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The Reaping -
16 April 2007
Science debate (with faith winning hands down) is evocative of The Exorcist movies, especially with the African flashbacks and Stephen Rea cropping up (on his lonesome) as a priest who keeps witnessing dodgy miracles. -
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Stephen Rea - what members say
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5 May 2004
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Wonderful, complex entertainment 12 January 2006
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Superior Intelligent Thriller 3 July 2011
Stephen Rea - filmography
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The Shadow Line - Blu-ray
(2 discs)
(2011)
Starring: Martin Delaney, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare Calbraith
Director: Hugo Blick
Certificate: 
From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »

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from 487 members
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The Shadow Line
(3 discs)
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Martin Delaney, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Clare Calbraith
Director: Hugo Blick
Certificate: 
From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its ..read more »

76%
from 703 members
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Father And Son - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Dougray Scott, Sophie Okonedo, Ian Hart
Director: Brian Kirk
Certificate: 
"Father and Son" focuses on inner city crime and the consequences it has on it's victims and the perpetrators. Michael (Dougray Scott) has turned his back on a life of crime after his wife was murdered while he was in prison. Returning to his homeland in Ireland he leaves behind his son Sean in ..read more »

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from 616 members
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Stuck - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby
Director: Stuart Gordon
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Stuart Gordon creates a provocative, over-the-top experience in "Stuck," a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds ..read more »

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from 807 members
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Ondine
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Colin Farrell, Tony Curran, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
"Ondine" is the enchanting story of Syracuse, a lonely fisherman who one day pulls a beautiful woman named Ondine out of the sea in his nets. His young daughter Annie is convinced that she is a "selkie" - a creature from Irish folklore much like a mermaid. Syracuse has his doubts, but as Ondine ..read more »

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from 5,457 members
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The Heavy
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea
Director: Marcus Warren
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Marcus Warren's directorial début THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »

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from 385 members
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The Heavy - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Gary Stretch, Vinnie Jones, Stephen Rea
Director: Marcus Warren
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Marcus Warren's directorial debut THE HEAVY is a slick British thriller, in which a brotherly bond is stretched to breaking point. Sibling rivalry has seen Mitchell and Christian Mason (Gary Stretch and Adrian Paul) move into very different fields. Fresh out of prison and with limited options, ..read more »

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from 302 members
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Father And Son
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Dougray Scott, Sophie Okonedo, Ian Hart
Director: Brian Kirk
Certificate: 
"Father and Son" focuses on inner city crime and the consequences it has on it's victims and the perpetrators. Michael (Dougray Scott) has turned his back on a life of crime after his wife was murdered while he was in prison. Returning to his homeland in Ireland he leaves behind his son Sean in ..read more »

72%
from 593 members
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Stuck
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Mena Suvari, Stephen Rea, Russell Hornsby
Director: Stuart Gordon
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Stuart Gordon creates a provocative, over-the-top experience in "Stuck," a tabloid-tinged thriller inspired by true events. Brandi is a compassionate young retirement-home caregiver in-line for a promotion. Tom is a victim of the downsized economy, out of work and newly homeless. Their worlds ..read more »

57%
from 5,352 members
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Nothing Personal
(2009)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Lotte Verbeek, Tom Charlfa
Director: Urszula Antoniak
Certificate: 
Through the rugged Irish countryside stomps a solitary young woman whose anger blazes as brightly as her Titian hair. When she accepts room, board and some casual labour from sullen, hermit-like local man Martin, little in the way of pleasantries passes between them; indeed, each agrees to reveal ..read more »

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from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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The Devil's Mercy
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Deborah Valente, Michael Cram
Director: Melanie Orr
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Beth and Matt Winters discover a beautifully renovated apartment in an old Connecticut house that seems too good to be true. Their new downstairs neighbours, Sarah and Tyler Grant (Stephen Rea), have a niece called Kayla who appears to be the perfect playmate for the Winters' six-year-old son ..read more »

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from 319 members
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10 Days To War
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stevenson, Art Malik
Director: Bruce Goodison, David Belton
Certificate: 
A leading cast including Kenneth Branagh, Juliet Stevenson, Stephen Rea, Art Malik and Toby Jones feature in an innovative series of eight dramas to mark the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. Each drama focuses on a real event that happened exactly five years ago to the day.

