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McKellen and Molina sign up for Da Vinci Code -
21 April 2005
British actors Ian McKellen and Alfred Molina have joined the cast of the much anticipated screen adaptation of The Da Vinci Code, to be directed by Ron Howard.-McKellen, who played Gandalf in the Lord of the Rings movies and who is also due to appear in X-Men 3, will
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Great Movie !!! 16 July 2005
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19 July 2004
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Stunning 13 November 2003
Alfred Molina - filmography
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Gauguin - Maker of Myth
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Willem Dafoe, Alfred Molina
Certificate: 
Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) moved away from impressionism to create a new art driven less by observation than imagination. His gifts as an artist were matched by his talent for creating myths about places, cultures, and most of all, himself. The former stock broker invented personal mythologies, ..read more »
 
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Abduction - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Taylor Lautner, Lily Collins, Alfred Molina
Director: John Singleton
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
TWILIGHT series star Taylor Lautner stars in director John Singleton's thriller about a teen who finds himself in mortal danger after realizing that his entire childhood has been built on lies. Realizing that the people who raised him aren't his real parents after stumbling across a childhood photo ..read more »
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Rango - Blu-ray
(2011)
Starring: Maile Flanagan, Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher
Director: Gore Verbinski
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A pet chameleon who has lived his entire life in the confines of a cozy glass terrarium discovers adventure beyond his wildest imagination in this animated Western adventure from PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN director Gore Verbinski. When we first meet Rango (voice of Johnny Depp), the sheltered pet ..read more »
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from 7,833 members
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Rango
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Maile Flanagan, John Cothran Jr., Hemky Madera
Director: Gore Verbinski
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Get ready to tango with RANGO, a winner with critics and audiences that's "like nothing you've ever seen before"; (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone). Johnny Depp is spectacular as Rango, a kooky pet chameleon who gets tossed into a wild and raucous town in desperate need of a hero. Refreshingly ..read more »
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from 20,247 members
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Roger And Val Have Just Got In - Series 1
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Dawn French, Alfred Molina
Director: Jamie Rafn
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Written by Emma and Beth Kilcoyne, Alfred Molina (Spider-Man 2) and Dawn French (The Vicar of Dibley) star as the eponymous Roger and Val Stevenson, a middle aged married couple who we see during their first half hour after work once they walk through the front door. This touching, warm-hearted and ..read more »
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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Nicolas Cage, Monica Bellucci, Jay Baruchel
Director: Jon Turteltaub
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Balthazar Blake (Nicolas Cage) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (Alfred Molina). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (Jay Baruchel), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his ..read more »
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The Tempest
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Helen Mirren, Djimon Hounsou, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate:
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In Julie Taymor's version of 'The Tempest,' the main character is now a woman named Prospera. Going back to the 16th or 17th century, women practicing the magical arts of alchemy were often convicted of witchcraft. In Taymor's version, Prospera is usurped by her brother and sent off with her four-..read more »
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Prince of Persia - The Sands of Time
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Jake Gyllenhaal, Gemma Arterton, Ben Kingsley
Director: Mike Newell
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Set in 9th century medieval Persia, a young adventurous prince uncovers a dangerous artefact in a remote mountain kingdom and with the help of an enemy princess, must stop a despot from unleashing a sandstorm that could destroy all mankind. Based on the video-game, 'Prince Of Persia'.
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from 41,662 members
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An Education
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Peter Sarsgaard, Carey Mulligan, Alfred Molina
Director: Lone Scherfig
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A suburban London teen finds her traditional education replaced by something slightly more sinister when an older, more worldly suitor sweeps her off of her feet while placing her future in jeopardy. London, 1961: 16-year-old Jenny (Carey Mulligan) is smart, attractive, and eager to start her adult ..read more »
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from 44,135 members
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An Education - Blu-ray
(2009)
Starring: Emma Thompson, Rosamund Pike, Dominic Cooper
Director: Lone Scherfig
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It's 1961 and attractive, bright 16-year-old schoolgirl, Jenny is poised on the brink of womanhood. Stifled by the tedium of adolescent routine, Jenny can't wait for adult life to begin. One rainy day, her suburban life is upended by the arrival of an unsuitable suitor, 30- ish David. Urbane and ..read more »
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from 7,757 members
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The Pink Panther 2
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Steve Martin, Jean Reno, Emily Mortimer
Director: Harald Zwart
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Insp. Jacques Clouseau teams up with a squad of International detectives who are just as bumbling as he is. Their mission: Stop a globe-trotting thief who specializes in stealing historical artifacts.
