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Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz was born in London, on the 7th March 1971, to an Austrian mother and Hungarian father. A former child model , she studied English at Cambridge University, where she began her acting career. Her theatre company, Talking Tongues, won the Guardian Award at the Edinburgh festival in 1991.
Her first starring role was in Death Machine in 1994. Other notable roles include Stealing Beauty (1995), The Mummy (1999) , Enemy At The Gates (2001), About A Boy (2002), The Shape Of Things (2003), Constantine (2005) and The Constant Gardener (2005), for which she won an Academy Award.
Married to Daniel Craig. (2011)
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Rachel Weisz cut from Malick's new film - report -
29 August 2012
-The Bourne Legacy star Rachel Weisz appears to have been cut from director Terrence Malick's new film.-To the Wonder will debut at the Venice Film Festival in Italy, but fans won't see Weisz in the movie - even though she was cast alongside Ben Affleck and Rachel McA
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Rachel Weisz terrified by Bourne stunts -
9 August 2012
-Actress Rachel Weisz was "genuinely scared" as she filmed stunts for The Bourne Legacy, insisting the scenes were "a challenge".-The Constant Gardener star, who is married to James Bond actor Daniel Craig, teamed up with Jeremy Renner for the action thriller but she
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Rachel Weisz tried to change name -
20 July 2012
-Actress Rachel Weisz was rebuked by her agent for changing her name at the start of her career because her chosen moniker made her sound like a porn star.-The Constant Gardener star grew so tired of teachers botching the pronunciation of her surname, she altered the
Rachel Weisz - what members say
review by bumpkin from Bristol, England
One of the best adventure movies you will see. 10 September 2007
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27 September 2004
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Good Film 24 August 2004
Rachel Weisz - filmography
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Oz - The Great and Powerful
(2013)
Starring: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz
Director: Sam Raimi
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Fantasy adventure directed by Sam Raimi. Acting as a prequel to the much-loved classic 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939), the film explores how the titular hero, Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a largely unsuccessful circus magician in Kansas, may have found his way to the Land of Oz and his early days in the ..read more »
 
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Oz - The Great and Powerful - Blu-ray
(2013)
Starring: James Franco, Michelle Williams, Rachel Weisz
Director: Sam Raimi
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Fantasy adventure directed by Sam Raimi. Acting as a prequel to the much-loved classic 'The Wizard of Oz' (1939), the film explores how the titular hero, Oscar Diggs (James Franco), a largely unsuccessful circus magician in Kansas, may have found his way to the Land of Oz and his early days in the ..read more »
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The Bourne Legacy - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac, Jeremy Renner
Director: Tony Gilroy
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The fourth outing in the popular espionage action thriller franchise based on the Jason Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy, who scripted the first three films, the film moves away from the central Bourne character (played in the opening trilogy by Matt Damon) to ..read more »
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The Bourne Legacy
on DVD
(2012)
Starring: Scott Glenn, Oscar Isaac, Jeremy Renner
Director: Tony Gilroy
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The fourth outing in the popular espionage action thriller franchise based on the Jason Bourne novels by Robert Ludlum. Written and directed by Tony Gilroy, who scripted the first three films, the film moves away from the central Bourne character (played in the opening trilogy by Matt Damon) to ..read more »
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Dream House
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Daniel Craig, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz
Director: Jim Sheridan
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Soon after moving into their seemingly idyllic new home, a family learns of a brutal crime committed against former residents of the dwelling.
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360
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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360 is a kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century. Starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver ..read more »
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360 - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Rachel Weisz, Jude Law
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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360 is a kaleidoscope of interconnected love and relationships linking characters from different cities and countries in a vivid, suspenseful and deeply moving tale of romantic life in the 21st century. Starting in Vienna, the film beautifully weaves through Paris, London, Bratislava, Rio, Denver ..read more »
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Page 8
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Bill Nighy, Andrew Cleaver, Richard Lintern
Director: David Hare
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Made-for-TV intelligence thriller starring Bill Nighy, Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Long-serving MI5 officer Johnny Worricker (Nighy)'s life is thrown into turmoil when his friend and superior, Benedict Baron (Michael Gambon), dies in mysterious circumstances. As well as dealing with the ..read more »
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The Deep Blue Sea
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Tom Hiddleston, Simon Russell Beale
Director: Terence Davies
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Drama based on the Terence Rattigan play, starring Rachel Weisz as a woman who leaves her husband and a socially prosperous life to pursue a love affair with a pilot. Hester Collyer (Weisz) is married to a judge, William (Simon Russell Beale), and enjoys all the material comfort and social ..read more »
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Agora
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Rachel Weisz, Max Minghella, Rupert Evans
Director: Alejandro Amenabar
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4th Century A.D. Egypt under the Roman Empire... Violent religious upheaval in the streets of Alexandria spills over into the City's famous Library. Trapped inside its walls, the brilliant astronomer Hypatia and her disciples fight to save the wisdom of the Ancient World... Among them, the two men ..read more »
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The Lovely Bones - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci
Director: Peter Jackson
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Based on the critically acclaimed novel by Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones, directed by Peter Jackson (Lord Of The Rings, King Kong) and produced by Steven Spielberg, stars Susan Sarandon, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Stanley Tucci and Saoirse Ronan.
