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Freeman on hiatus from The Hobbit -
12 May 2011
-Martin Freeman is taking a break from filming his lead role in The Hobbit in New Zealand so he can jet back to his Britain to shoot a TV show.-The actor was initially forced to turn down the part of Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Lord of the Rings prequel due to commitm
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Freeman still hopeful of Hobbit role -
12 October 2010
-Martin Freeman has confirmed he was forced to turned down the lead role in The Hobbit due to a scheduling conflict - but hopes the ongoing delays to the blockbuster will work in his favour.-
-Speculation over who will take the lead role of Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming
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Freeman still wanted as The Hobbit -
11 September 2010
-Movie bosses are still hoping to cast Martin Freeman in The Hobbit - they're set to delay filming to accommodate the star's busy schedule, according to reports.-
-The actor was forced to turn down the role of Bilbo Baggins in the upcoming Middle Earth epic due to commi
Martin Freeman - what members say
review by gigglanecraig from Bury, Lancashire
Deadpan Freeman 29 March 2011
review by A customer from Cardiff
Rent it... rent it now 2 June 2005
review by HCass from
Great film for all the family 8 May 2011
Martin Freeman - filmography
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What's Your Number? - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Ari Graynor, Chris Evans, Anna Faris
Director: Mark Mylod
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Romantic comedy starring Anna Faris and Chris Evans. When Ally Darling (Faris) realises that she has reached her self-imposed limit of 20 sexual partners, she decides that, rather than give up on her magic number, she will revisit each of her old flames in an attempt to find true love. With the ..read more »
 
69%
from 73 members
Not available for rental
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Wild Target - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Bill Nighy, Rupert Everett, Sia Berkeley
Director: Jonathan Lynn
Certificate: 
British crime caper starring Bill Nighy and Emily Blunt. Victor Maynard (Nighy) is a lonely, uptight middle-aged mummy's boy who also happens to be a lethally efficient professional hitman. His last assignment before he retires is to take out con artist Rose (Blunt) for gangster client Ferguson (..read more »
69%
from 93 members
Not available for rental
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Wild Target
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Bill Nighy, Emily Blunt, Rupert Grint
Director: Jonathan Lynn
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Bill Nighy is Victor Maynard, a middle-aged, solitary assassin, who lives to please his formidable mother, Louisa (Eileen Atkins), despite his own peerless reputation for lethal efficiency. His professional routine is interrupted when he finds himself drawn to one of his intended victims, Rose (..read more »
68%
from 8,949 members
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Swinging With The Finkels
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Melissa George, Mandy Moore
Director: Jonathan Newman
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London-set romantic comedy about the pitfalls of long-term monogamy. Martin Freeman and Mandy Moore play suburban couple Martin and Sarah Finkel, who have arrived at a hiatus in their ten-year marriage: the sex has dried up and the relationship seems to be going nowhere. Is it time to have children?..read more »
51%
from 1,069 member
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Sherlock
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Benedict Cumberbatch, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves
Director: Euros Lyn, Paul McGuigan
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Three-part BBC mini-series offering a fast-paced modernised adaptation of the classic detective novels by Arthur Conan Doyle. Laptops, mobile phones and the internet are the new tools for crime in a modern London under threat from serial killers, bombings and gang warfare. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict ..read more »
87%
from 8,238 members
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Nativity!