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from 48 members
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The Reaping - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Maggie Eldred
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with scientific evidence. When science teacher Doug Blackwell (David Morrisey) invites Katherine and her ..read more »

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from 2,663 members
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The Reaping - HD
(2007)
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Maggie Eldred
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
In this thriller from director Stephen Hopkins (LOST IN SPACE, UNDER SUSPICION), Oscar winner Hilary Swank is Katherine Winter, a college professor who refutes mysteries and so-called miracles with scientific evidence. When science teacher Doug Blackwell (David Morrisey) invites Katherine and her ..read more »

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from 488 members
Not currently released
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Until Death
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Stephen Lord
Director: Simon Fellows
Certificate: 
Anthony Stowe (Van Damme) is a narcotics lieutenant - he's addicted to heroin, has a bad attitude, and everyone hates him, including his soon-to-be-ex wife. His ex-partner, Gabriel Callaghan (Stephen Rea), is working to become the new leader of the gangsters in local organized crime. Callaghan ..read more »

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from 1,822 member
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Until Death - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Jean-Claude Van Damme, Stephen Rea, Stephen Lord
Director: Simon Fellows
Certificate: 
Anthony Stowe (Van Damme) is a narcotics lieutenant - he's addicted to heroin, has a bad attitude, and everyone hates him, including his soon-to-be-ex wife. His ex-partner, Gabriel Callaghan (Stephen Rea), is working to become the new leader of the gangsters in local organized crime. Callaghan ..read more »

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from 188 members
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Sisters
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Chloe Sevigny, Stephen Rea, Lou Doillon
Director: Douglas Buck
Certificate: 
In 1973 director Brian De Palma produced SISTERS, a shocking film starring Margot Kidder as a twin whose sister is suspected of murder. This remake stars Chloe Sevigny (BIG LOVE) as a reporter who tries to get to the bottom of the same perplexing mystery.

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from 81 members
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The Reaping
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Hilary Swank, David Morrissey, Maggie Eldred
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Thousands of years ago there was a series of bizarre occurrences that many believed to have been the Ten Biblical Plagues. No one thought they could happen again. Until now.

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from 18,631 members
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River Queen
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Samantha Morton, Kiefer Sutherland, Cliff Curtis
Director: Vincent Ward
Certificate: 
An intimate story set during the 1860s in which a young Irish woman Sarah (Samantha Morton) and her family find themselves on both sides of the turbulent wars between the British army and Maori fighters during the British colonisation of New Zealand.

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from 2,114 members
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Breakfast On Pluto
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Liam Neeson, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Reuniting with writer Patrick McCabe, who co-scripted his acclaimed 1997 film THE BUTCHER BOY, Neil Jordan delivers another entertaining spectacle of a motion picture. Set in the United Kingdom during the tumultuous 1960s and 70s, BREAKFAST ON PLUTO tells the story of Patrick Kitten Braden (an ..read more »

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from 12,255 members
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Bloom
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Angeline Ball, Hugh O'Conor
Director: Sean Walsh
Certificate: 
James Joyce's 'Ulysses' has been widely declared as both one of the most brilliant, and most difficult, books in the history of literature. This brave attempt at visualizing the book comes courtesy of director Sean Walsh, and stars Stephen Rea (THE CRYING GAME) as Leopold Bloom, Angeline Ball (THE ..read more »

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from 129 members
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Fear Dot Com
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Stephen Dorff, Natascha McElhone, Stephen Rea
Director: William Malone
Certificate: 
A series of bloody, strangely similar deaths force New York City detective Mike Reilly (Dorff) and beautiful health examiner Terry Houston (McElhone) together to investigate the mysterious crimes. The only link between the victims is their visit to a sick, voyeristic website. To find the mad killer ..read more »

