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Pete Postlethwaite - news / articles
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Killing Bono director honours late Postlethwaite -
30 March 2011
-The director of Pete Postlethwaite's final film Killing Bono used the movie's London premiere on Monday night (28Mar11) to pay tribute to the late actor, calling him "one of the greats".-
-The Usual Suspects star died in January (11) after a long illness, just months after
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Affleck pursued Postlethwaite for The Town -
22 September 2010
-Ben Affleck relentlessly pursued Pete Postlethwaite until he agreed to star in The Town - because the moviemaker knew the British actor was perfect for a particular role in the thriller.-
-The 38 year old wrote, directed and stars as a young criminal ready to change his li
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Postlethwaite to hand back honour if power plant goes ahead -
16 March 2009
-Veteran actor Pete Postlethwaite has threatened to hand back the OBE he was awarded by Queen Elizabeth II if the government give the green light to build a new coal power station.-
-The Oscar-nominated star is opposed to the government's plans to allow energy giant E.ON to
Pete Postlethwaite - what members say
review by from Lancs
The best 'Brit' film of all 4 November 2003
review by A customer from Birmingham
DDL does it again - wonderful 20 September 2003
review by Routemaster from Cambridge
Didn't see that coming... 15 April 2010
Pete Postlethwaite - filmography
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Killing Bono - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Ben Barnes, Robert Sheehan
Director: Nick Hamm
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From the writers of cult favourite STILL CRAZY and directed by Nick Hamm (THE HOLE), KILLING BONO follows the trials and tribulations of a pair of siblings who try to make it as rock stars in Ireland of the 1980s. The road to stardom is an enduring struggle for many wannabe rockers but for the ..read more »
 
71%
from 22 members
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Brighton Rock - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren
Director: Rowan Joffe
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The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
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from 2,724 members
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The Town - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Graham King, Jon Hamm, Rebecca Hall
Director: Ben Affleck
Certificate:
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Boston bank robber Doug MacRay (Ben Affleck) falls for a woman his gang had previously taken hostage after feigning a chance meeting with her to ensure that she can't identify them. The son of a tough Charlestown, MA thief, Doug passed on his chance to walk the straight and narrow in favour of ..read more »
72%
from 13,166 members
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The Town
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Ben Affleck, Rebecca Hall, Jon Hamm
Director: Ben Affleck
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
There are over 300 bank robberies in Boston every year. And a one-square-mile neighbourhood in Boston, called Charlestown, has produced more bank robbers than anywhere in the U.S. One of them is Doug MacRay, the leader of a crew of ruthless bank robbers who pride themselves on taking what they want ..read more »
71%
from 34,603 members
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Brighton Rock
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Sam Riley, Andrea Riseborough, Helen Mirren
Director: Rowan Joffe
Certificate:
The year is 1964. The place is Brighton. A once quiet seaside town is suddenly overrun by gangs of sharp suited Mods and greasy Rockers looking for a riot. Amongst the chaos lurks top Mod and gangster Pinkie Brown. Ruthless, ambitious and horrifically violent, Pinkie will stop at nothing in his ..read more »
58%
from 11,660 members
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Solomon Kane
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: James Purefoy, Max von Sydow, Patrick Hurd-Wood
Director: Michael J. Bassett
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Solomon Kane is a 16th century anti-hero created by Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian). When Solomon Kane (James Purefoy) meets the Devil's Reaper, he postpones his fate by renouncing violence - a vow that is soon tested by the forces of evil. As Kane once again straps on his weapons,..read more »
63%
from 17,028 members
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The Age of Stupid
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Alvin DuVernay, Layefa Malini
Director: Franny Armstrong
Certificate: 
This documentary, drama, animation hybrid stars Pete Postlethwaite as an archivist in the devastated world of the future, asking the question: "Why didn't we stop climate change when we still had the chance?" He looks back on footage of real people around the world in the years leading up to 2015 ..read more »
69%
from 2,356 members
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Criminal Justice
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Ben Whishaw, Pete Postlethwaite, Con O'Neill
Director: Otto Bathurst, Luke Watson
Certificate:
The worst thing Ben has ever done is, tonight, he takes his Dad's black cab out without his permission. But that's not why Ben ends the evening in a police cell. What looked to be a spontaneous evening of fun with a sexy stranger, Melanie, has culminated in a dead girl and Ben covered in her blood, ..read more »
78%
from 1,139 member
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Dark Water - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Based on a story by Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki and a film by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), DARK WATER is a thrilling exercise in psychological terror. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia, a troubled woman who is battling her husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), for custody of their young daughter, Ceci (..read more »
53%
from 732 members
Not currently released
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Aeon Flux - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
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Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
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from 1,710 member
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Aeon Flux - HD
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
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Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
57%
from 91 members
Currently unavailable
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Dark Water
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Walter Salles
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Based on a story by Japanese novelist Koji Suzuki and a film by Hideo Nakata (THE RING), DARK WATER is a thrilling exercise in psychological terror. Jennifer Connelly stars as Dahlia, a troubled woman who is battling her husband, Kyle (Dougray Scott), for custody of their young daughter, Ceci (..read more »
52%
from 23,662 members
