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Anna Massey
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Anna Massey - what members say
review by Hurdlemagurdle from Scotland
Enchanting...... 10 November 2004
review by srb from Richmond, Surrey
Victorian soap that has everything 17 January 2006
review by BluePeta from Brighton, England
The Chain 4 October 2006
Anna Massey - filmography
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Affinity
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Anna Madeley, Zoe Tapper, Domini Blythe
Director: Tim Fywell
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A grieving upper class woman becomes a "Lady Visitor" at Millbank prison, hoping to escape her troubles and be a guiding figure in the lives of the female prisoners. Of all her friendships with prisoners, she is most fascinated by Selina - a medium. Set in the 1870s.
 
57%
from 2,174 members
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Tess Of The D'Ubervilles
(2 discs)
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Gemma Arterton, Eddie Redmayne, Hans Matheson
Director: David Blair
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A passionate, sensual and very modern version of Thomas Hardy's infamous novel, combining young, upcoming acting talent with recognisable and much-loved faces. When the beautiful and innocent Tess Durbeyfield is driven by family poverty to claim kinship with the wealthy D'Urbervilles and seek a ..read more »
77%
from 1,601 member
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The Gigolos
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Sacha Tarter, Trevor Sather, Susannah York
Director: Richard Bracewell
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Meet Sacha and Trevor - the smooth-talking favourite young gigolo of the over-50s of Mayfair and Piccadilly, and his awkward valet who takes his management role very seriously. Together, they are a force to be reckoned with. But when Sacha is forced to take a rest, the pressure is on the shy and ..read more »
38%
from 674 members
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Pinochet in Surbubia
(2006)
Starring: Derek Jacobi, Phyllida Law, Peter Capaldi
Director: Richard Curson Smith
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Drama about General Pinochets remarkable exile in the UK, Pinochet In Suburbia tells the story of a holiday trip that led to the Generals arrest and subsequent detention for some 500 days, from October 1998 to spring 2000. The story delicately weaves several narrative strands, including a tense and ..read more »
60%
from 1 member
Currently unavailable
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Mrs Palfrey At The Claremont
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joan Plowright, Zoe Tapper, Rupert Friend
Director: Dan Ireland
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An elderly widow dumped in a 'retirement hotel' by her family strikes up an unlikely friendship with an aspiring young writer. Her disappointment at the sight of her new lodgings is soon tempered by the young man's joie de vivre as she discovers a whole new lease on life. MRS PALFREY AT THE ..read more »
71%
from 404 members
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The Machinist - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Director: Brad Anderson
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Christian Bale delivers one of cinema's most sacrificial performances in Brad Anderson's mesmerising thriller. Written by Scott Kosar (2003's THE TEXAS CHAINSAW MASSACRE), THE MACHINIST takes place in a bleak and nondescript American city, where Trevor Reznick (Bale) is quite literally withering ..read more »
73%
from 613 members
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The Machinist
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Christian Bale, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Aitana Sanchez-Gijon
Director: Brad Anderson
Certificate:
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Having not slept for a year, lathe operator Trevor Reznick (Christian Bale) is dying of insomnia. Why he can't sleep, he can't remember. His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion, paranoia, guilt, anxiety and terror; each of which is part of an escalating series of ..read more »
64%
from 59,251 members
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An Angel For May
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Tom Wilkinson, Hugo Speer, Geraldine James
Director: Harley Cokeliss
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After stumbling upon a portal to the past in the ruins of an old Yorkshire farmhouse, Tom, a troubled schoolboy, is whisked back to the time of the Second World War. With a loveable sheep dog named Tess as his only guide, he meets Sam Wheeler, a kindly farmer (Tom Wilkinson) and May, an orphaned ..read more »
67%
from 175 members
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Dark Blue World
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance, Ondrej Vetchy
Director: Jan Sverak
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In 1939, as Hitler and Germany ran roughshod over Eastern Europe, many people escaped, including Czech pilots who joined up with the British Royal Air Force to fight the Nazis. Jan Sverak's moving war drama, DARK BLUE WORLD, details the story of one such group of Czech pilots who are at first ..read more »
68%
from 1,269 member
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Room To Rent
(2000)
Starring: Rupert Graves, Juliette Lewis, Said Taghmaoui
Director: Khaled Hagar
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Ali is a young Egyptian screenwriter who is determined to make it big in London, however, the odds are stacked against him, he has no money, nowhere to live and his visa is about run out...
40%
from 10 members
Currently unavailable
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Captain Jack
(1998)
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Sadie Frost, Peter McDonald
Director: Robert Young
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Bob Hoskins stars in this charming high seas adventure as Captain Jack, a tough, aging seaman whose travels are now restricted to ferrying tourists around Whitby Bay. Fed up with his now staid life, Jack to decides to retrace the steps of his hero, Captain Scorseby, who sailed from England to Jan ..read more »
56%
from 271 members
Currently unavailable
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Driftwood
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: James Spader, Anne Brochet, Barry McGovern
Director: Ronan O'Leary
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On a desolate shore searching for driftwood, Sarah discovers a man lying on the water's edge in need of help. Back in her wooden cottage she tries to find out where he has come from and how he came to be on the shore. She soon becomes obsessed with her handsome find and tries to convince him that ..read more »
43%
from 151 members
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Angels And Insects
(1995)
Starring: Patsy Kensit, Douglas Henshall, Mark Rylance
Director: Philip Haas
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This is a sumptuous and erotic drama where the insect world becomes a metaphor for the depravity and decadence of the upper class in this visually enticing period piece. Set at the height of British colonialism William, a penniless entomologist, falls in love with the eldest daughter of Sir ..read more »
51%
from 721 members
Not currently released
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Impromptu
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Judy Davis, Judy Davis, Julian Sands
Director: James Lapine
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An exploration of the relationship between female writer George Sand and composer Frederic Chopin. Sand (Judy Davis) who dresses up as a man, becomes enraptured by Chopin (Hugh Grant). Life becomes rather amusing when Sand shows up as an unexpected party guest at the royal mansion of the Baron and ..read more »
54%
from 449 members
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A Hazard Of Hearts
(1987)
Starring: Helena Bonham-Carter, Edward Fox, Fiona Fullerton
Director: John Hough
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Based on the best-selling book by Barbara Cartland, this romantic story follows the life of Serena, the daughter of a gambling-mad Lord. Her life seems doomed when she is married off to a debauched nobleman to pay off a gambling debt, until the handsome Lord Vulcan intervenes.