The Lovely Bones tells the story of Susan Salmon ..read more »
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The Lovely Bones
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Nikki SooHoo, Amanda Michalka, Jake Abel
Director: Peter Jackson
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Peter Jackson directs this emotional drama based on the bestselling novel by Alice Sebold. Saoirse Ronan stars as Susie Salmon, a 14-year-old girl who was brutally raped and murdered in 1973 by a family neighbour, George Harvey (Stanley Tucci), and now watches over both her family - parents Jack ..read more »
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The Brothers Bloom - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: zachary gordon, Nora Zehetner, Mark Ruffalo
Director: Rian Johnson
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Crime comedy caper starring Adrien Brody, Mark Ruffalo and Rachel Weisz. Brothers Stephen Bloom (Ruffalo) and Bloom Bloom (Brody) have been professional con artists since childhood, and have honed the art of swindling fortunes to perfection. When they meet beautiful but lonely New Jersey heiress ..read more »
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The Brothers Bloom
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Rinko Kikuchi, Nora Zehetner, Rachel Weisz
Director: Rian Johnson
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For as long as they can remember, the Brothers Bloom have had only each other to depend on. From their childhood in a long series of gloomy foster homes to their high-flying lives as international con artists, Stephen and Bloom have shared everything. Stephen brilliantly concocts intricate stories ..read more »
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Definitely, Maybe - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Isla Fisher, Kevin Corrigan, Kevin Kline
Director: Adam Brooks
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Romantic comedy starring Ryan Reynolds. Will Hayes (Reynolds) is a 30-something father who is in the middle of a divorce when his 10-year-old daughter, Maya (Abigail Breslin), asks him to describe his life before he married her mother. For Maya, Will recounts his past as an ambitious young ..read more »
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My Blueberry Nights
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Norah Jones, Jude Law, David Strathairn
Director: Wong Kar-Wai
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A young woman (Jones) takes a soul-searching journey across America to resolve her questions about love while encountering a series of offbeat characters along the way.
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Fred Claus - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: John Michael Higgins, Vince Vaughn, Trevor Peacock
Director: David Dobkin
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Santa's brother is coming to town in this seasonal family comedy. Fred Claus (Vince Vaughn) has spent the best part of his life living under his younger brother Nicholas (Paul Giamatti)'s shadow. When your sibling happens to be Santa, it's not easy living up to his example. While Nicholas became a ..read more »
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The Fountain - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Sean Patrick Thomas, Ethan Suplee, Mark Margolis
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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Darren Aronofsky directs this elegaic time-travelling odyssey, in which Hugh Jackman and Rachel Weisz star in a series of storylines about a man's struggle to save the woman he loves. In one storyline, 16th-century Spanish conquistador Tomas Creo (Jackman) sets out to find the fabled Tree of Life ..read more »
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Eragon
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Gary Lewis, Edward Speleers, Jeremy Irons
Director: Stefen Fangmeier
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Fantasy adventure based on the best-selling novel by Christopher Paolini. Orphaned farm boy Eragon (Edward Speleers) destiny is sealed forever when a mystic stone chooses him for its keeper. But when the stone turns out to be an egg from which a baby dragon is hatched, Eragon realises he has ..read more »
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Constantine
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz, Shia LaBeouf
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Horror starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, a man who was born with a gift he didn't want - the ability to clearly recognise the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin. Constantine was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision, but he ..read more »
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The Constant Gardener
(2005)
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston
Director: Fernando Meirelles
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Hard-hitting political thriller based on the novel by John Le Carre, and the first English-speaking feature from director Fernando Meirelles. When political activist Tessa Quayle (Rachel Weisz, in an Oscar-winning performance) is found brutally murdered in Kenya, her widowed husband, unassuming ..read more »
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The Fountain
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Ethan Suplee, Cliff Curtis, Sean Gullette
Director: Darren Aronofsky
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"The Fountain" is an odyssey about one man's eternal struggle to save the woman he loves. His epic journey begins in 16th-century Spain, where conquistador Tomas (Hugh Jackman) commences his search for the Fountain of Youth, the legendary entity believed to grant immortality. As modern-day ..read more »
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Constantine - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Peter Stormare, Keanu Reeves, Rachel Weisz
