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Andy Serkis - news / articles
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Serkis thanks Franco for Oscars backing -
10 January 2012
-Actor Andy Serkis has publicly thanked James Franco for championing him as a Best Actor Oscar nominee, branding his support "extraordinarily bold".-Serkis shot to fame when he was transformed into the creepy Gollum in the Lord of The Rings trilogy and he has since g
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Franco: 'Oscars should recognise Serkis' -
29 December 2011
ormer Oscars host James Franco has urged Academy Awards voters to seriously consider his Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes co-star Andy Serkis for a Best Actor prize - because the work the Brit is doing with motion capture animation is amazing.-Serkis shot to fame when
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Serkis slammed by animators -
2 December 2011
-Actor Andy Serkis has been "bombarded" with letters from several movie animators accusing him of taking too much credit for his characters in motion-capture films.-The Brit has found fame with a series of motion-capture performances, playing Gollum in the Lord of th
Andy Serkis - what members say
review by from W.Yorks
An English classic 27 November 2004
review by from Coventry
effects, emotional, everlasting.... 23 December 2005
review by filmoria from Norwich
an enjoyable surprise 10 May 2009
Andy Serkis - filmography
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Death of a Superhero
(2010)
Starring: Andy Serkis, Thomas Sangster, Sharon Horgan
Director: Ian Fitzgibbon
Certificate: 
14-year-old Donald Delpe has to face a number of trials the average teenager doesn't even have to think about, least of which is the cancer that's killing him. Rather than face this real and unpleasant world he delves into the imaginary world of superheroes and villains. Based on Anthony McCarten's ..read more »
 
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from 5 members
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Burke And Hare - Blu-ray
(2010)
Starring: Tim Curry, Simon Pegg, Isla Fisher
Director: John Landis
Certificate: 
The infamous 19th century tale of two grave robbers (Simon Pegg and Andy Serkis) working for the Edinburgh Medical College is adapted for comedic purposes with this John Landis-helmed production. Piers Ashworth and Nick Moorcroft (St. Trinian's) penned the black comedy, which follows true-life ..read more »
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from 5,935 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 »
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from 11,660 members
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Brighton Rock - Blu-ray
(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 »
57%
from 2,724 members
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Little Dorrit
(4 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Matthew McFadyen, Andy Serkis, Mackenzie Crook
Director: Adam Smith
Certificate: 
A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
80%
from 2,051 members
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Inkheart - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Director: Iain Softley
Certificate: 
A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
62%
from 2,758 members
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The Cottage
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Andy Serkis, Jennifer Ellison, Johnny Harris
Director: Paul Andrew Williams
Certificate: 
"London To Brighton" director Paul Andrew Williams does horror/comedy. In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.
54%
from 18,243 members
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Einstein And Eddington
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: David Tennant, Jodhi May, Rebecca Hall
Director: Philip Martin
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A film which takes a closer look at the story behind the creation of Albert Einstein's general theory of relativity and the personal lives of the men behind it.
This human story chronicles two men who, during the First World War, refused to accept narrow nationalistic boundaries and, against the ..read more »
70%
from 4,775 members
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Little Dorrit - Blu-ray
(4 discs)
(2008)
Starring: Claire Foy, Russell Tovey, Judy Arfitt
Director: Dearbhla Walsh, Adam Smith
Certificate:
A victim of her father's debt, 'Little Dorrit' has spent her childhood behind the heavy, iron doors of Marshalsea Prison. But will a chance meeting change her life? Andrew Davies' gripping new series brings to life Dickens' classic tale of hardship and struggle in 1820s London, where larger-than-..read more »
80%
from 153 members
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Inkheart
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Andy Serkis, Eliza Bennett
Director: Iain Softley
Certificate:
A girl's father has the ability to summon book characters to life by reading aloud. When a nasty, rotten pack of rogues from a fable kidnap Pops, our heroine must join forces with her fictional friends and rescue him.
66%
from 30,377 members
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Extraordinary Rendition
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Andy Serkis, Omar Berdouni
Director: Jim Threapleton
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A Londoner (Omar Berdouni, THE KINGDOM) is abducted and secretly flown to an unknown country. Imprisoned alone and denied contact with the outside world, he is plunged into a lawless nightmare of detention without trial, interrogation, and torture, led by Maro (Andy Serkis, THE LORD OF THE RINGS). ..read more »
51%
from 207 members
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Sugarhouse
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Steven Mackintosh, Ashley Walters, Andy Serkis
Director: Gary Love
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Tom (Steven Mackintosh) is a middle-class city boy whose life has reached breaking point. He mistakenly gets involved with a drug dealer, and things only get worse once the local crime-lord, Hoodwink (Andy Serkis), gets involved.