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The Constant Gardener - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, City of God, won awards all over the world and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The ..read more »
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from 60 members
Not available for rental
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The Constant Gardener
(2005)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Pete Postlethwaite, Rachel Weisz
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Brazilian director Fernando Meirelles, whose previous film, City of God, won awards all over the world and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2004 Oscars has crafted another highly entertaining yet important film. Beautifully shot in Kenya, Germany, Sudan, Manitoba, and London, The ..read more »
70%
from 84,249 members
Not currently released
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Aeon Flux
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller
Director: Karyn Kusama
Certificate:
Karyn Kusama, the writer-director of GIRLFIGHT, the story of a tough female boxer, turns her attentions to a tough female superhero in AEON FLUX. Based on a series of animated shorts that aired on MTV, the live-action feature film version stars Charlize Theron, in jet black hair, as the secret ..read more »
56%
from 35,347 members
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Strange Bedfellows
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Paul Hogan, Michael Caton, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Dean Murphy
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Veteran Aussie actors Michael Caton and Paul Hogan star in the good natured Australian comedy STRANGE BEDFELLOWS. After reading about the passing of new tax law that would benefit same-sex couples, working class guy Vince (Hogan) convinces his lifelong friend Ralph (Caton) to file their taxes ..read more »
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from 1,671 member
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Triggermen
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Neil Morrissey, Donnie Wahlberg
Director: John Bradshaw
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Set in Chicago, this comedy crime caper sees two British conmen (Neil Morrissey and Adrian Dunbar) mistaken for hired hitmen. Consummate opportunists they pretend they really are those hitmen in the hope of making a killing but get in too deep. Rival mob bosses are devilishly played by Pete ..read more »
51%
from 347 members
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Between Strangers
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Malcolm McDowell, Mira Sorvino
Director: Edoardo Ponti
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Starring Gerard Depardieu and Sophia Loren, BETWEEN STRANGERS focuses on a group of artistic-minded women (Lauren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Unger) living in Toronto and the ways that their lives change as they get older and reflect upon their experiences. Directed by Edoardo Ponti, BETWEEN STRANGERS ..read more »
54%
from 92 members
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The Shipping News
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Kevin Spacey, Cate Blanchett, Julianne Moore
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom (CHOCOLAT, MY LIFE AS A DOG) presents this strong, quiet, chillingly deep adaptation of the popular novel by E. Annie Proulx. In a fishing port set in the Canadian province of Newfoundland, newspaper journalist Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), his young daughter Bunny (Alyssa Gainer), and his ..read more »
63%
from 11,250 members
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The Sins
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Geraldine James, Caroline Hayes
Director: Sallie Aprahamian, Simon Curtis
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Bank robber Len Green (Pete Postlethwaite) has just finished a four-and-a-half year stretch in prison and he's now determined to go straight. However, with a wife (Geraldine James) and four grown daughters to take care of, it's not going to be easy. Uncle Irwin (Frank Finlay) helps out by offering ..read more »
66%
from 50 members
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Rat
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly
Director: Steve Barron
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This quaint Irish tale focuses on Hubert Flynn (Pete Postlethwaite), a man who returns home one night after having a few pints at the local pub and mysteriously transforms into a rat. His metamorphosis is shocking to his family, and as they try to come to terms with his new identity, Hubert embarks ..read more »
53%
from 256 members
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Animal Farm
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Ormond, Peter Ustinov
Director: John Stephenson
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British production of George Orwell's revolutionary novel, where animals (workers) take over their farm (means of production) and form a society. An esteemed cast of actors voice the convincing animatronic animals, which, BABE-style, were created by the Jim Henson Creature Shop. Director Stephenson ..read more »
57%
from 547 members
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Lost For Words
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Thora Hird, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Alan Bell
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Masterpiece Theatre presents this heart-warming but bittersweet story about the relationship between a unique mother and her son. Based on Deric Longden's autobiographical account of his mother's battle with the onset of old age. Pete Postlethwaite stars as Deric alongside Dame Thora Hird as his ..read more »
78%
from 593 members
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Brute
(1997)
Starring: Anthony Higgins, John Hurt, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Meciej Dejczer
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In the early 90s, the British Government decided to send prisoners serving short term sentences over on humanitarian service. Some went to Romania to help with the schools, hospitals and orphanages. One of these prisoners discovers the misery of a group of orphans under the merciless rule of their ..read more »
60%
from 7 members
Currently unavailable
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The Serpent's Kiss
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard E. Grant
Director: Philippe Rousselot
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The young Dutch artist Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) has been summoned to a secluded country estate where the wealthy Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) has commissioned an extravagant garden to be created. The instructions for its creation come from the evil Fitzmaurice (Richard E. Grant), whose ..read more »
48%
from 616 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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Sharpe's Revenge
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
Director: Tom Clegg
Certificate: 
Sean Bean is swashbuckling British officer Richard Sharpe in the visually stunning film, Sharpe's Revenge.