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from 4,246 members
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Evelyn
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Pierce Brosnan, Julianna Margulies, Aidan Quinn
Director: Bruce Beresford
Certificate: 
Set in Dublin in 1953, Desmond Doyle is struggling to find steady work and is faced with raising his three children alone after his wife walks out on him. The Irish Church steps in and places the children in separate Catholic orphanages. Desmond works hard to pay off his debts in order for his ..read more »

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from 4,750 members
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On The Edge
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Tricia Vessey, Stephen Rea
Director: John Carney
Certificate: 
When 19-year-old rebel Jonathan Breech (Cillian Murphy)--suffering from depression after the death of his father--attempts suicide by driving a stolen car off a cliff, he is given the choice of going to prison or being committed to a psychiatric institution. Jonathan chooses the hospital, where he ..read more »

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from 503 members
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The Musketeer
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Catherine Deneuve, Mena Suvari, Tim Roth
Director: Peter Hyams
Certificate: 
In 17th century Paris, a dashing swordsman named D'Artagnan finds himself at odds with the powerful forces taking over France. As he sets out to avenge the murder of his parents, he finds his country cleaved by chaos and civil unrest. D'Artagnan's heart softens only for Francesca, a fiery peasant ..read more »

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from 643 members
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The End Of The Affair
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Julianne Moore, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
On a rainy night in London in 1946, novelist Maurice Bendrix has a chance meeting with the husband of an ex-lover. The obsession is rekindled and soon we discover why the affair ended two years earlier and the pact Sarah had made with God...

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from 5,758 members
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In Dreams
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Annette Bening, Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
This darkly imaginative film from director Neil Jordan (THE CRYING GAME, INTERVIEW WITH A VAMPIRE) follows Claire, a psychic New England housewife (Annette Bening) who loses her grip on reality when her dreams connect with those of a psychotic child murderer (Robert Downey Jr.). Centered around a ..read more »

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from 985 members
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I Could Read The Sky
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Brendan Coyle, Dermot Healy, Maria Doyle Kennedy
Director: Nicola Bruce
Certificate: 
Dermot Healy (THE BUTCHER BOY) plays an Irish immigrant living in London. The film shows him reflecting on his life as a child in the rural west of Ireland and his move to England's vibrant metropolis. Also featuring Stephen Rea (END OF THE AFFAIR and THE CRYING GAME) and Maria Doyle Kennedy (QUEER ..read more »

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from 137 members
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Still Crazy
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Billy Connolly, Jimmy Nail
Director: Brian Gibson
Certificate: 
A satire of 70's era rock-and-roll about the reunion of Strange Fruit, a band that probably shouldn't have formed in the first place. Connolly (MRS. BROWN), Mike Leigh regular Spall, British chart-topper Nail, and the always-reliable Rea round out a talented ensemble cast in this distinctly ..read more »

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from 2,049 members
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Double Tap
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Heather Locklear, Peter Greene
Director: Greg Yaitanes
Certificate: 
A government agent (Heather Locklear) is assigned to track down a mysterious assassin (Stephen Rea) who has been killing drug dealers. Using herself as bait she manages to find the killer, but she realises that his situation is more complex than she might have thought. An energetic action thriller ..read more »

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from 99 members
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Michael Collins
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Aidan Quinn, Stephen Rea, Alan Rickman
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
The rise and fall of one of the most important and controversial figures in Ireland's struggle for independence is chronicled in this biographical drama. In 1916, the British government ruled Ireland with a firm and cruel hand, as they had for 700 years. When a group of Irish rebels staged a six-..read more »

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from 3,923 members
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Pret A Porter
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Julia Roberts, Tim Robbins, Kim Basinger
Director: Robert Altman
Certificate: 
Robert Altman delivers another sprawling satire with READY TO WEAR, this time focusing his lens on the tightly knit, pretentious fashion industry. After a popular fashion leader dies during the most important industry gathering of the year in Paris, the question that it might have been murder ..read more »

