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Joan Allen
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Joan Allen - what members say
review by from London
A compelling, emotionally charged drama 4 May 2004
review by PaulaWestwood from Mossley Lancs
Had Oscar nominations... 20 November 2006
review by from Bristol
An excellent movie from a great writer 6 March 2005
Joan Allen - filmography
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The Bourne Legacy - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen
Director: Tony Gilroy
Certificate: 
The fourth installment of the highly successful BOURNE series sees the return of the franchise's screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, this time stepping into the director's seat for an entry which sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). Edward ..read more »
 
100%
from 1 member
Not available for rental
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The Bourne Legacy
(2012)
Starring: Jeremy Renner, Rachel Weisz, Joan Allen
Director: Tony Gilroy
Certificate:
The fourth installment of the highly successful BOURNE series sees the return of the franchise's screenwriter, Tony Gilroy, this time stepping into the director's seat for an entry which sidelines main character Jason Bourne in order to focus on a fellow estranged assassin (Jeremy Renner). Edward ..read more »
100%
from 1 member
Not available for rental
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Rape Of Europa - Nazi Art Theft
(2009)
Starring: Joan Allen
Director: Richard Berge, Bonnie Cohen, Nicole Newnham
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This two-part series tells the epic story of the systematic theft, deliberate destruction and miraculous survival of Europe’s art treasures during the Second World War. In a journey through seven countries, the programme delves into the violent whirlwind of fanaticism, greed, and warfare that ..read more »
62%
from 5 members
Not currently released
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Hachi - A Dog's Tale
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Certificate: 
This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never ..read more »
79%
from 5,160 members
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Death Race - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Certificate: 
Producer Roger Corman's cult classic film DEATH RACE 2000 gets a millennium overhaul with director Paul W.S. Anderson (EVENT HORIZON, RESIDENT EVIL) behind the wheel. Jason Statham (THE TRANSPORTER, THE BANK JOB) plays Jensen Ames, a prisoner who is serving a sentence for a crime that he didn't ..read more »
68%
from 9,268 members
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Hachi - A Dog's Tale - Blu-ray
(2008)
Starring: Richard Gere, Joan Allen, Sarah Roemer
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Certificate:
This heartwarming true story is an American adaptation of a Japanese tale about a loyal dog named Hachiko. This very special friend would accompany his master to the train station every day and return each afternoon to greet him after work. Sadly his master departs one day, passes away and never ..read more »
87%
from 50 members
Not available for rental
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Death Race
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Jason Statham, Tyrese Gibson, Natalie Martinez
Director: Paul W.S. Anderson
Certificate: 
Terminal Island: The very near future. The world's hunger for extreme sports and reality competitions has grown into reality TV bloodlust. Now, the most extreme racing competition has emerged and its contestants are murderous prisoners. Tricked-out cars, caged thugs and smoking-hot navigators ..read more »
69%
from 30,472 members
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Trumbo
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Joan Allen, Brian Dennehy, Michael Douglas
Director: Peter Askin
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"Trumbo" is the story of screenwriter Dalton Trumbo's remarkable journey from Hollywood royalty to blacklisted writer to Academy Award winner. Focusing on the writer's own indelible words, the film features performances of some of his extraordinary letters, clips from his films and, archival and ..read more »
57%
from 44 members
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The Bourne Ultimatum - Blu-ray
(2007)
Starring: Matt Damon, Julia Stiles, Joan Allen
Director: Paul Greengrass
Certificate: 
The government's most wanted amnesiac super-spy returns in this thrilling third instalment in the Jason Bourne franchise. THE BOURNE ULTIMATUM picks up where the THE BOURNE SUPREMACY left off, with Bourne once again racing around the globe, desperate to uncover the secrets of his identity. Having ..read more »
83%
from 5,197 members
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Bonneville
on DVD
(2006)
Starring: Jessica Lange, Kathy Bates, Joan Allen
Director: Christopher N. Rowley