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton
Director: Debbie Isitt
Certificate: 
Watch now: Unavailable
Seasonal, semi-improvised British comedy starring Martin Freeman and Ashley Jensen. Shabby, under-achieving primary school teacher Mr Maddens (Freeman) works at a school that competes annually with a local private school for the best production of the Christmas nativity play. Tired of always ..read more »
77%
from 11,855 members
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Boy Meets Girl
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Paterson Joseph, Rachael Stirling
Director: Alrick Riley
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Comedy drama series starring Martin Freeman and Rachael Stirling. Danny Reed (Freeman) is a man lacking purpose or direction in his life; he works at the local DIY store, spending all his days lusting after co-worker Fiona (Angela Griffin). However, when a freak accident occurs, Danny finds himself ..read more »
57%
from 222 members
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Nativity! - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Ashley Jensen, Martin Freeman, Marc Wootton
Director: Debbie Isitt
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
This Christmas, primary school teacher Paul Maddens is being charged with the biggest challenge of his life - mounting the school's musical version of the Nativity. Competing against the posh local school for the honor of best reviewed show in town, the stakes are raised when Paul idly boasts that ..read more »
70%
from 1,943 member
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The Good Night
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Simon Pegg, Gwyneth Paltrow
Director: Jake Paltrow, Giles Nuttgens
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Comedy starring Penelope Cruz, Gwyneth Paltrow and Martin Freeman. Gary (Freeman) searches for perfection in life, love, and art through a relationship with a literal dream girl when he sleeps at night. In reality, Gary is a once successful musician, struggling with his career and an inert ..read more »
46%
from 3,708 members
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Hot Fuzz
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Tim Barlow, Bill Ni, Jim
Director: Edgar Wright
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Edgar Wright, Simon Pegg, and Nick Frost follow up SHAUN OF THE DEAD with another collaboration in HOT FUZZ. This time around Pegg and Frost are mismatched cops who are reluctantly forced to work together, with hilarious results.
73%
from 105,482 members
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Nightwatching
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Toby Jones, Jonathan Holmes, Martin Freeman
Director: Peter Greenaway
Certificate: 
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
In 1642, the life of the famous Dutch painter Rembrandt takes a turn for the worst. He changes from a wealthy respected celebrity to a discredited pauper. His pregnant wife, Saskia, insists that he paint the Amsterdam Musketeer Militia in a group portrait that would later become known as The ..read more »
53%
from 577 members
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The All Together
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Velibor Topic, Martin Freeman, Amanda Abbington
Director: Gavin Claxton
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Screwball British comedy. With a house to sell and no time to be there in person, overworked TV producer Chris Ashworth (Martin Freeman) is forced to leave his incompetent flatmate Bob (Velibor Topic) to show real estate agents around the property. Knowing that Bob is not the most attentive ..read more »
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from 1,414 member
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Breaking And Entering
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Ray Winstone, Martin Freeman
Director: Anthony Minghella
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Class-based drama directed by Anthony Minghella and starring Jude Law. Will Francis (Law) is a young London architect living a stable, if dreary existence with his girlfriend Liv (Robin Wright Penn) and her behaviourally challenged daughter Bea. When his posh, arty offices are repeatedly burgled, ..read more »
59%
from 14,293 members
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Confetti
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jessica Stevenson, Olivia Coleman, Felicity Montagu
Director: Debbie Isitt
Certificate:
Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
Affectionate comedy featuring an ensemble of UK comedic talents, including Martin Freeman, Jessica Stevenson, Stephen Mangan, Jimmy Carr, Felicity Montagu and Alison Steadman. The film follows three couples as they duke it out to win a bridal magazine contest for 'Most Original Wedding of the Year'...read more »
55%
from 20,729 members
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Pride
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Kate Winslet, Kate Winslet, Sean Bean
Director: John Downer
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BBC-produced live-action family film, using footage of a pride of lions in East Africa accompanied by dialogue from actors including Sean Bean, Helen Mirren and Kate Winslet. The drama, which is enhanced by CGI animation, has its basis in factual wildlife research and observation.
