclusive Avery Ludlow, a small-town shop owner whose only reason for living is his dog, Red. When a group of bored and bad-seed teens savagely kill the animal, Cox is determined to settle the score by wreaking vengeance by whatever means possible, whether ..read more »
66%
from 5,427 members
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Trick 'R Treat
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Quinn Lord, Brian Cox, Dylan Baker
Director: Michael Dougherty
Certificate:
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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 »
57%
from 5,979 members
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Zodiac - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny
Director: David Fincher
Certificate:
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David Fincher's (FIGHT CLUB, SE7EN) adaptation of the Robert Graysmith book masterfully transports viewers to the Bay Area in the 1960s and '70s by drawing on actual case files from the notoriously unsolved Zodiac killer mystery. As a murderer with seemingly random targets starts sending terrifying ..read more »
71%
from 4,460 members
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The Christmas Nutcracker
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tom Carey, Janelle Jorde, Helene Joy
Director: Eric Till
Certificate:
E.T.A. Hoffman's novel fuses with Tchaikovsky's classical score in this family-oriented drama that brings that magic of The Nutcracker to World War II. Clara (Janelle Jorde) may only be 12 years old, but she embarks on a dangerous mission to rescue her father, who is being held in a P.O.W. camp. ..read more »
59%
from 33 members
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The Water Horse - Legend of the Deep
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Geraldine Brophy, Ben Chaplin, Brian Cox
Director: Jay Russell
Certificate:
The story of The Water Horse begins when a young boy named Angus MacMorrow takes home a mysterious object he finds on the beach. He soon realizes that it is a magical egg, and finds himself raising an amazing creature: a mythical "water horse". As he and his friend, whom he names Crusoe, form a ..read more »
70%
from 14,990 members
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Zodiac
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Robert Downey Jr, Chloe Sevigny
Director: David Fincher
Certificate:
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Robert Graysmith (Gyllenhaal)is a cartoonist who works for the San Francisco Chronicle. His quirky ways irritate Paul Avery (Downey Jnr.), a reporter whose drinking gets in the way of doing his job. The two become friends thanks to a shared interest: the Zodiac killer. Graysmith steadily becomes ..read more »
67%
from 62,907 members
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Shoot On Sight
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Clemency Burton-Hill, Clemency Burton-Hill, Brian Cox
Director: Jag Mundhra
Certificate:
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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 »
58%
from 2,287 members
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Running with Scissors
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow, Annette Bening, Brian Cox
Director: Ryan Murphy
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Young Augusten Burroughs (Cross) absorbs experiences that could make for a shocking memoir: the son of an alcoholic father (Baldwin) and an unstable mother (Bening), he's handed off to his mother's therapist, Dr. Finch (Cox), and spends his adolescent years as a member of Finch's bizarre extended ..read more »
54%
from 6,316 members
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Match Point
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Scarlett Johansson, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Emily Mortimer
Director: Woody Allen
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For the first time in his long career, writer-director Woody Allen takes his cast and crew to London, and the European location breathes new life into the normally Manhattan-centric auteur. Jonathan Rhys Meyers stars as Chris Wilton, a former pro on the world tennis circuit, with eyes set on a very ..read more »
56%
from 31,175 members
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Red Eye
(2005)
Starring: Rachel McAdams, Cillian Murphy, Brian Cox
Director: Wes Craven
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A hitman terrorises Lisa, a passenger on board a flight to Miami. His business is killing and his latest contract involves a wealthy businessman. He needs Lisa's help to fulfil the contract.
58%
from 47,704 members
Not currently released
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A Woman In Winter
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jason Flemyng, Julie Gayet, Brian Cox
Director: Richard Jobson
Certificate:
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 »
48%
from 165 members
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Troy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Certificate:
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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 »
61%
from 80,665 members
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The Bourne Supremacy - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Brian Cox, Matt Damon, Franka Potente
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate:
Matt Damon returns as amnesiac assassin Jason Bourne in this fast-paced follow-up to 2002's THE BOURNE IDENTITY. Forced out of hiding as the result of an attempt on his life, Bourne fulfills his earlier promise to wreak vengeance on his former CIA employers, some of whom may be in league with ..read more »
82%
from 4,262 members
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The Reckoning
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Paul Bettany, Marian Aguilera, Trevor Steedman
Director: Paul McGuigan
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Set in England during the late 1300s, Paul McGuigan's THE RECKONING follows Nicholas (Paul Bettany), a young priest literally running from his past. After encountering a band of wandering actors, Nicholas is grudgingly allowed into the fold by the good-natured Martin (Willem Dafoe). When the troupe ..read more »
52%
from 2,410 members
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X-Men 2
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate:
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...