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When Arvilla Holden promises her husband that she'll cremate him and scatter his ashes, she doesn't expect her promise to be called so soon. Neither does she expect a high-stakes fight with her step-daughter Francine, a Santa Barbara socialite determined to give him a proper burial. Convinced that ..read more »
61%
from 1,581 member
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The Upside of Anger
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Joan Allen, Kevin Costner, Erika Christensen
Director: Mike Binder
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A sharp-witted suburban wife, Terry Wolfmeyer, is left to raise her four headstrong daughters when her husband unexpectedly disappears. Things get even more hectic when she falls for her neighbor Denny, a once-great baseball star turned radio D.J. This leaves her daughters out on a limb. They are ..read more »
57%
from 9,462 members
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Yes
on DVD
(2004)
Starring: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill
Director: Sally Potter
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YES is the story of a passionate love affair between an American woman (Joan Allen) and a Middle-Eastern man (Simon Abkarian) in which they confront some of the greatest conflicts of our generation - religious, political and sexual. Sam Neill plays the betrayed and betraying politician husband and ..read more »
49%
from 2,247 members
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The Mists of Avalon
(2001)
Starring: Anjelica Huston, Julianna Margulies, Joan Allen
Director: Uli Edel
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"The Mists of Avalon", a TNT original miniseries adapted from the acclaimed 1982 epic novel by Marion Zimmer Bradley, transports viewers to King Arthur's Camelot and focuses on the strong and powerful women who ruled over the kingdom. Viviane (Anjelica Huston), her sisters Morgause (Joan Allen) and ..read more »
60%
from 27 members
Currently unavailable
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The Contender
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Gary Oldman, Joan Allen, Jeff Bridges
Director: Rod Lurie
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In THE CONTENDER, the sudden death of the vice president of the United States forces U.S. president Jackson Evans (Jeff Bridges) to pick a replacement. He decides against picking the popular governor of Virginia, Jack Hathaway (William Petersen), and instead makes the radical choice of Senator ..read more »
62%
from 1,468 member
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It's The Rage
on DVD
(2000)
Starring: Joan Allen, Andre Braugher, James Brolin
Director: James D. Stern
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Stern's directorial debut explores issues of violence in American society through three intricately connected stories concerning the ubiquitousness of hand guns. Seven strangers (Allen, Daniels, Sinise, Braugher, Forster, Schwimmer, Brolin, Paquin, Ribisi), must confront deep currents of rage, fear ..read more »
41%
from 64 members
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Pleasantville
on DVD
(1998)
Starring: Tobey Maguire, Joan Allen, Reese Witherspoon
Director: Gary Ross
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Two modern American teenagers are sucked into their television set and end up living in a black-and-white fifties sitcom. Bewildered by their new world's naivete and innocence, they slowly start to add color and spice to the town's life. Eventually, however, they begin to question their influence, ..read more »
69%
from 7,312 members
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The Ice Storm
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: Henry Czerny, Adam Hann-Byrd, Tobey Maguire
Director: Ang Lee
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It is Thanksgiving 1973, and the Carvers and the Hoods are two prototypical suburban families seemingly living the good life in New Canaan, Connecticut. Behind their New Age philosophies and polyester fashions, however, lies deep discontent. One husband carries on an unsatisfying affair with the ..read more »
64%
from 8,835 members
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Face/Off
on DVD
(1997)
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The ordeal of super-heroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer is only beginning after finally capturing his arch nemesis, Castor Troy, an elusive, maniacal terrorist who claimed the life of Archer's son. While Troy languishes in a coma, Archer surgically 'borrows' Troy's face in an attempt ..read more »
70%
from 30,292 members
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Face/Off - Blu-ray
(1997)
Starring: John Travolta, Nicolas Cage, Joan Allen
Director: John Woo
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The ordeal of super-heroic, singularly dedicated FBI agent Sean Archer (John Travolta – BLOW OUT, SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER) is only beginning after finally capturing his arch nemesis, Castor Troy (Nicolas Cage – WILD AT HEART, NATIONAL TREASURE), an elusive, maniacal terrorist who claimed the life of ..read more »