64%
from 849 members
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Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Sci-fi adventure based on the novel by Douglas Adams. Earthman Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. ..read more »
62%
from 3,417 members
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Shaun Of The Dead
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Director: Edgar Wright
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On Friday, Shaun is in a rut. At 29, he's coasted through life--and still hasn't gotten very far, usually winding up at the local pub, the Winchester. His roommate Ed looks up to him--when he can take his eyes off the TV, that is. Liz is re-evaluating their relationship, particularly after Shaun ..read more »
72%
from 100,550 members
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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
(2004)
Starring: Martin Freeman, Sam Rockwell, Mos Def
Director: Garth Jennings
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Sci-fi adventure based on the novel by Douglas Adams. Earthman Arthur Dent (Martin Freeman) is having a very bad day. His house is about to be bulldozed, he discovers that his best friend is an alien and to top things off, Planet Earth is about to be demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. ..read more »
55%
from 69,549 members
Currently unavailable
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Shaun Of The Dead - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Simon Pegg, Nick Frost, Kate Ashfield
Director: Edgar Wright
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Shaun (Simon Pegg) is not quite your average twentysomething. Lacking any real ambition and drifting along in a job that he hates, he drives his long-suffering girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield), up the wall. Despite being a very decent chap, Shaun suddenly gets a very rude wake up call when the undead ..read more »
81%
from 1,730 member
Not currently released
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Charles 2
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Rufus Sewell, Martin Freeman, Rupert Graves
Director: Joe Wright
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Diana Rigg, Rupert Graves and Rufus Sewell star in this BBC period-drama about the monarch Charles II (Sewell) - who reigned between 1660 and 1685 - which reveals the vulnerable side of a man deeply traumatised by the execution of his father.
72%
from 1,409 member
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Hardware - The Complete Series
(2003)
Starring: Ken Morley, Peter Serafinowicz, Martin Freeman
Director: Ben Kellett
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All 12 episodes of the Simon Nye sitcom set in a London ironmongers shop. Martin Freeman stars as Mike, who along with Kenny (Peter Serafinowicz), Steve (Ryan Cartwright) and owner Rex (Ken Morley), enjoy the daily, DIY-based verbal jousts with a constant stream of dull customers. Episodes comprise:..read more »
57%
from 19 members
Not available for rental
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Love Actually - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: Hugh Grant, Liam Neeson, Colin Firth
Director: Richard Curtis
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Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
72%
from 848 members
Not currently released
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Love Actually
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Joanna Page, Lucia Moniz, a
Director: Richard Curtis
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Richard Curtis (writer of 'Four Weddings and a Funeral' and 'Notting Hill') turns his hand to directing with this British rom-com. Eight stories involving the love lives of more than a dozen characters are brought together over one Christmas and climax on Christmas Eve; from the recent widower ..read more »
68%
from 83,946 members
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The Office - Series 1
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Oliver Chris, Olive, Ralph Ineson
Director: Stephen Merchant, Ricky Gervais
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The complete first series of the award-winning BBC Television faux documentary. David Brent (Ricky Gervais) is the manager of paper merchant Wernham Hogg's Slough office, but in his own mind he's not so much the boss but 'more of a friend'. Unctious and ineffectual in equal measure, he turns the ..read more »
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from 32,495 members
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World Of Pub
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: David Walliams, Peter Serafinowicz, Martin Freeman
Director: Michael Cumming
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BBC comedy series about landlord brothers of a floundering pub. Brothers Barry and Garry are landlords of the least-successful pub in the East End but help is on hand with their ever-scheming mate Dodgy Phil. One quick call to Renovation Reg, Memorabilia Mick or Big Screen Dean and the punters will ..read more »
51%
from 243 members
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Bruiser
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Olivia Colman, Martin Freeman, Matthew Holness
Director: Nick Jones
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The entire series of the BBC's fast-paced sketch show co-written by Ricky Gervais and starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The dark and zany sketches poke fun at everything from James Bond to paranoia, with one regular spot, 'Outdoor Wee', featuring celebrities being interviewed while urinating ..read more »
59%
from 216 members
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Adventures In Short Film Vol.1
Starring: Martin Freeman, Vincent Cassel
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Collection of short films and music videos from around the world. Includes Martin Freeman in a homage to the French new wave, 'I Just Want to Kiss You', Vincent Cassell in Kim Chapiron's 'La Barbichette', and dance band Faithless with their promo for 'I Want More'.
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from 74 members
Currently unavailable
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Martin Freeman facts
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...pisode, however, when the bluff and bravado fades away for a brief moment.
Martin Freeman's downtrodden character (Tim) steals the show for me in this series. I lost cou...