70%
from 57,474 members
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X-Men 2 - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate:
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...
76%
from 2,662 members
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The Ring
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Martin Henderson, Brian Cox
Director: Gore Verbinski
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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 »
64%
from 29,982 members
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The Bourne Identity - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
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. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
85%
from 4,661 members
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L.I.E.
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Paul Franklin Dano, Bruce Altman, Billy Kay
Director: Michael Cuesta
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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 »
62%
from 2,553 members
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The Rookie
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez
Director: John Lee Hancock
Certificate: 
Every evening, Jim Morris (Dennis Quaid) is out practicing pitching. His minor league career ended with a shoulder injury twelve years ago. Now, Jim coaches a struggling high school team. When he tries to motivate them, they challenge him--if they reach the play offs, he must try out for the majors...read more »
66%
from 1,532 member
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25th Hour
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Edward Norton, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Barry Pepper
Director: Spike Lee
Certificate:
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Spike Lee's bracing adaptation of David Benioff's novel is a vibrant, vital motion picture. Edward Norton plays Monty Brogan, a harmless drug dealer who has 24 hours of freedom before serving a seven-year jail sentence. Nervous, confused, and terrified, Monty turns to his closest friends for ..read more »
64%
from 13,492 members
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The Rookie - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Rachel Griffiths, Jay Hernandez
Director: John Lee Hancock
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Based on a true story of Jim Morris, a thirty-five year high school baseball coach, who retired from baseball because of a shoulder injury, who is persuaded to try out for a major league organisation... Being able to throw a ball at 98 mph soon becomes second nature and the team, with the oldest ..read more »
64%
from 364 members
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Adaptation.
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Chris Cooper
Director: Spike Jonze
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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 »
63%
from 29,176 members
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Sin
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Ving Rhames, Gregg Henry
Director: Michael Stevens
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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
48%
from 978 members
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The Bourne Identity
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
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 »
77%
from 93,628 members
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The Trials Of Henry Kissinger
(2002)
Starring: Brian Cox
Director: Eugene Jarecki
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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 »
71%
from 6 members
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The Bourne Identity - HD
(2002)
Starring: Matt Damon, Franka Potente, Chris Cooper
Director: Doug Liman
Certificate:
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. With no memory to help him, his only clue to his own identity is a bank account number, it becomes clear that he is Jason Bourne, but what ..read more »
83%
from 1,233 member
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Super Troopers
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Heffernan, Jay Chandrasekhar, Paul Soter
Director: Jay Chandrasekhar
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Broken Lizard, a comedy troupe formed by former students of Colgate University, wrote and star in the enjoyably lightweight comedy SUPER TROOPERS. They play state troopers who preside over a quiet stretch of highway in Vermont. The low crime rate allows them time to pursue their own interests--..read more »
64%
from 3,905 members
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The Affair Of The Necklace
(2001)
Starring: Hilary Swank, Jonathan Pryce, Simon Baker
Director: Charles Shyer
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This tale of intrigue and corruption is based on a true account of 18th Century French noblewoman Jeanne de la Motte-Valois (played by Oscar-winner Hilary Swank), whose family has been dispossessed of status and title by the king. To restore honor to her name, not to mention reclaim her family ..read more »
56%
from 824 members
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Keepin' It Real
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kurupt, Portia Realer
Director: Brian Cox
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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 »
32%
from 45 members
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Complicity
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Valerie Edmond, Keeley Hawes
Director: Gavin Millar
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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 »
56%
from 1,168 member
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Mad About Mambo
(2000)
Starring: Keri Russell, William Ash, Brian Cox
Director: John Forte
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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...