74%
from 3,176 members
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The Crucible
on DVD
(1996)
Starring: Winona Ryder, Daniel Day-Lewis, Paul Scofield
Director: Nicholas Hytner
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The film adaptation of Arthur Miller's classic, fact-based play, which was a veiled metaphor for the "Red Scare" McCarthy Hearings of the 1950s. Set in 1690s Salem, Massachusetts, the story concerns Abigail (Ryder), a teenager who once had an affair with married farmer John Proctor (Day-Lewis). ..read more »
66%
from 4,129 members
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Nixon
on DVD
(1995)
Starring: Anthony Hopkins, Joan Allen, James Woods
Director: Oliver Stone
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A surprisingly sympathetic account of the life of Richard Nixon from Oliver Stone, NIXON stars Anthony Hopkins as the former American president. Told out of chronological order, the film traces Nixon's life from his strict Quaker upbringing, through his rise in the Republican party, to his wounding ..read more »
61%
from 3,543 members
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Ethan Frome
(1993)
Starring: Liam Neeson, Patricia Arquette, Joan Allen
Director: John Madden
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Based on the novel of the same name by Edith Wharton, it is about a husband and wife (Ethan and Zeena), who need an extra hand around the house due to Zeena's debilitated body and constant illness. The young woman who joins them is a beautiful, spirited person. She and Ethan fall in love much to ..read more »
38%
from 6 members
Currently unavailable
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Innocent Moves
(1993)
Starring: Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen, Ben Kingsley
Director: Steve Zaillain
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Though he's only seven, Josh looks at a chessboard and anticipates moves that mature chess players don't even see. He's a malleable young boy with an incredible talent for the game of masterminds. When Josh begins honing his talent, playing a speedy version of the game called "blitz" with hustlers ..read more »
67%
from 275 members
Not currently released
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Searching for Bobby Fischer
(1993)
Starring: Max Pomeranc, Joe Mantegna, Joan Allen
Director: Steven Zaillian
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A sportswriter is thrilled to find his son is a chess prodigy. Taking his son into the amazing world of championship chess, he learns that loving his kid is the best way to mold a champion in this intelligent and fascinating film.
67%
from 22 members
Currently unavailable
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Tucker - The Man And His Dream
(1988)
Starring: Jeff Bridges, Joan Allen, Christain Slater
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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The true story of the automobile designer Preston Thomas Tucker (Jeff Bridges), the American who built a revolutionary car, the 'Tucker Torpedo', 20 years ahead of its time. When industrial giants tried to stop him, he fought back. When they tried to break him, he became a legend.
62%
from 82 members
Currently unavailable
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Peggy Sue Got Married
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Catherine Hicks, Jim Carrey, Joan Allen
Director: Francis Ford Coppola
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A charming twist on the Rip van Winkle fairy tale, Francis Ford Coppola's PEGGY SUE GOT MARRIED tells the story of Peggy Sue Bodell (Kathleen Turner), a 43-year-old wife and mother who, while attending her high school reunion, faints and wakes up back in 1960. Peggy Sue lives with her mom and dad, ..read more »
61%
from 1,992 member
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Manhunter
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
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Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal ..read more »
68%
from 9,040 members
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Manhunter - Blu-ray
(1986)
Starring: Joan Allen, Stephen Lang, Brian Cox
Director: Michael Mann
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Retired FBI agent Will Graham (William L. Petersen) returns to action to hunt down a serial killer by using his ability to get inside the psychopath's mind. However, it was this ability that drove him into retirement in the first place. The process of tracking and capturing the infamous Hannibal ..read more »
70%
from 477 members
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Joan Allen facts
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...ps between two suburban New England families in the 1970's.
Kevin Kline and Joan Allen lead an excellent cast as the couple going through a marital crisis. Kline is h...