62%
from 182 members
Currently unavailable
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Hotel Du Lac
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Anna Massey, Denholm Elliott, Patricia Hodge
Director: Giles Foster
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BBC TV adaptation of the award-winning novel by Anita Brookner, which vividly brings to life the characters and atmosphere of the elegant Hotel Du Lac. It is a production of wit, charm, and beautifully observed detail filmed amid the mountains and lakes of Switzerland.
63%
from 564 members
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The Chain
(1985)
Starring: Warren Mitchell, Nigel Hawthorne, Denis Lawson
Director: Jack Gold
Certificate:
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Comical British comedy which takes a sideways look at the potential minefield of moving house, a minefield made even more explosive by the inclusion of such virulent vices as sloth, envy, greed, avarice and pride.
68%
from 69 members
Not available for rental
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Another Country
on DVD
(1984)
Starring: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Anna Massey
Director: Marek Kanievska
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He rebelled against his family. He outraged his friends. Finally he betrayed his country. Rupert Everett turns in an electric performance as Guy Burgess, a key figure in the Cambridge spy ring of the 1940's, who eventually defected to Russia in 1951.
57%
from 3,794 members
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Mansfield Park - BBC
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Bernard Hepton, Anna Massey, Angela Pleasence
Director: David Giles
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Poverty-stricken Fanny Price goes to live with her prosperous aunt and cousins at their country home. As she struggles to adapt to her new lifestyle she begins to attract the attentions of suitors. A BBC adaptation of the novel by Jane Austen.
56%
from 822 members
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Sweet William
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Sam Waterston, Jenny Agutter, Anna Massey
Director: Claude Whatham
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As soon as she meets William (Sam Waterston), Ann (Jenny Agutter) finds herself drawn to him. Their whirlwind romance is rapidly consummated and they decide to live together in Ann's flat. However, Ann soon discovers that William is also in a relationship with her friend Pamela - and is also ..read more »
51%
from 53 members
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Mayor Of Casterbridge
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1978)
Starring: Alan Bates, Anna Massey, Anne Stallybrass
Director: David Giles
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Alan Bates stars as the tormented Michael Henchard in this adaptation of Thomas Hardy's classic novel 'The Mayor Of Casterbridge'. One day, in a destitute and drunken state, Henchard sells his wife and daughter to a sailor at a county fair. Haunted by the memory of this betrayal, the itinerant ..read more »
65%
from 518 members
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Vault Of Horror
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Curt Jurgens, Terry-Thomas, Denholm Elliott
Director: Roy Ward Baker
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Made by Amicus the studio that dripped blood and directed by Roy Ward Baker (ASYLUM), THE VAULT OF HORROR is a collection of five horror tales taken from the E.C. Comic books of the 1950s. The stories are revealed by five men in the form of their recurring dreams.
63%
from 562 members
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Frenzy
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Vivien Merchant, Jon Finch, Alec McCowen
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Alfred Hitchcock entered the 1970s with his commercial reputation virtually in tatters, a far cry from his stature at the start of the 1960s. Then, he'd been in the middle of the massively successful trio of movies, North by Northwest, Psycho, and The Birds, and was a ubiquitous presence on ..read more »
67%
from 2,786 members
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Bunny Lake Is Missing
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Laurence Olivier, Carol Lynley, Keir Dullea
Director: Otto Preminger
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Based on the mystery novel by Marryam Modell (using the pseudonym Evelyn Piper), Bunny Lake Is Missing is a bizarre study in motherhood, kindness, enigma, and insanity. Ann Lake (Carol Lynley), an American freshly relocated to England, wishes to drop off her daughter Bunny for the girl's first day ..read more »
68%
from 322 members
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Peeping Tom - Blu-ray
(1960)
Starring: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
Director: Michael Powell
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Michael Powell's controversial meditation on violence and voyeurism effectively destroyed his career when it was first released, but later generations have come to regard it as a masterpiece.
72%
from 417 members
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Peeping Tom
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Carl Boehm, Moira Shearer, Anna Massey
Director: Michael Powell
Certificate:
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Mark Lewis, assistant cameraman at a London film studio, aspiring movie director, part-time taker of pornographic pictures, and amateur documentary film-maker, has begun murdering women. He kills them, literally, with his camera and films the attacks and the murders. He also surrepititiously films ..read more »
66%
from 4,781 members
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The Robinsons
on DVD
Starring: Hugh Bonneville, Richard Johnson, Anna Massey
Director: Mark Busell, Justin Sbresni
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Set in Wimbledon, South London, THE ROBINSONS is focuses of the dysfunctional family of the title and revolves around Ed; recently divorced at 32 and living in his aunt’s spare room, he’s considered to be the black sheep of the family. But when the family in question counts his miserable older ..read more »
60%
from 68 members
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...A beautifully acted and observed piece of drama with both Anna Massey and Denholm Elliot particularly shining. Some of the characters may have been a little stereotypical ...