54%
from 235 members
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Saltwater
(2000)
Starring: Brendan Gleeson, Brian Cox, Peter McDonald
Director: Conor Mc Pherson
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A transforming week in the life of the Irish Beneventi family as fate conspires to bring consolation to a group of men struggling with grief, bankruptcy and a taste for the drink.
60%
from 2 members
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Strictly Sinatra
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Ian Hart, Alun Armstrong
Director: Peter Capaldi
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Peter Capaldi, the writer and director of the vaguely amusing and almost engaging Strictly Sinatra, seems to have had two recent strains of British film-making on his mind: the Guy Ritchie school of modern mob capers and the post-modern urban Scottish noir of Shallow Grave and Trainspotting. Indeed ..read more »
52%
from 176 members
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A Shot At Glory
(2000)
Starring: Robert Duvall, Michael Keaton, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Corrente
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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 »
55%
from 497 members
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For Love Of The Game
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Kevin Costner, Kelly Preston, John C. Reilly
Director: Sam Raimi
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Director Sam Raimi follows up his 1998 hit A SIMPLE PLAN with a movie that completes Kevin Costner's unofficial trilogy of baseball films. Told almost entirely in flashback, the film concerns an already legendary 40-year-old pitcher, Billy Chapel (Costner), pitching the last game of his career that ..read more »
67%
from 904 members
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Rushmore
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Jason Schwartzman, Olivia Williams, Bill Murray
Director: Wes Anderson
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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 »
70%
from 20,841 members
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Desperate Measures
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Marcia Gay Harden
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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Widowed police officer Frank Conner (Andy Garcia) has a cancer-stricken nine-year-old son, Matthew (Joseph Cross), whose only hope for survival is a bone-marrow transplant, but the only matching donor is Pete McCabe (Michael Keaton), a vicious, psychotic killer being held in a maximum-security ..read more »
62%
from 503 members
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The Boxer
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Emily Watson, Brian Cox
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Jim Sheridan (In the Name of the Father) directed this drama about a Belfast boxer, filmed with Dublin locations substituting for Belfast. Released after his 14-year prison sentence for IRA activities, 32-year-old Danny Flynn (Daniel Day-Lewis) returns to his old neighborhood and sees former-flame ..read more »
67%
from 1,869 member
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Kiss The Girls
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Cary Elwes, Tony Goldwyn, Alex McArthur
Director: Gary Fleder
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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 »
68%
from 9,540 members
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Sharpe The Legend
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Elizabeth Hurley
Director: Paul Whilmshurst, Tom Clegg
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Several years after the Battle of Waterloo, a former soldier from Shoreditch sits in a London Inn reminiscing about the brave and determined officer who took him to hell and back. The narrator is Rifleman Cooper (Michael Mears)and the officer whose fame he recalls is legendary Richard Sharpe...
66%
from 1,840 member
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Scorpion Spring
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ruben Blades, Esai Morales
Director: Brian Cox
Certificate:
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...
38%
from 81 members
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The Long Kiss Goodnight
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Geena Davis, Samuel L. Jackson, Patrick Malahide
Director: Renny Harlin
Certificate:
Stricken with amnesia eight years earlier, a small-town schoolteacher and mother hires a private eye to help her uncover her past. When it's discovered she's a former CIA operative--and that her 'accident' was actually an assassination attempt--she and the detective are thrown into an automatic ..read more »
68%
from 7,996 members
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Chain Reaction - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz
Director: Andrew Davis
Certificate:
After his alternate-fuel research lab blows up, a brilliant young scientist (Keanu Reeves) is wrongly pegged as the saboteur in this action-thriller from the director of THE FUGITIVE. Teaming up with a beautiful physicist, the scruffy techie struggles to evade federal agents and uncover the ..read more »
59%
from 1,378 member
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Chain Reaction
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Morgan Freeman, Rachel Weisz
Director: Andrew Davis
Certificate:
After his alternate-fuel research lab blows up, a brilliant young scientist (Keanu Reeves) is wrongly pegged as the saboteur in this action-thriller from the director of THE FUGITIVE. Teaming up with a beautiful physicist, the scruffy techie struggles to evade federal agents and uncover the ..read more »
59%
from 5,096 members
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Rob Roy
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
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.
