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  • Insomnia
  • Insomnia review by Alfod from West Midlands
    Rated - 4.0 stars Cerebral and Absorbing 11 March 2004
    ...iams is subdued and suitably creepy as the pulp fiction author Walter Finch and Martin Donovan shines brightly but briefly as Hap Eckhart, the partner Dormer shoots accidenta...   Read customer review

Martin Donovan - filmography


  • Unthinkable on DVD (2010)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Michael Sheen,  Brandon Routh
    Director: Gregor Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the story, penned by Peter Woodward with revisions by Orin Moverman, a major threat is posed to the U.S. when the locations of three nuclear devices are shrouded in secrecy by a single terrorist. With only two days before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator (Jackson) and a female FBI ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 8,889 members
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  • Unthinkable - Blu-ray (2010)
    Starring: Samuel L. Jackson,  Michael Sheen,  Brandon Routh
    Director: Gregor Jordan
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    In the story, penned by Peter Woodward with revisions by Orin Moverman, a major threat is posed to the U.S. when the locations of three nuclear devices are shrouded in secrecy by a single terrorist. With only two days before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator (Jackson) and a female FBI ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 5,892 members
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  • The Haunting in Connecticut on DVD (2009)
    Starring: Virginia Madsen,  Elias Koteas,  Amanda Crew
    Director: Peter Cornwell
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Based on a chilling true story, "The Haunting in Connecticut" charts one family's terrifying, real-life encounter with the dark forces of the supernatural. When the Campbell family moves to upstate Connecticut, they soon learn that their charming Victorian home has a disturbing history: not only ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 16,469 members
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  • Wind Chill on DVD (2007)
    Starring: Ned Bellamy,  Emily Blunt,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Gregory Jacobs
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Two college students share a ride home for the holidays. When they break down on a desolate stretch of road, they're preyed upon by the ghosts of people who have died there.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 8,765 members
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  • The Sentinel on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Eva Longoria,  Michael Douglas,  Kiefer Sutherland
    Director: Clark Johnson
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Special Agent Pete Garrison (Michael Douglas) is convinced that a Neo-Nazi aryan disciple has managed to infiltrate the White House. When a White House agent is murdered, Garrison is framed and blackmailed over an affair with the First Lady Sarah Bellentine. He is relieved of his duties, but ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 38,214 members
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  • Weeds - Season 2 (2 discs) on DVD (2006)
    Starring: Mary-Louise Parker,  Elizabeth Perkins,  Romany Malco
    Director: Lee Rose,  Burr Steers
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The second series of Weeds is funnier, darker and more daring! Mary-Louise Parker returns as Nancy Botwin who, after her husband's unexpected death, and struggling to survive financially, has become the neighbourhood pot dealer! Her new business is a hit as everyone seems to want what she's selling!
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 3,621 members
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  • The Quiet on DVD (2005)
    Starring: Camilla Belle,  Elisha Cuthbert,  Edie Falco
    Director: Jamie Babbitt
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    This erotic and suspenseful tale of sex, lies and betrayal stars Elisha Cuthbert as Nina Deer, a pretty cheerleader whose life is turned upside-down by the arrival of her parents’ godchild Dot, a deaf and mute girl recently orphaned by her father’s death. Although Nina looks upon Dot’s deafness ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 2,590 members
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  • Saved on DVD (2004)
    Starring: Jena Malone,  Mandy Moore,  Macaulay Culkin
    Director: Brian Dannelly
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Good girl Mary (Jena Malone) and her domineering best friend Hilary (Mandy Moore) are starting their senior year at the top of the social food chain at American Eagle Christian High School. Until Mary's boyfriend says he thinks he might be gay. And she's convinced she needs to do everything to help ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 8,682 members
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  • Insomnia on DVD (2002)
    Starring: Al Pacino,  Robin Williams,  Hilary Swank
    Director: Christopher Nolan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    In a remote Alaskan town called Nightmute, the murder of a teenage girl has shocked the tight-knit community. The Los Angeles Police Department sends two of its cops--both under investigation by Internal Affairs--to try to solve the crime in Christopher Nolan's film based on Erik Skjoldbjaerg's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 20,852 members
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  • Onegin on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Ralph Fiennes,  Liv Tyler,  Toby Stephens
    Director: Martha Fiennes
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    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 »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 1,799 member
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  • The Hunt For The Unicorn Killer on DVD (1999)
    Starring: Kevin Anderson,  Tom Skerritt,  Naomi Watts
    Director: William A. Graham
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Based on a true story, this tells of Ira Einhorn, credited with being one of the founders of Earth Day, who in the late 60s and early 70s lived with Holly Maddux. When she tries to leave him in 1977, she suddenly disappears and her body is found in a trunk in Einhorn's apartment...
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 46 members