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from 2,967 members
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Nothing Like the Holidays
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Elizabeth Pena, Freddy RodrÃguez
Director: Alfredo De Villa
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John Leguizamo ("Ice Age", "Moulin Rouge!"), Freddy Rodriguez ("Six Feet Under", "Bobby"), Debra Messing ("Will & Grace", "The Starter Wife"), and Alfred Molina ("Spiderman 2") lead a hilarious ensemble cast in this humourous and heartwarming holiday story.
It's Christmastime in Chicago, and the ..read more »
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from 1,045 member
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The Lodger
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Simon Baker, Shane West, Rachael Leigh Cook
Director: David Ondaatje
Certificate: 
A couple rents out a room to a mysterious young man, who may or may not be guilty of a series of grisly neighborhood murders. Based on same book used for Alfred Hitchcock's 1927 thriller "The Lodger"
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from 2,919 members
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The Little Traitor
(2007)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Rami Hoebreger
Director: Lynn Roth
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Based on the novel "Panther in the Basement" by the author Amos Oz, "The Little Traitor" sees the difficulties a young Palestinian boy experiences in 1947 when he befriends a member of the occupying British army.
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The Little Traitor
(2007)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ido Port, Rami Hoebreger
Director: Lynn Roth
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Proffi Liebowitz is a militant yet sensitive boy who wants nothing more than for the occupying British to leave his land. He and his two friends spend most of their time plotting ways to terrorize and/or blow up the British until one evening, while he's out after curfew, Proffi is seized by ..read more »
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The Hoax
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Richard Gere, Michael J. Burg, Julie Delpy
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Richard Gere gives one of the best performances of his career in Lasse Hallstrom's vastly entertaining THE HOAX, based on true events. Gere stars as Clifford Irving, a struggling writer desperate to be a famous bestselling author. After his novel gets rejected, he concocts a crazy plot in which he ..read more »
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Silk
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Sei Ashina, Michael Pitt, Tony Vogel
Director: Francois Girard
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The story of a married silkworm merchant-turned-smuggler in 19th century France traveling to Japan for his town's supply of silkworms after a disease wipes out their African supply. During his stay in Japan, he becomes obsessed with the concubine of a local baron.
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from 6,164 members
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As You Like It
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Takuya Shimada, Brian Blessed, Richard Clifford
Director: Kenneth Branagh
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Watch now: £2.49
Japan, the 1880s. Duke Senior (Blessed) is ousted by brother Frederick (Blessed) and flees into the forest. Senior's daughter Rosalind (Dallas Howard) and Frederick's daughter Celia (Garai) set off after him, where Rosalind meets the man she loves (Oyelowo) and befriends him in a male disguise.
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from 2,140 members
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The Da Vinci Code - Blu-ray
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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Dan Brown's best-selling book THE DA VINCI CODE gets adapted for the big screen thanks to director Ron Howard (CINDERELLA MAN), who helms this big budget production. Veteran actor Tom Hanks stars as professor Robert Langdon, whose Parisian lecture tour on feminine symbolism gets disrupted when he's ..read more »
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from 2,886 members
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The Da Vinci Code
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Tom Hanks, Audrey Tautou, Ian McKellen
Director: Ron Howard
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The 2005 best selling novel's big screen adaptation. A murder in the Louvre and clues in Da Vinci paintings lead to the discovery of a religious mystery protected by a secret society for two thousand years -- which could shake the foundations of Christianity.
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from 76,033 members
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Wired to Win
(2005)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Baden Cooke, Jimmy Casper
Director: Bayley Silleck
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"Wired to Win" explores the ability of the human brain to overcome adversity, accomplish the near-impossible and power us to victory and success in life. The film studies of the various aspects of the human brain and its ability to help us achieve success in the face of what seems to be ..read more »
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Spider-Man 2
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
Director: Sam Raimi
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Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual ..read more »
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from 90,732 members
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Steamboy
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Anna Paquin, Patrick Stewart
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
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Katsuhiro Otomo's animation epic - a fusion of two-dimensional and three-dimensional graphics, produced with full digital technology - is finally complete! Ten years in the making, with a total budget of $22 million, Steamboy is the most expensive Japanese anime production ever. The director's ..read more »
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from 5,760 members
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Spider-Man 2 - Blu-ray
(2004)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Kirsten Dunst, Willem Dafoe
Director: Sam Raimi
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Two years have passed since the mild-mannered Peter Parker walked away from his longtime love Mary Jane Watson and decided to take the road to responsibility as Spider-Man. Peter must face new challenges as he struggles to cope with "the gift and the curse" of his powers while balancing his dual ..read more »
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from 75 members
Due for release on 2nd July 2012
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Identity - Blu-ray
(2003)
Starring: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
Director: James Mangold
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IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded ..read more »
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from 3,100 members
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Coffee And Cigarettes
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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Watch now: Included in all packages with LOVEFiLM Instant
A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide - all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim ..read more »
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from 13,841 members