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from 1,570 member
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Interview with the Vampire
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (Christian Slater) ..read more »

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from 18,245 members
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Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Watch now: £2.49
Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »

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from 2,094 members
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The Crying Game - Blu-ray
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
This highly original film put screenwriter/director Neil Jordan on the international map. The story begins at a carnival in Ireland with British soldier Jody (Forest Whitaker) kidnapped by IRA terrorists Jude (Miranda Richardson) and Fergus (Stephen Rea). Fergus is assigned to guard Jody, and they ..read more »

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from 27 members
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The Crying Game
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Miranda Richardson, Stephen Rea, Forest Whitaker
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
In this successful psychological thriller, a reluctant agent of the Irish Republican Army discovers that some people just aren't who you expect them to be. Fergus (Stephen Rea) is an IRA volunteer who, despite personal misgivings, takes part in the kidnapping of a black British soldier, Jody (..read more »

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from 12,710 members
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Life Is Sweet
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Alison Steadman, Jim Broadbent, Timothy Spall
Director: Mike Leigh
Certificate: 
Director Mike Leigh escapes the confines of direct-to-television films with this incredibly bittersweet slice-of-life comedy about a blue-collar family living in modern-day England. Wendy (Alison Steadman) and Andy (Jim Broadbent) are a good-natured couple with two daughters, Nicola (Jane Horrocks) ..read more »

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from 8,673 members
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The Company Of Wolves
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Sarah Patterson, Angela Lansbury, David Warner
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
If you go down to the woods today in The Company of Wolves, you're sure of a big surprise! Little Red Riding Hood and Werewolf legends abound in this film bathed in explicit sexual imagery. Enter a magical, mysterious world where little girls should beware of men whose eyebrows meet in the middle ..read more »

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from 3,071 members
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Loose Connections
(1983)
Starring: Lindsay Duncan, Stephen Rea, Carole Harrison
Director: Richard Eyre
Certificate: 
Two strangers with almost no common ground are stuck travelling across Europe together in this British comedy. Sally (Lindsay Duncan) is an ardent feminist from London who, with the help of two of her closest friends, builds her own car. Sally and her comrades are to attend a conference on women's ..read more »

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from 2 members
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Angel
on DVD
(1982)
Starring: Stephen Rea, Alan Devlin, Peter Caffrey
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate: 
Neil Jordan wrote and directed this tough, violent thriller set in Northern Ireland. It tells the story of a dance band saxophonist who witnesses a brutal murder, then embarks on a nightmare journey of vengeance that leads him to a startling revelation about both himself, and humanity in general.

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from 314 members
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I Didn't Know You Cared - The Complete S...
on DVD
(1976)
Starring: Robin Bailey, John Comer, Liz Smith
Certificate: 
From the books of Peter Tinniswood comes one of television's greatest comedy families, The Brandons. There's miserable pessimist Uncle Mort, his sharp-tongued sister Annie who is constantly arguing with husband Les, their laid-back son Carter and his not so laid-back wife Pat, and finally old Uncle ..read more »

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from 269 members
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Mike Leigh At The BBC
(6 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Roger Sloman, Alison Steadman, Brid Brennan
Director: Mike Leigh
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Hard Labour: Mike Leigh's first TV drama for the BBC in 1973. Shot entirely on location in Leigh's native Salford, Hard Labour depicts the grinding daily routine of stoical domestic cleaner Mrs Thornley and her cantankerous family.
The Permissive Society: The title is ironic - a popular expression ..read more »

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from 1,111 member
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The Good Shepherd
on DVD
Starring: Molly Parker, Stephen Rea, Gordon Pincent
Director: Lewin Webb
Certificate: 
A priest, Father Clemens, begins to investigate a murder following a colleague's suicide. Convinced that the real killer is still at large, he enlists the help of a childhood friend and together they search for the truth.

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