After the last battle has been fought, the Peninsula war is finally over for Britain and its allies, but the action does not end here for Sharpe. He is set up once again by his long-time ..read more »
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from 3,160 members
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Brassed Off - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Ewan McGregor, Tara Fitzgerald
Director: Mark Herman
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When government cutbacks threaten a century-old Yorkshire mine, the brass band consisting of the miners and their families struggles to keep it together in the face of economic repression and emotional turmoil. The charming comedic drama stars Ewan McGregor, Pete Postlethwaite, and Tara Fitzgerald.
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from 27 members
Due for release on 28th May 2012
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Brassed Off
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Ronnie Stev, Ro, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Mark Herman
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Economics and music are the twin focal points of this comedy/drama about a community in crisis. The small British town of Grimley has long been dominated by the coal mine where most of the men work, and the town's greatest source of pride is the Grimley Colliery Band, a brass ensemble that's won a ..read more »
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from 10,410 members
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Dragonheart
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Julie Christie, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs
Director: Rob Cohen
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A boy and his dragon unite to fight evil in this fantasy. Bowen (Dennis Quaid), a Knight of The Old Code in Medieval times, is summoned by Aislinn the Queen (Julie Christie) to the bedside of her son, Einon, who is also Bowen's student. Einon has been wounded and is near death; with his heart about ..read more »
62%
from 8,776 members
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Dragonheart - HD
(1996)
Starring: Julie Christie, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs
Director: Rob Cohen
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Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
62%
from 195 members
Not currently released
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Sharpe's Mission
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Sean Bean, Daragh O'Malley, Abigail Cruttenden
Director: Tom Clegg
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Sean Bean stars as the courageous Major Richard Sharpe. In Sharpe's Mission, Wellington orders Sharpe to join the dashing Colonel Brand on a hazardous journey behind French enemy line with the aim of blowing up an ammunition store.