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Identity
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: John Cusack, Ray Liotta, Amanda Peet
Director: James Mangold
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IDENTITY, directed by James Mangold, is a thriller set at an isolated motel in rural Nevada during an unrelenting rainstorm. With all roads washed out and all forms of communication dead, a group of people become stranded at the motel along with the shifty manager (John Hawkes). Among the stranded ..read more »
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from 31,760 members
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Frida - Blu-ray
(2002)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
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Watch now: £2.49
For the first time on Blu-ray: Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's ..read more »
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from 31 members
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Frida
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Salma Hayek, Geoffrey Rush, Alfred Molina
Director: Julie Taymor
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Brilliant colours that bring Frida Kahlo's Mexico City to vibrant life combine with a captivating performance by Salma Hayek to make director Julie Taymor's FRIDA a fascinating film. Starting and ending with Frida on her deathbed, the film spans the famous painter's life from her teenage years to ..read more »
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from 15,258 members
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Undertaking Betty
(2002)
Starring: Hannah Higgins, Joshua Jenkins, Shaun Phillips
Director: Nick Hurran
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An all-star cast graces this enjoyable comedy set in the Welsh countryside, where Boris Plotz (Alfred Molina, THE DA VINCI CODE) has abandoned his childhood dreams of becoming a dancer and marrying Betty (Brenda Blethyn, BEYOND THE SEA, PRIDE & PREJUDICE). Instead, he has become an undertaker, ..read more »
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Chocolat
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Peter Stormare, John Wood, Leslie Caron
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
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Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
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Chocolat - Blu-ray
(2000)
Starring: Juliette Binoche, Johnny Depp, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Lasse Hallstrom's CHOCOLAT is set in the late 1950s, but it might as well be the late 1850s in a small French town where everyone behaves as they should (supposedly), and attends church regularly. When a strong north wind blows through town, it brings the vivacious and mysterious Vianne (Juliette ..read more »
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Pete's Meteor
(1998)
Starring: Brenda Fricker, Mike Myers, Alfred Molina
Director: Joe O'Byrne
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Mike Myers stars in his first dramatic role as Pete, the title character in this Irish drama. Pete is an ex-junkie in the process of turning his life around when his two best friends die unexpectedly. Pete steps in to help raise the deceased's children. He moves in with the children and their ..read more »
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Boogie Nights - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate: 
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It's Los Angeles, 1977, and adult film director Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds) meets Eddie Adams (Mark Wahlberg), a well-endowed dishwasher in a nightclub. Jack recruits Eddie to be his newest star and Eddie, hungry for fame, quickly agrees, changing his name to Dirk Diggler. Soon Dirk is the hottest ..read more »
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from 964 members
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Anna Karenina
(1997)
Starring: Sophie Marceau, Sean Bean, Alfred Molina
Director: Bernard Rose
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Anna is a young and elegant wife of Mr. Karenin, who is wealthy and old. She meets the handsome Count Vronsky. Anna and Vronsky fall in love with each other, and he comes to be with her in St. Petersburg. They are very happy together and make a great looking couple, but soon their happiness gets ..read more »
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Boogie Nights
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Mark Wahlberg, Burt Reynolds, Julianne Moore
Director: Paul Thomas Anderson
Certificate:
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While set within the milieu of the Los Angeles adult film industry, Boogie Nights is less a film about pornography than the serio-comic story of a group of misfits, losers, and lost souls who are embraced by Jack Horner (Burt Reynolds), a director who makes adult films, exotic motion pictures. In ..read more »
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from 16,840 members
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Scorpion Spring
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Ruben Blades, Esai Morales
Director: Brian Cox
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A man passing by the desert road which lies between California and Mexico, comes across a drifter who offers him money for his car in exchange for a trip to Los Angeles. But things are not what they seem...
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Mojave Moon
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Angelina Jolie, Danny Aiello, Anne Archer
Director: Kevin Dowling
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Danny Aiello stars as Al McCord, a nice guy who stumbles into a weekend of wacky intrigue when he impulsively gives Ellie (Angelina Jolie) a ride from Los Angeles to the Mojave Desert. Al never expects Ellie to fall in love with him, nor does he expect to fall for her mother Julie (Anne Archer)! ..read more »
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Before And After
(1996)
Starring: Meryl Streep, Liam Neeson, Edward Furlong
Director: Barbet Schroeder
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The idyllic life of Carolyn and Ben Ryan (Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson) is shattered in an instant when the girlfriend of their teenage son, Jacob (Edward Furlong), is found brutally murdered. Jacob was the last person to see her alive, and he quickly becomes the prime suspect in the case. Worse ..read more »
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from 28 members
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Species
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
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from 6,623 members
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Dead Man
(1995)
Starring: Johnny Depp, Gary Farmer, Gabriel Byrne
Director: Jim Jarmusch
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William Blake (Johnny Depp) set out on an exciting journey to start his life over in a new town with a new job. He never could have prepared himself for what was to come. Through a mysterious chain of events, he becomes involved in a love triangle that ends in a double murder--with him as the ..read more »
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Species - Blu-ray
(1995)
Starring: Ben Kingsley, Michael Madsen, Alfred Molina
Director: Roger Donaldson
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A genetically engineered, shape-shifting creature with extraterrestrial intelligence adopts the form of a beautiful woman to mate with humans and unleash a brood of offspring that will destroy mankind. A team of experts must band together to stop her--it--from accomplishing its diabolical mission.
