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  • Hugo Weaving: 'Megatron was meaningless to me' - 17 October 2012
    -Actor Hugo Weaving is more than a little embarrassed by the fact he provided the voice of Transformers villain Megatron - because he admits he did no research for the role and simply showed up and read his lines.-The Matrix star never even met moviemaker Michael Bay


  • Weaving leads Captain America villain search - 14 March 2010
    -Sherlock Holmes star Hugo Weaving is in talks to play Captain America's arch-foe in a new movie adaptation of the comic strip.- -The actor, who became a top villain in The Matrix movies, is the frontrunner to play Red Skull in the Joe Johnston-directed film.- - Capt

Hugo Weaving - what members say


  • Bangkok Hilton
  • Bangkok Hilton review by Jcamp from
    Rated - 4.0 stars Bangkok Hilton still delivers 16 June 2011
    ... insight into Thai justice that is both unrelenting and clear. Denholm Elliot, Hugo Weaving and Nicole Kidman (pre Hollywood) act their socks off. Stick with it!...   Read customer review
  • V for Vendetta
  • V for Vendetta review by Gutterstar from Manchester, UK
    Rated - 4.0 stars 10 May 2006
    ... to, whether it’s what we see today or what we have read in an Orwell novel. Hugo Weaving’s performance as the masked protagonist “V” is excellent. No doubt the mask he...   Read customer review

