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Newton slams Tinseltown casting couch -
17 October 2011
-Actress Thandie Newton has hit out at Hollywood's casting couch culture, revealing she was targeted by "gross" directors trying to "exploit" her naivety.-The English actress broke into the mainstream with her role in 1994 movie Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire C
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Newton fell in love at first sight -
7 November 2009
-Thandie Newton believes in love at first sight - she dumped a boyfriend immediately after meeting her future husband Ol Parker.-
-The RocknRolla star was pursued by a string of men as a young woman, but admits she didn't understand what true love was until she met Park
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Newton shunned Cannes for Cambridge -
3 November 2009
-Thandie Newton refused to join in boozy celebrations to toast the success of her 1995 movie Jefferson In Paris - because she was busy revising for her university exams.-
-The actress studied Archaeology and Anthropology at the prestigious Cambridge University when one
Thandie Newton - what members say
review by from Scotland
Worked for me 19 August 2005
review by from Middlesex
a good blend of Comedy and Drama 26 November 2003
review by A customer from East Yorkshire.
Mission Impossible 2 28 October 2007
Thandie Newton - filmography
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Retreat - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandie Newton
Director: Carl Tibbetts
Certificate: 
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Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
 
55%
from 2,151 members
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Retreat
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Cillian Murphy, Jamie Bell, Thandie Newton
Director: Carl Tibbetts
Certificate:
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Kate and Martin escape from personal tragedy to an Island Retreat. Cut off from the outside world, their attempts to recover are shattered when a Man is washed ashore, with news of airborne killer disease that is sweeping through Europe.
57%
from 3,030 members
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Vanishing on 7th Street
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Hayden Christensen, Thandie Newton, John Leguizamo
Director: Brad Anderson
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Watch now: £3.49
When a massive power outage plunges the city of Detroit into total darkness, a disparate group of individuals find themselves alone. The entire citys population has vanished into thin air, leaving behind heaps of empty clothing, abandoned cars and lengthening shadows.
Soon the daylight begins to ..read more »
46%
from 4,300 members
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2012 - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate: 
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From Roland Emmerich, director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the ..read more »
60%
from 22,327 members
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2012
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Amanda Peet, John Cusack, Woody Harrelson
Director: Roland Emmerich
Certificate:
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From Roland Emmerich, director of The Day After Tomorrow and Independence Day, comes the ultimate action-adventure film, exploding with groundbreaking special effects. As the world faces a catastrophe of apocalyptic proportions, cities collapse and continents crumble. 2012 brings an end to the ..read more »
61%
from 52,902 members
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W.
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Oliver Stone
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
57%
from 17,307 members
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RocknRolla
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton
Director: Guy Ritchie
Certificate:
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London's criminal underworld takes notice of a Russian mobster's shady land deal, a scam that puts millions of dollars up for grabs.
68%
from 51,594 members
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Rocknrolla - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Gerard Butler, Tom Wilkinson, Thandie Newton
Director: Guy Ritchie
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Guy Ritchie returns to form with this cockney crime caper starring Gerard Butler and Tom Wilkinson. Lenny Cole (Wilkinson) is a bungling London crime boss who calls the shots in London's underworld. We learn all about Lenny from Archie (Mark Strong)--his second in command--who serves as the film's ..read more »
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from 10,917 members
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W. - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Josh Brolin, James Cromwell, Ellen Burstyn
Director: Oliver Stone
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
Whether you love him or hate him, there is no question that George W. Bush is one of the most controversial public figures in recent memory. In an unprecedented undertaking, acclaimed director Oliver Stone is bringing the life of our 43rd president to the big screen as only he can. W takes viewers ..read more »
58%
from 3,247 members
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Run, Fat Boy, Run
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Hank Azaria, Ameet Chana, India de Beaufort
Director: David Schwimmer
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The lovable, but grossly overweight Dennis (Pegg) leaves his fiancee Libby (Newton) on their wedding day, only to discover a decade later that she's still his one true love. To win Libby back, he must become marathon-fit to compete with her new wealthy boyfriend and prove that he's still the man ..read more »
68%
from 97,923 members
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Norbit - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Snr.
Director: Brian Robbins
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Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a shy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, ..read more »
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from 1,416 member
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Run, Fat Boy, Run - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Simon Pegg, Hank Azaria, Thandie Newton
Director: David Schwimmer
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The lovable, but grossly overweight Dennis (Pegg) leaves his fiancee Libby (Newton) on their wedding day, only to discover a decade later that she's still his one true love. To win Libby back, he must become marathon-fit to compete with her new wealthy boyfriend and prove that he's still the man ..read more »
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from 3,283 members
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Norbit - HD
(2007)
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Thandie Newton, Cuba Gooding Snr.