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from 1,144 member
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Maverick
on DVD
(1994)
Starring: Jodie Foster, Mel Gibson, James Garner
Director: Richard Donner
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An updating of the classic Western TV series "Maverick," this comic oater finds our fast-talking, hard-gambling hero surviving many adventures while trying to come up with enough money to play in a high-stakes poker game. Penned by William Goldman with music by Randy Newman. Academy Award ..read more »
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from 8,659 members
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When Pigs Fly
(1993)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Maggie O'Neil, Marianne Faithful
Director: Sara Driver
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Marty (Alfred Molina) is a down-and-out jazz musician with colorful dreams of making it big, but right now he's living on the edge and making small money by giving music lessons to people who don't seem to want them. His sometimes girlfriend, Sheila (Maggie O'Neill), is a barmaid at the Rose of ..read more »
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The Trial
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Kyle MacLachlan, Anthony Hopkins, Juliet Stevenson
Director: David Jones
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Franz Kafka's posthumously published novel, adapted by Harold Pinter for the screen, is the story of a future authoritarian state where an innocent bank clerk is arrested for no other reason but to assert the state's authority.
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Not Without My Daughter
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sally Field, Alfred Molina
Director: Brian Gilbert
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In 1984, Betty Mahmoody's husband took his wife and daughter to meet his family in Iran. He swore they would be safe. They would be happy. They would be free to leave. He lied.
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Prick Up Your Ears
on DVD
(1987)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Alfred Molina, Vanessa Redgrave
Director: Stephen Frears
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This unadorned biography of playwright Joe Orton (Gary Oldman) charts his bawdy, dangerous relationships. Alfred Molina plays Orton's brutish lover, Kenneth Halliwell, a pathetic figure who becomes horrific and then tragic before the film is over. The hilarity of scenes from such Orton plays as ..read more »
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from 2,784 members
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Letter To Brezhnev
(1985)
Starring: Margi Clarke, Peter Firth, Alexandra Pigg
Director: Chris Bernard
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Two working class girls Teresa and Elaine (Clarke and Pigg) attempt to escape the dreariness of their grimy industrial Liverpool life at the factory by frequenting the local disco in search of sex, adventure and romance. They meet a pair of Russian sailors, Sergei and Peter (Firth and Molina) and ..read more »
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Meantime
on DVD
(1983)
Starring: Marion Bailey, Phil Daniels, Tim Roth
Director: Mike Leigh
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Director Mike Leigh presents another slice-of-life drama--this time focusing on a family of acerbic, terminally unemployed working-class Britons languishing in their East End council house. Frank (Jeff Robert) and Mavis (Pam Ferris) are the endlessly bickering parents of Mark (Phil Daniels) and ..read more »
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The Losers - Complete Series
(1978)
Starring: Alfred Molina, Leonard Rossiter
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A wrestling promoter realises that the public love a loser and looks for a way to make newly discovered wrestler Nigel to lose without him knowing, oftem gettig paid well for doing so. This release includes every episode from the series.
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American Friends
Starring: Michael Palin, Trini Alvarado, Connie Booth
Director: Tristram Powell
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Francis Ashby, a senior Oxford don on holiday alone in the Alps, meets holidaying American Caroline and her companion Elinor, the blossoming Irish-American girl she adopted many years before. Ashby finds he enjoys their company, particularly that of Elinor, and both the women are drawn to him. Back ..read more »
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Number One
on DVD
Starring: Bob Geldof, Alfred Molina, Ray Winstone
Director: Les Blair
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Bob Geldof stars as a man trying to survive in the world of snooker halls, small-time crooks, hookers and corrupt cops. Mel Smith appears as a crooked bookie who helps him to the top in the big-time snooker circuit.
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Alfred Molina facts
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...in the hopes of winning every dollar he needs. But he quickly encounters Angel (Alfred Molina), a roughneck poker player in his own right who tries to kill Maverick (his att...