Director: Francis Lawrence
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Horror starring Keanu Reeves as John Constantine, a man who was born with a gift he didn't want - the ability to clearly recognise the half-breed angels and demons that walk the earth in human skin. Constantine was driven to take his own life to escape the tormenting clarity of his vision, but he ..read more »
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Envy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Jack Black, Ben Stiller, Sam Lerner
Director: Barry Levinson
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Goofball comedy starring Ben Stiller and Jack Black as Tim Dingman and Nick Vanderpark: best friends, next-door neighbours and co-workers at a sandpaper factory. However, when Nick (Black) comes up with a seemingly hare-brained get-rich-quick idea for a cleaning product, 'Vapoorizer', that makes ..read more »
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Confidence
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Robert Forster, Dustin Hoffman, Lel
Director: James Foley
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What Jake Vig doesn't know just might get him killed. A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from the unsuspecting Lionel Dolby with the help of his crew: Insideman Gordo, Shills Miles, and Big Al--and two corrupt LAPD officers, Lloyd Whitworth and Omar Manzano. ..read more »
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Shape Of Things
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Paul Rudd, Gretchen Mol, Rachel Weisz
Director: Neil LaBute
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Based on the play by Neil LaBute, this is the story of the relationship between art student Evelyn (Rachel Weisz) and art gallery attendant Adam (Paul Rudd). As their relationship deepens, Evelyn begins to treat Adam rather like one of her canvases: there to be transformed by her into what she ..read more »
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Runaway Jury
(2003)
Starring: Jennifer Beals, John Cusack, Bruce Davison
Director: Gary Fleder
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Gary Fleder's film is based on the novel by John Grisham but with a slight change in story: instead of the tobacco industry, the filmmakers decided to use the firearms industry. Attorney, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) is hired by the wife of a man who died in a shooting. She wants to sue the ..read more »
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Runaway Jury - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: John Cusack, Bruce Davison, Dustin Hoffman
Director: Gary Fleder
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Gary Fleder's film is based on the novel by John Grisham but with a slight change in story: instead of the tobacco industry, the filmmakers decided to use the firearms industry. Attorney, Wendell Rohr (Dustin Hoffman) is hired by the wife of a man who died in a shooting. She wants to sue the ..read more »
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About A Boy
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Victoria Smurfit, Nicholas Hoult, Isabel Brook
Director: Paul Weitz, Chris Weitz
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Will is a 36-year-old underachiever with a fear of commitment that leads him to seek out relationships with single mothers, on the assumption that they are more desperate. However, plans go awry when he befriends with Marcus, the weird 12-year-old son of his latest target. Soon, Will and Marcus ..read more »
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The Mummy Returns
(2001)
Starring: Brendan Fraser, John Hannah, Rachel Weisz
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Flanked by fabulous computer-generated battle scenes that would make BRAVEHEART proud, THE MUMMY RETURNS is a fast-paced sequel that surpasses the 1999 original, both directed by Stephen Sommers. Virtually the entire cast has come back for another exciting go-round, this time trying to prevent ..read more »
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Enemy At The Gates
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Eva Mattes, Ron Perlman, Ed Harris
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
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Stalingrad, 1942. Political Officer Danilov (Joseph Fiennes) sees young army recruit Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) in action and realises that he is just what the Russian people need to inspire them in their fight against the German army. Zaitsev is a natural with a rifle, and Danilov arranges for him ..read more »
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The Mummy Returns
on DVD
(2001)
Starring: Oded Fehr, Freddie Boath, Dwayne Johnson
Director: Stephen Sommers
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It is 1933, and 8 years have passed since dashing legionnaire Rick O'Connell and fearless Egyptologist Evelyn fought for their lives against a 3000-year-old enemy named Imhotep. Rick and Evelyn are married now, raising their son Alex in London. A chain of events finds the mummy of Imhotep ..read more »
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Beautiful Creatures
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Iain Glen, Tom Mannion, Maurice Roeves
Director: Bill Eagles
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Dorothy (Susan Lynch) has decided to leave her violent heroin-addict boyfriend and make a new start for herself in London, but just as she is about to leave she witnesses a vicious attack on a young woman, Petula (Rachel Weisz), and intervenes. However, in the ensuing struggle Petula's would-be ..read more »
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Tube Tales
(1999)
Starring: Kelly MacDonald, Ray Winstone, Dexter Fletcher
Director: Charles McDougal, Stephen Hopkins, Bob Hoskins