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  • The Opposite of Sex (1998)
    Starring: Christina Ricci,  Martin Donovan,  Lisa Kudrow
    Director: Don Roos
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
    Sixteen-year-old Deedee runs away from Louisiana to live with her half-brother Bill, an English teacher who happens to be gay. Lucia, Bill's sexually-repressed best friend, distrusts her. These suspicions are confirmed when Deedee lures Bill's boyfriend into bed and talks him into stealing $10,000 ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 3,621 members
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  • Spanish Fly (1998)
    Starring: Daphna Kastner,  Martin Donovan,  Antonio Castro
    Director: Daphna Kastner
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Zoe, an American journalist, has come to Madrid to write a book on 'the myth of machismo'. With a string of broken relationships behind her, Zoe thinks she knows what to expect from the capital of 'macho', but her professional and personal preconceptions begin to crumble as she encounters people ..read more »
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  • Living Out Loud (1998)
    Starring: Holly Hunter,  Danny De Vito,  Queen Latifah
    Director: Richard LaGravenese
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A touching drama about a relationship that forms between a recently divorced nurse (Hunter) and her building's elevator operator (Devito). Queen Latifah sparks the film every time she makes an appearance. Good, solid filmmaking that relies on characters and dialogue, not special effects, to make ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 439 members
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  • Book Of Life (1998)
    Starring: P. J. Harvey,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    On the last day of the century, Jesus shows up at JFK airport with his attractive young assistant, Magdalena. Sent by his father to perform the last judgement, Jesus has second thoughts and calls off the Apocalypse. Meanwhile, Satan goes from bar to bar in search of pure souls. Acclaimed director ..read more »
    2 stars out of 5 42% from 870 members
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  • Portrait Of A Lady on DVD (1996)
    Starring: Nicole Kidman,  John Malkovich,  Barbara Hershey
    Director: Jane Campion
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Jane Campion directed this expressive adaptation of the classic novel by Henry James. Isabel Archer (Nicole Kidman) is a young American woman who, after the death of her parents, has been sent to England to visit relatives. While her family's tragedy has left her penniless, Isabel's beauty has ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 2,401 members
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  • Nadja (1994)
    Starring: Peter Fonda,  Elina Lowensohn,  David Lynch
    Director: Michael Almereyda
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    This black-and-white fantasy follows the escapades of Dracula's daughter Nadja, who's living a bohemian lifestyle in New York's East Village. Dr. Van Helsing, the famous vampire hunter, has just put an end to the Count's nocturnal activities. So Nadja and her ailing twin brother Edgar are left to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 25 members
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  • Amateur (1994)
    Starring: Isabelle Huppert,  Martin Donovan
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    A crackpot ex-nun who writes pornographic short stories crosses paths with an amnesiac wandering the streets of New York City. When they set out to uncover his identity, they come face to face with his unsavory past - including a vengeful porno actress and ruthless corporate assassins hot on their ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 203 members
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  • Trust on DVD (1990)
    Starring: Adrienne Shelly,  Martin Donovan,  Merritt Nelson
    Director: Hal Hartley
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    TRUST tells the darkly comic tale of an unlikely romance between Maria (Adrienne Shelly), a well-meaning yet thoughtless pregnant teenager, and Matthew (Martin Donovan), a frustrated young man who assembles and repairs electronics. When Maria and her judgmental father get into a heated argument and ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 1,036 member
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  • Apartment Zero (1988)
    Starring: Hart Bochner,  Colin Firth
    Director: Martin Donovan
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    The proprietor of a Buenos Aires revival-house cinema meets an American "free spirit;" and before long, he has agreed to let the stranger board in his flat, which is decorated with pictures of movie stars. Although the theater owner obsequiously vies for the American's affections, he becomes aware ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 24 members
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  • Day On Fire on DVD
    Starring: Martin Donovan,  Olympia Dukakis,  Carmen Chaplin
    Director: Jay Anania
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Day on Fire is a haunting portrayal of violence. In New York, four women go about their lives, oblivious to the menace that is coming their way. Their paths intersect against the backdrop of a ghastly suicide bombing in Israel, and the strange foreboding wanderings of a mysterious man cruising the ..read more »
    1 star out of 5 17% from 7 members
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Martin Donovan facts

5 most recent films

Unthinkable - 3.5 stars
Shadows & Lies - 3.5 stars
Unthinkable - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - Blu-ray - 3.0 stars
The Haunting in Connecticut - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Weeds - Season 2 - 4.5 stars
Amateur - 4.0 stars
Unthinkable - Blu-ray - 3.5 stars
Unthinkable - 3.5 stars
Trust - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Spanish Fly - 3 stars
Day On Fire - 1.0 stars
Custody Of The Heart - 1.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Mary-Louise Parker - 29 times - show films
Romany Malco - 28 times - show films
Elizabeth Perkins - 28 times - show films
Kevin Nealon - 28 times - show films
Shoshannah Strern - 28 times - show films

Most frequent directors

Craig Zisk - 26 times - show films
Rob Schmidt - 8 times - show films
Mike Garris - 8 times - show films
Stuart Go - 8 times - show films
John Dante - 8 times - show films