Director: Brian Robbins
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Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a shy fellow, raised by Mr. Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage/Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs, Tennessee. As a child, Norbit comes to love Kate, a fellow orphan, but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted. Enter Rasputia, an aggressive, ..read more »
44%
from 315 members
Not currently released
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The Pursuit Of Happyness - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta
Director: Gabriele Muccino
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Will Smith is a father struggling to take care of his young son in this touching tale based on a true story. In San Francisco circa 1981, Chris Gardner's (Smith) luck has run out. A bad business investment, a bevy of parking tickets, and back taxes in addition to rent, childcare, and groceries keep ..read more »
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from 4,927 members
Not currently released
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The Pursuit of Happyness
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Will Smith, Jaden Smith, Dan Castellaneta
Director: Gabriele Muccino
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Inspired by a true story, Chris Gardner (Will Smith) is a bright and talented, but marginally employed salesman. Struggling to make ends meet, Gardner finds himself and his five year old son evicted from their San Francisco apartment with nowhere to go. When Gardner lands an internship at a ..read more »
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from 103,515 members
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Crash - Blu-ray
(2005)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Haggis
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Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car ..read more »
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from 1,146 member
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Crash
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Sandra Bullock, Don Cheadle, Matt Dillon
Director: Paul Haggis
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Crash is a powerful, moving and provocative drama following the intersecting lives of a diverse group of people in Los Angeles. Using a sophisticated, layered structure to tell the stories of a multi-racial group of characters as their lives inter-connect through a sequence of events around a car ..read more »
72%
from 112,346 members
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The Truth About Charlie
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Thandie Newton, Tim Robbins
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme's THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE is a swirling romantic suspense thriller, a remake of the 1963 Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn vehicle, CHARADE. Set in Paris, the film stars Thandie Newton as a British ex-pat whose art dealer husband is murdered while she's on vacation. Arriving home, she is ..read more »
44%
from 1,249 member
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Mission: Impossible 2
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
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This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »
62%
from 30,354 members
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Mission: Impossible 2 - HD
(2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
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This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »
64%
from 326 members
Not currently released
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Mission: Impossible 2 - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Dougray Scott, Thandie Newton
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
This is the action-packed sequel to the 1996 blockbuster, which in turn was based on the popular 1960s television show of the same name. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, leader of the IMF team that is responsible for embarking on top secret, dangerous missions that will maintain world ..read more »
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from 3,247 members
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It Was An Accident
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Max Beesley, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sidh Solanki
Director: Metin Huseyin
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Nicky (Chjwetel Ejiofor) has just been released from prison. However, he can't seem to stay out of trouble. After a series of bizarre incidents, both cops and criminals are out to get him--and all he wants to do is meet up with his dream girl, Noreen (Thandie Newton).
41%
from 119 members
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Besieged
(1998)
Starring: Thandie Newton, David Thewlis, Claudio Santamaria
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Certificate: 
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A young African woman takes lodgings with a reclusive English pianist in the heart of Rome. She is slowly drawn into his life within the elegant and dilapidated house and alive with the music of Bach, Mozart and Grieg.
64%
from 95 members
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Beloved
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Irma P. Hall, Oprah Winfrey, Danny Glover
Director: Jonathan Demme
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Jonathan Demme directs this mysterious and potent drama based on Toni Morrison's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of the same name. Years after the Civil War, in Ohio, a former slave named Sethe (Oprah Winfrey) lives in a small house on some land outside of Cincinnati with her grown daughter, Denver (..read more »
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from 1,400 member
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Gridlock'd
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Tim Roth, Tupac Shakur, Thandie Newton
Director: Vondie Curtis Hall
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When a friend OD's and winds up in a coma, a mismatched pair of Detroit junkies strive to seek help in kicking their heroin habit in government-sponsored programs, only to find themselves drowning in the comical--and sadly accurate--bureaucratic morass of sanctioned detox centers. An authentic, ..read more »
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from 1,647 member
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The Leading Man
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Jon Bon Jovi, Thandie Newton, Barry Humphries
Director: John Duigan
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A brash young American celebrity, Robin Grange (John Bon Jovi), goes to London to star in a major new play, and becomes the central character in a real-life mystery fuelled by intrigue and passion. The playwright of the production, Felix Webb (Lambert Wilson), is having an intense affair with his ..read more »
56%
from 326 members
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Jefferson In Paris
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Nick Nolte, Greta Scacchi, Thandie Newton
Director: James Ivory
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Statesman and 'Declaration Of Independence' author Thomas Jefferson is depicted during the time he served as America's Ambassador to France. The story follows his love life and dramatises a romance (widely believed to be exaggerated) between Jefferson and one of his youthful slaves.
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from 286 members
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Interview with the Vampire - Blu-ray
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
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Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful, charismatic vampire Lestat (Tom Cruise). Though enthralled with the undead lifestyle at first, Louis is ..read more »
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from 2,165 members
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Loaded
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Thandie Newton, Oliver Milburn, Catherine McCormack
Director: Anna Campion
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Seven friends spend a weekend in a country house attempting to make their own horror movie. After taking acid their personal revelations increase as their hold on reality disintegrates.
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from 158 members
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Interview with the Vampire
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst
Director: Neil Jordan
Certificate:
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Anne Rice's best-selling romantic horror tale about the origins of a centuries-old vampire inspired this popular, atmospheric chiller. One of director Neil Jordan's major Hollywood productions, the film stays close to its source material, retaining the frame of a young reporter (Christian Slater) ..read more »
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from 18,502 members
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Flirting
(1991)
Starring: Nicole Kidman, Noah Taylor, Thandie Newton
Director: John Duigan
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Set in early 1960s Australia, the story follows Danny Embling, a pimply-faced youth with leftist leanings and a commanding intellect who is suffering through his time at a posh, all-boys boarding school. Scandal ensues when he becomes involved with Thandiwe Adjewa, a Ugandan student (whose father ..read more »
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from 597 members
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Thandie Newton facts
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