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A collection of short films set on or around the London underground. Actors Tom Bell, Ray Winstone, Denise Van Outen, Dexter Fletcher and Lee Ross all lend their talents in front of the camera, while a number of their colleagues - including Bob Hoskins, Armando Iannucci, Jude Law and Ewan McGregor -..read more »
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The Mummy - Blu-ray
(1999)
Starring: Patricia Velazquez, Oded Fehr, Jonathan Hyde
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Swashbuckling Egyptian adventure. Brendan Fraser plays Rick O'Connell, an American who discovers Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. He is driven away by locals and arrested. Three years later, Englishman Jonathan (John Hannah) discovers an ancient artefact which he gives to his sister Evelyn (Rachel ..read more »
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Sunshine
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Mark Strong, John Neville, Rosemary Harris
Director: István Szabó, Istvan Szabo, Istvan Szabo
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Ralph Fiennes stars in Istvan Szabo's award-winning story of a Jewish family's rise from poverty to riches and power in the fraying Austro-Hungarian Empire. Spanning over three generations, the story shows the family being left betrayed and powerless whilst trying to come to terms with major events ..read more »
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The Mummy
on DVD
(1999)
Starring: Patricia Velazquez, Oded Fehr, Jonathan Hyde
Director: Stephen Sommers
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Swashbuckling Egyptian adventure. Brendan Fraser plays Rick O'Connell, an American who discovers Hamunaptra, the city of the dead. He is driven away by locals and arrested. Three years later, Englishman Jonathan (John Hannah) discovers an ancient artefact which he gives to his sister Evelyn (Rachel ..read more »
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The Land Girls
(1998)
Starring: Tom Georgeson, Catherine McCormack, Steven Mackintosh
Director: David Leland
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Whilst the men are sent abroad to battle against Hitler's army, England's women are left to do their bit on the homefront. In 1944, three young women - Stella (Catherine McCormack), Ag (Rachel Weisz) and Prue (Anna Friel) - are sent to work on a Dorset farm, where they are forced into an ..read more »
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My Summer With Des
(1998)
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Rachel Weisz, John Gordon Sinclair
Director: Simon Curtis
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Take yourself back to the unforgettable summer of '96, the glorious sunshine, the euphoria of Euro '96... Neil Morrissey (Men Behaving Badly) teams up with 'Match Of The Day' Presenter Des Lynam in this comedy romance about love and football. Neil stars as an unhappy football fan, unsuccessful in ..read more »
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Going All The Way
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Lesle, Amy Locane, Jill Clayburgh
Director: Mark Pellington
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Returning home from the Korean war in 1954, the repressed photographer Sonny Burns (Jeremy Davies) strikes up an unlikely friendship with the confident and outgoing Gunner Casselman (Ben Affleck). Dominated by his religious fanatic of a mother, Sonny envies Gunner his relaxed home life and sexual ..read more »
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Amy Foster
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Zoe Wanamaker, Matthew Scurfield, William Scott-Masson
Director: Beeban Kidron
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Amy Foster (Rachel Weisz) is an outcast, spurned by her own family and accused of being a witch by everyone else in her village. She is also blamed for the storm which caused a shipwreck in which only one man survived. He immediately falls for Amy, but their love for each other causes controversy ..read more »
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Chain Reaction
(1996)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Brian Cox, Morgan Freeman
Director: Andrew Davis
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Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are part of a team of scientists who have developed a new energy source. When their lab is sabotaged and their team leader killed, they become prime suspects. They set out to clear their names and find the real culprit, but the man ..read more »
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Chain Reaction - Blu-ray
(1996)
Starring: Keanu Reeves, Brian Cox, Morgan Freeman
Director: Andrew Davis
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Eddie Kasalivich (Keanu Reeves) and Lily Sinclair (Rachel Weisz) are part of a team of scientists who have developed a new energy source. When their lab is sabotaged and their team leader killed, they become prime suspects. They set out to clear their names and find the real culprit, but the man ..read more »
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Stealing Beauty
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Carlo Cecchi, Jean Marais, Jeremy Irons
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
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This beautiful if ponderous soufflé of a film from director Bernardo Bertolucci serves more as an Italian travelogue than a drama. Liv Tyler stars as Lucy Harmon, an American teenager arriving in the lush Tuscan countryside to visit family friends residing there. Lucy visited four years earlier and ..read more »
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...which makes it fun to watch. I love the brother and sister relationship between Rachel Weisz and John Hannah their constant bickering was really entertaining. The romance b...
