Elizabeth: The Golden Age 2007  PG-13, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Shekhar Kapur
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Clive Owen, Geoffrey Rush, Rhys Ifans, Samantha Morton, Abbie Cornish, Jordi Molla, John Shrapnel, Aimee King, Elise McCave, Penelope McGhie, Eddie Redmayne, Stuart McLoughlin, Adrian Scarborough
In this sequel to "Elizabeth" (1998), Cate Blanchett again takes the title role, and Geoffrey Rush returns as Elizabeth's closest advisor, Sir Francis Waisingham. Elizabeth has now been Queen of England for 27 years and, amidst the changing political and religious moods in 16th-century Europe, is struggling to maintain her position while Spanish King Philip II (Jordi Molla) plots to restore Catholicism to Protestant England. Meanwhile, the story emphasizes the personal side of Elizabeth including her flirtation with Sir Walter Raleigh (Clive Owen) as well as the political intrigue between Elizabeth and her cousin, Mary Queen of Scots (Samantha Morton). The film received an Academy Award for Best Costume Design and was nominated for Best Actress (Blanchett).
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Last Resort 2000  N/R, 75 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Paul Pawlikowski
Cast: Dina Korzun, Artyom Strelnikov, Paddy Considine, Steve Perry, Perry Benson, Katie Drinkwater, Dave Bean, Adrian Scarborough, David Auker, Bruce Byron, Daniel Mobey, Jim Trevellyan, Marcus Redwood, Zoe Sharpe
While a Russian woman and her young son (Dina Korzun and Artiom Strelnikov) wait for political asylum, they are sent to the dreary British town of Stonehaven, a seaside resort featuring an arcade and bingo parlor as its only highlights. There they meet Alfie (Paddy Considine), the arcade manager, with whom they form a strange relationship. Alfie just may come up with a feasible plan to save them from their bleak existence.
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Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Love Is the Devil
Director: John Maybury
Cast: Derek Jacobi, Daniel Craig, Tilda Swinton, Anne Lambton, Adrian Scarborough, Karl Johnson, Annabel Brooks, Richard Newbould, Andy Linden, Tallulah, David Kennedy, Ariel de Ravenel, Gary Hume, Antony Cotton, Damian Dibben
This biography of the British painter Francis Bacon (Derek Jacobi) focuses on his life from the fateful night in 1964 when he encounters a burglar, George Dyer (Daniel Craig), who he invites into his bed. George soon becomes not only Francis' lover but the model for his paintings. But, George is not without demons, including a death wish, and as Francis gains international status as a painter, George's life begins to unravel. 1 User Review
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| | erico 02/28/2007 | | muy bueno |
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St. Ives 1998 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Harry Hook
Cast: Jean-Marc Barr, Miranda Richardson, Richard E. Grant, Anna Friel, Tim Dutton, Cecile Pallas, Michael Gough, Jason Isaacs, Barney Craig, Desmond Barrit, Vernon Dobtcheff, Patrice Melennec, Adrian Scarborough, Chris McHallem, Enda Oates
During the Napoleonic Wars, French Captain Jacques St. Ives (Jean-Marc Barr) is captured and sent to a POW camp in Scotland. The action begins after he meets a local woman, Flora (Anna Friel), the daughter of her protective mother Susan (Miranda Richardson) and is befriended by the commander of the camp, Major Farquhar Chevening (Richard E. Grant). Loosely based on an unfinished Robert Louis Stevenson novel, his last.
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Vera Drake 2004 R, 125 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Imelda Staunton, Philip Davis, Peter Wight, Adrian Scarborough, Heather Craney, Daniel Mays, Alex Kelley, Eddie Marsan, Richard Graham, Ruth Sheen, Helen Coker, Allan Corduner
In 1950s' England, devoted wife/daughter/mother/housekeeper Vera (Imelda Staunton) also works on the side as an abortionist helping women in need of her services in her blue-collar town. When one of her "patients" ends up in the hospital, Vera and her family pay the consequences. Three Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Imelda Staunton) and Director.
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| 1. Elizabeth: The Golden Age (2007)
2. Last Resort (2000)
3. Love Is the Devil: Study for a Portrait of Francis Bacon (1998)
aka: Love Is the Devil
4. St. Ives (1998)
5. Vera Drake (2004)
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