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Body of Lies on DVD (2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
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"Body of Lies" is based on "Washington Post" columnist David Ignatius' 2007 novel about a CIA operative, Roger Ferris, who uncovers a lead on a major terrorist leader suspected to be operating out of Jordan. When Ferris devises a plan to infiltrate his network, he must first win the backing of ..read more »

69% from 49,427 members

Body of Lies - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Russell Crowe, Mark Strong
Director: Ridley Scott
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Though this thriller is the fourth collaboration between Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe - following on from GLADIATOR, A GOOD YEAR and AMERICAN GANGSTER - it marks the veteran director's first pairing with Leonardo DiCaprio. In this adaptation of a novel by David Ignatius, DiCaprio plays a CIA ..read more »

70% from 12,430 members

The Duchess - Blu-ray (2008)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell
Director: Saul Dibb
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After PRIDE AND PREJUDICE and ATONEMENT, Keira Knightley continues her reign as the queen of the period film with this 18th-century costume drama. The corset-clad actress stars as Georgiana Spenser, the Duchess of Devonshire. With her marriage to the duke (Ralph Fiennes), Georgiana achieves an ..read more »

70% from 4,638 members

The Duchess on DVD (2008)
Starring: Keira Knightley, Ralph Fiennes, Hayley Atwell
Director: Saul Dibb
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Like her direct descendent Princess Diana, Georgina Duchess of Devonshire was a glamorous royal, much loved by the public. While her attractiveness and charm afforded her popularity, the intelligent and vulnerable Duchess was trapped within a loveless marriage to one of the country's richest men. ..read more »

72% from 45,531 members

The Last King Of Scotland - Blu-ray (2006)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970's Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and ..read more »

78% from 1,717 member

The Last King Of Scotland on DVD (2006)
Starring: Forest Whitaker, Simon McBurney, Gillian Anderson
Director: Kevin Macdonald
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It was supposed to be a wild adventure in a far-off country, but when a naive young doctor arrives in 1970's Uganda - hoping for fun, sun and to lend a helping hand - he finds himself instead on a shocking ride into the darkest realm on earth. Befriended by the charismatic new leader, Idi Amin, and ..read more »

77% from 123,764 members

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

The Manchurian Candidate on DVD (2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
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U.S. Army Major Bennett Marco (Washington) can't sleep at night - and he doesn't want to. Marco spends his days giving inspiring speeches about his platoon's ambush in the Kuwaiti desert and the heroics of Sergeant Raymond Shaw (Schreiber), who won the Medal of Honor for saving Marco's crew. But at ..read more »

62% from 68,049 members

The Manchurian Candidate - Blu-ray (2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme updates the original 1962 John Frankenheimer classic with plenty of new paranoid twists: This time a sinister Halliburton-style corporation is behind the brainwashing of a Gulf War hero turned vice presidential nominee, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber). Shaw's old unit commander Ben ..read more »

64% from 933 members
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The Manchurian Candidate - HD (2004)
Starring: Denzel Washington, Meryl Streep, Liev Schreiber
Director: Jonathan Demme
Certificate:
Jonathan Demme updates the original 1962 John Frankenheimer classic with plenty of new paranoid twists: This time a sinister Halliburton-style corporation is behind the brainwashing of a Gulf War hero turned vice presidential nominee, Raymond Shaw (Liev Schreiber). Shaw's old unit commander Ben ..read more »

68% from 428 members
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Onegin on DVD (1999)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Liv Tyler, Toby Stephens
Director: Martha Fiennes
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Onegin (Fiennes) is a bored, unaffected St. Petersburg aristocrat who inherits his uncle's large estate. When he rejects the advances of his neighbor Tatyana (Tyler), her sister's fiance considers this an offense worth fighting over. In a senseless, tragic duel, Onegin prevails. Six years later, ..read more »

59% from 1,799 member

Simon McBurney facts

5 most recent films

Body of Lies - 3.5 stars
Body of Lies - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Duchess - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Duchess - 3.5 stars
The Last King Of Scotland - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Last King Of Scotland - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Last King Of Scotland - 4.0 stars
The Duchess - 3.5 stars
The Duchess - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Body of Lies - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Reckoning - 2.5 stars
Onegin - 3.0 stars
The Manchurian Candidate - 3.0 stars
The Manchurian Candidate - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Manchurian Candidate - HD - 3.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Ralph Fiennes - 4 times - show films
Keira Knightley - 3 times - show films
Aidan McArdle - 3 times - show films
Kimberly Elise - 3 times - show films
Oscar Isaac - 3 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Jonathan Demme - 4 times - show films
Ridley Scott - 3 times - show films
Saul Dibb - 3 times - show films
Kevin Macdonald - 2 times - show films
Martha Fiennes - 1 times - show films