Sharpe's wife Jane becomes disillusioned with Sharpe's frequent ..read more »
76%
from 3,554 members
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James And The Giant Peach
(1996)
Starring: Susan Sarandon, David Thewlis, Joanna Lumley
Director: Henry Selick
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James, a lonely orphan, is sent to live with his wicked and greedy Aunts Spiker and Sponge. Unwanted and forced to perform their menial chores, the boy dreams about going to New York City--a place, his father once told him, where dreams come true. Then James meets a mysterious old man who gives him ..read more »
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from 5,054 members
Not currently released
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Romeo And Juliet
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate:
This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
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from 24,642 members
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Dragonheart - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Rob Cohen
Certificate:
Sean Connery provides the voice of the last dragon on earth in this medieval tale of a freelance knight (Dennis Quaid) who's forced to turn against the tyrant king (David Thewlis) he tutored as a boy. In order to bring the king to justice the noble warrior must kill him, but in doing so he would ..read more »
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from 3 members
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The Usual Suspects - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
82%
from 5,007 members
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When Saturday Comes
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Maria Giese
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In this sports drama, an aspiring British football player (Sean Bean) struggles against intense pressure from his mates at the pub and his adoring wife while being forced to decide if his passions lie on the pitch or in his personal life. In addition to Bean, the film also features Pete ..read more »
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from 1,388 member
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When Saturday Comes - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Sean Bean, Emily Lloyd, Pete Postlethwaite
Director: Maria Giese
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In this sports drama, an aspiring football player (Sean Bean) struggles against intense pressure from his mates at the pub and his adoring wife while being forced to decide if his passions lie on the pitch or in his personal life. In addition to Bean, the film also features Pete Postlethwaite and ..read more »
57%
from 81 members
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The Usual Suspects
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Benicio Del Toro
Director: Bryan Singer
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Director Bryan Singer's labyrinthine crime drama centers on five career criminals (played by Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Benicio Del Toro, Kevin Pollak, and Stephen Baldwin) who meet after being rounded up for a standard police line-up. Upon their release, the men band together to pull off an ..read more »
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from 92,312 members
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Sharpe's Company / Sharpe's Enemy
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Sean Bean, Michael Byrne, Clive Francis
Director: Tom Clegg
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Sharpe's Company With the arrival of new officers from England, Sharpe finds himself relieved of his captaincy. To make matters worse, his sworn enemy - the evil Sgt. Obediah Hakeswill (Pete Postlethwaite) - is among the arrivals and is out to destroy Sharpe.
Sharpe's Enemy Dangerous forces are ..read more »
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from 4,450 members
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Suite 16
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Pete Postlethwaite, Antonie Kamerling, Géraldine Pailhas
Director: Dominique Deruddere
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A wealthy, wheelchair-bound businessman and a handsome young hustler conspire to lure attractive women into an ultimately deadly game of quid-pro-quo voyeurism. Pete Postlethwaite stars in this unusual thriller funded in part by by the Eurimages Fund of the Council of Europe European Script Fund.
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from 115 members
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Anchoress
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Natalie Morse, Gene Bervoets, Toyah Wilcox
Director: Chris Newby
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Enter the medieval world of Christine Carpenter, a visionary girl who is to become an Anchoress (walled-in recluse) so that she can "live in the Virgin's house forever." Based on actual letters that were written about such an Anchoress in 1325, the film follows Christine as she awakens to her own ..read more »
53%
from 93 members
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The Last Of The Mohicans
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeline Stowe, Jodhi May
Director: Michael Mann
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Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and her younger sister, Alice (Jodhi May), both recent arrivals to the colonies, are being escorted to their father, Colonel Munro (Maurice Roeves), by a troop of British soldiers. Along the way they are ambushed by a Huron war party led by Magua (Wes Studi), a sinister ..read more »
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from 12,933 members
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Waterland
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Grant Warnock
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
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Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is a withered history teacher whose students don't find his lessons on the French Revolution worthwhile. So instead, Tom spends class time telling his students about 30 year-old family skeletons he's trying, hopelessly, to forget. Though he shares them with his students, ..read more »
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from 1,137 member
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Alien 3 - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance
Director: David Fincher
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Ripley finds herself the sole survivor of another alien attack. This time she finds herself on Fiorina 161, a penal colony... It's not long before Ripley realises that her doomed escape pod was contaminated with the alien. Now she is imprisoned on a planet where weapons are unavailable....
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from 73 members
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Alien 3
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance
Director: David Fincher
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Ripley finds herself the sole survivor of another alien attack. This time she finds herself on Fiorina 161, a penal colony... It's not long before Ripley realises that her doomed escape pod was contaminated with the alien. Now she is imprisoned on a planet where weapons are unavailable....
64%
from 23,745 members
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A Private Function
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Certificate:
A British couple's attempts to circumvent local food-rationing regulations trigger a chaotic series of events in this satirical comedy set in post-World War II England. The couple's scheme centers on a massive hog which has been illegally raised by a local farmer. Seeing a chance to capitalize on ..read more »
69%
from 1,533 member
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Romeo And Juliet - Blu-ray
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Certificate:
This ambitious undertaking, adapting William Shakespeare's classic tale of star-crossed lovers and setting the story in a glossy music-video style in 1990s Florida. Leonardo DiCaprio and Claire Danes play the famous lovers kept apart by rival industrialist families. Bookended by newscastsers ..read more »
74%
from 186 members
Not available for rental
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Pete Postlethwaite facts
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...on the community including the local brass band.
An excellent performance by Pete Postlethwaite and loads of well known faces (the ones you can never remember the name of but,...