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from 3,384 members
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Rob Roy - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Jessica Lange, John Hurt
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
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.
65%
from 6 members
Not available for rental
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Iron Will
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Mackenzie Astin, Kevin Spacey, David Ogden Stiers
Director: Charles Haid
Certificate:
Disney's IRON WILL is based on the true story of a 17-year-old boy (Mackenzie Astin) who enters a 522-mile dog-sled race--from Winnepeg, Canada to St. Paul, Minnesota-- to help his financially stricken family survive the death of his father.
67%
from 2,331 members
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Inspector Morse - Deadly Slumber
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: John Thaw, Samantha Bond, Adrian Dunbar
Director: Stuart Orme
Certificate:
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 »
71%
from 1,132 member
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Sharpe's Rifles / Sharpe's Eagle
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Sean Bean, Brian Cox, Daragh O'Malley
Director: Tom Clegg
Certificate:
Two thrilling adventures based on Bernard Cornwell's best selling novels. Sean Bean plays maverick British officer Richard Sharpe who has risen through the ranks of Wellington's army by his courageous and daring exploits. He and his men operate behind French lines, risking their lives to undermine ..read more »
74%
from 5,668 members
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The Cloning Of Joanna May - The Complete...
(1992)
Starring: Patricia Hodge, Brian Cox, Emma Hardy
Director: Philip Saville
Certificate:
Drama thriller based on the novel written by Fay Weldon. A middle-aged woman, Joanna May, discovers that her estranged husband had her cloned many years ago whilst undergoing an 'abortion.' Now years on she discovers the existence of three beautiful women. Her mirror image.... Made for television.
36%
from 8 members
Not available for rental
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Hidden Agenda
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Frances McDormand, Brad Dourif, Brian Cox
Director: Ken Loach
Certificate:
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 »
65%
from 964 members
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Manhunter - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate:
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 »
70%
from 477 members
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Manhunter
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
Certificate:
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 »
68%
from 9,040 members
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Hammer House Of Horror - Complete
(4 discs)
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Christopher Lee, Peter Cushing
Certificate:
The Hammer House Of Horror - Complete Collection contains the entire run of the "Hammer House Of Horror" television series from Hammer Studios. Episodes in the four-disc DVD box set include: "The Silent Scream", "Carpathian Eagle", "Witching Time", "The House That Bled to Death", plus many more. ..read more »
66%
from 1,687 member
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In Celebration
on DVD
(1975)
Starring: Brian Cox, Alan Bates, Bill Owen
Director: Lindsay Anderson
Certificate:
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.
63%
from 168 members
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The Year Of The Sex Olympics
(1968)
Starring: Leonard Rossiter, Suzanne Neve, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Elliott
Certificate:
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 »
61%
from 410 members
Currently unavailable
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Hitler - In Colour
Starring: Brian Cox
Certificate:
Tells the story of the succession and demise of one of the world's most notorious and destructive dictators.
62%
from 193 members
Currently unavailable
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Troy - HD
Starring: Orlando Bloom, Sean Bean, Brian Cox
Director: Wolfgang Petersen
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
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 »
66%
from 1,006 member
Not currently released
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Helen Mirren At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Helen Mirren, Stanley Baker, Brian Cox
Certificate:
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)
11. The ..read more »
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from 119 members
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Brian Cox's Jute Journey
Starring: Brian Cox
Director: none
Certificate:
Hollywood actor Brian Cox travels to Calcuta to observe the Jute industry of today. Also includes programme 'DUNDEE' from 1939.
55%
from 2 members
Not available for rental
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Sharpe - Classic Collection - Blu-ray
(7 discs)
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Hugh Fraser
Director: Tom Clegg
Certificate:
This collection contains all 15 Sharpe adventures to date, covering all of Sharpe's battles, both personal and professional.
Episodes Comprise:
1. Sharpe's Rifles
2. Sharpe's Eagle
3. Sharpe's Company
4. Sharpe's Enemy
5. Sharpe's Honour
6. Sharpe's Gold
7. Sharpe's Battle
8. Sharpe's Sword
9. ..read more »
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