Hugo Weaving - filmography


  • Cloud Atlas (2012)
    Starring: Tom Hanks,  Halle Berry,  Hugh Grant
    Director: Tom Tykwer,  Andy Wachowski
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An exploration of how the actions of individual lives impact one another in the past, present and future, as one soul is shaped from a killer into a hero, and an act of kindness ripples across centuries to inspire a revolution.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 234 members
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  • Legend of the Guardians - The Owls of Ga... on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Emilie de Ravin,  Hugo Weaving,  Helen Mirren
    Director: Zack Snyder
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Soren, a young barn owl, is kidnapped by owls of St. Aggie's, ostensibly an orphanage, where owlets are brainwashed into becoming soldiers. He and his new friends escape to the island of Ga'Hoole, to assist its noble, wise owls who fight the army being created by the wicked rulers of St. Aggie's. ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 11,880 members
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  • Oranges and Sunshine on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Hugo Weaving,  Emily Watson,  David Wenham
    Director: Jim Loach
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Directed by Jim Loach, Oranges & Sunshine tells the real-life story of Margaret Humphreys (Emily Watson), a social worker from Nottingham, who uncovered one of the most significant social scandals in recent times: the forced migration of children from the United Kingdom. Almost singlehandedly, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 8,016 members
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  • The Wolfman - Blu-ray (2009)
    Starring: Benicio Del Toro,  Benicio Del Toro,  Anthony Hopkins
    Director: Joe Johnston
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Remake of the 1941 horror film of the same name set in the 1880s. Benicio Del Toro stars as Lawrence Talbot, a gentleman tormented by the death of his mother and subsequent end of his childhood, who leaves home to try and rid himself of the memories and hurt. However, years later he is contacted by ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 516 members
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  • The Tender Hook on DVD (2008)
    Starring: Hugo Weaving,  Rose Byrne,  Matthew Le Nevez
    Director: Jonathan Ogilvie
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian drama starring Hugo Weaving and Rose Byrne. The film is set in 1920s Sydney, where McHeath (Weaving) rules a criminal empire with a combination of suaveness and savagery that transfixes those around him. The beautiful Iris (Rose Byrne) plays the part of the girl on his arm for the ..read more »
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  • Transformers - Blu-ray (2007)
    Starring: Megan Fox,  Anthony Anderson,  Peter Cullen
    Director: Michael Bay
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    The children's cartoon sci-fi series from the 1980s is brought bang up-to-date in this big-budget, live-action blockbuster with all the essential, state-of-the-art effects you could possibly want. Long ago, on the planet of Cybertron, an alien race divided into two camps - the Autobots, and the ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 7,683 members
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  • V for Vendetta on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Natalie Portman,  John Hurt,  Stephen Fry
    Director: James McTeigue,  Comic Book Classics
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Set against the futuristic landscape of totalitarian Britain, this tense thriller tells the story of a mild-mannered young woman named Evey (Natalie Portman) who is rescued from a life-and-death situation by a masked man (Hugo Weaving) known only as 'V'. Incomparably charismatic and ferociously ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 79,784 members
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  • Little Fish on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  Cate Blanchett,  Martin Henderson
    Director: Rowan Woods
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    Thriller starring Cate Blanchett. Tracy Heart's (Blanchett) past won't let her go. Aged 32, she's spent the past four years recovering from her heroin addiction. Beset by the complex relationships within her family, her world is thrown into further turmoil by the unexpected return of her ex-..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 5,838 members
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  • Peaches on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jacqueline McKenzie,  Tyson Contor,  Giang Le H
    Director: Craig Monahan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Australian drama starring Emma Lung as teenage girl Steph, who has been brought up by her feisty aunt Jude (Jacqueline McKenzie) ever since her pregnant mother Jass (Samantha Healy) and Vietnamese father Chen Poh (Ling Yeow) were killed in a car crash shortly after her birth. When she reads her ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 163 members
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  • Matrix Revolutions on DVD (2003)
    Starring: Harry,  Keanu Reeves,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: The Wachowski Brothers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    The final chapter of the Wachowski brothers' Matrix trilogy (filmed back-to-back with 'Matrix Reloaded') seems to answer all the questions left open in the second instalment. Neo (Keanu Reeves) is still on the quest for truth, but his journey into the real world has left him drained of his power ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 53,585 members
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  • The Magic Pudding (2000)
    Starring: Sam Neill,  John Cleese,  Toni Collette
    Director: Karl Zwicky
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Albert (voiced by John Cleese) is a magic pudding who can turn into any kind of pudding imaginable. However, his skill is very popular amongst the criminal fraternity and Albert is constantly having to run away from people trying to steal him. The most dangerous of the potential thieves is Buncle (..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 27 members
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  • The Matrix on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Keanu Reeves,  Laurence Fishburne,  Laurence Fishburne
    Director: The Wachowski Brothers
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    This hugely successful blockbuster stars Keanu Reeves as Neo, a young computer hacker who comes to believe that the world around him is not as it appears to be. With the aid of mysterious subversive Morpheus (Laurence Fishburne), Neo discovers that his whole existence as he knows it is a lie. ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 80% from 92,486 members
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  • The Custodian on DVD (1993)
    Starring: Essie Davis,  Barry Otto,  Gosia Dobrowolska
    Director: John Dingwall
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Dogwatch A cop who holds little regard for the low-life of New York, witnesses his partner's death in a bar. He shoots the assailant dead, only to discover that it's another cop. In a panic he dumps the body in the river... The Custodian A tough Australian police thriller in which an honest cop ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 109 members
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  • Proof on DVD (1991)
    Starring: Hugo Weaving,  Genevieve Picot,  Russell Crowe
    Director: Jocelyn Moorhouse
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Blind from birth, Martin (Hugo Weaving) trusts no-one except the camera that has replaced his eyes. By taking photos, Martin has proof that the world he senses is the same one other people see. Unfortunately, Martin has never known anyone he trusts enough to describe his photos to him. Until he ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 338 members
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  • ...Almost on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Bruce Spence,  Rosanna Arquette,  Hugo Weaving
    Director: Michael Pattinson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Australian comedy starring Rosanna Arquette as Wendy Walters, an unhappy housewife who creates a fantasy in order to escape the boredom of her marriage. Wendy is obsessed with romance novels and when she becomes convinced that Ronnie is cheating on her, she decides to seek revenge by running off ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 36% from 37 members
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  • Bangkok Hilton (2 discs) on DVD (1989)
    Starring: Norman Kaye,  Judy Morris,  Denholm Elliott
    Director: Ken Cameron
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    All six episodes of the Australian mini-series, starring a pre-Hollywood Nicole Kidman. Katrina (Kidman) is determined to track down her father after she discovers that her family's claims that he is dead are untrue. Travelling to London to meet his family, she discovers the dark past that had led ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 3,473 members
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  • Bodyline (1984)
    Starring: Gary Sweet,  Hugo Weaving,  John Doyle
    Director: Denny Lawrence,  Lex Marinos
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The series is all about showing how and why one of the most vilified cricket strategies came into being. It focuses on Douglas Jardine's drive to get the Ashes back in England and shows that he would not stop at any point as long as he was within the rules.
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 29 members
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  • After The Deluge on DVD
    Starring: Samuel Johnson,  David Wenham,  Hugo Weaving
    Director: Brendan Maher
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Mini-series about a remorseful father suffering from Alzheimer's who is estranged from his three sons. Reliving his old memories, good and bad, the three siblings deal with major turning points in their own lives.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 89 members
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  • Strange Planet on DVD
    Starring: Felix Williamson,  Alice Garner,  Tom Long
    Director: Emma-Kate Croghan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Watch now: Unavailable
    Twentysomething Australian drama. On New Year's Eve, 1998, two trios of friends are celebrating in Sydney. Flatmates Sally, Judy and Alice make their resolutions, while law firm partners Ewan, Joel and Neil are on the lookout for love. In the coming year Judy embarks on a television career and ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 178 members
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