51%
from 1,970 member
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King Kong
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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It is 1933, and vaudeville actress Ann Darrow (Oscar nominee Naomi Watts) has found herself - like so many other New Yorkers during the Great Depression - without the means to earn a living. Unwilling to compromise and allow herself to sink into a career in burlesque, she considers her limited ..read more »
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from 86,392 members
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King Kong - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
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KING KONG is director Peter Jackson's sprawling, epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it sees a film crew travel to the mysterious Skull Island, picks up giant gorilla King Kong, and bring him back to 1930s New York City. Despite his origins as ..read more »
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from 1,717 member
Not currently released
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13 Going On 30 - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer
Director: Gary Winick
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After Jenna Rink's 13th birthday party where her friend Lucy plays a cruel prank on her, she promptly makes a wish that she could skip adolescence and be 30. With the help of some wish dust given to her by her unpopular best friend Matty, her wish comes true. She wakes up to find that her 13-year-..read more »
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from 893 members
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13 Going On 30
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jennifer Garner, Mark Ruffalo, Judy Greer
Director: Gary Winick
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After Jenna Rink's 13th birthday party where her friend Lucy plays a cruel prank on her, she promptly makes a wish that she could skip adolescence and be 30. With the help of some wish dust given to her by her unpopular best friend Matty, her wish comes true. She wakes up to find that her 13-year-..read more »
61%
from 39,313 members
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Deathwatch
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Jamie Bell, Hugo Speer, Matthew Rhys
Director: Michael J. Bassett
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In the chaos of the Great War a small group of British soldiers get lost in a fog on the battlefields of Europe, before coming across a network of German trenches. With one German soldier prisoner and the rest dead they decide to secure the trenches in case they've crossed enemy lines. But ..read more »
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from 3,415 members
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The Escapist
(2002)
Starring: Jonny Lee Miller, Gary Lewis, Andy Serkis
Director: Gillies Mackinnon
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Dennis returns home to find that his pregnant wife has been murdered... The culprit is caught and sent to prison. Dennis hatches an elaborate plan to get revenge by turning in a criminal. He is punished for his crimes by being placed in prison. He attempts to break out on a number of occasions ..read more »
57%
from 796 members
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24 Hour Party People
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Steve Coogan, Keith Allen, Jim Cartwright
Director: Michael Winterbottom
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Staggeringly versatile director Michael Winterbottom follows up his epic Western THE CLAIM with a period piece of a completely different variety. A sprawling, visceral tribute to the legendary Manchester music scene that flourished between the years of 1976 and 1992, 24 HOUR PARTY PEOPLE recreates ..read more »
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from 14,719 members
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Pandaemonium
(2001)
Starring: John Hannah, Linus Roache, Samantha Morton
Director: Julien Temple
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In this biographical tale about the lives of late-18th-century poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge (Linus Roache) and William Wordsworth (John Hannah), director Julien Temple (THE FILTH AND THE FURY) and screenwriter Frank Cottrell Boyce (HILARY AND JACKIE) come together to present an intriguing, ..read more »
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from 360 members
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Shiner
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Martin Landau, Michael Caine, Matthew Marsden
Director: John Irvin
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Michael Caine stars in this British crime drama as Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a former boxer who, after ruining his chances at becoming a champ is now a small-time boxing promoter representing his son Eddie (Matthew Marsden). Eddie has accomplished everything Billy couldn't, and is set to fight an ..read more »
56%
from 380 members
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The Jolly Boys Last Stand
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Milo Twomey, Andy Serkis, Rebecca Craig
Director: Christopher Payne
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A man who by day works as an executive, becomes Spider, by night. Spider is the president of the Jolly Boys Association, which excludes women and the subject of work. But Spider is tired of the single life and proposes to a career girl from out of town...
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from 393 members
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Martina Cole - The Jump
(1998)
Starring: Adrian Dunbar, Jonathan Cake, Susan Vidler
Director: Richard Standeven
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Donna Brunos worships her husband and is devastated when he is jailed for armed robbery. He swears he has been set up and persuades Donna to help him escape. Implementing the jump takes Donna into a world she never knew existed and she is confronted by a series of shattering revelations that ..read more »
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from 129 members
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Career Girls
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Mark Benton, Katrin Cartlidge, Lynda Steadman
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh follows up his Oscar-nominated SECRETS AND LIES with CAREER GIRLS, a bittersweet drama that deals with the passage of time between two friends. Annie (Lynda Steadman) and Hannah (Katrin Cartlidge) were college roommates in London. Six years later, Annie is taking the train back ..read more »
63%
from 2,571 members
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Loop
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Emer McCourt, Andy Serkis, Tony Selby
Director: Allan Niblo
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Rachel is having Bill's baby, and remains unaware that Bill likes experiencing S? with a woman called Jean. When Rachel finds this out she steals Bill's car and takes all his money...
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from 60 members
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King Kong - HD
Starring: Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, Jack Black
Director: Peter Jackson
Certificate:
KING KONG is an epic remake of Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack's 1933 movie of the same name, and it is as big as the gorilla that runs riot through Jackson's rendering of Depression-era New York. Keeping the simple yet effective plot intact a film crew travels to the mysterious Skull ..read more »
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from 1,301 member
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Andy Serkis facts
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...tioning is a soundtrack of classic songs by The Cure, an early appearance from Andy Serkis now best known as Gollum in Lord Of The Rings and some great cinematography of ...
