Cassandra's Dream 2007  PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Woody Allen
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Colin Farrell, Hayley Atwell, Sally Hawkins, Tom Wilkinson, Philip Davis, John Benfield, Clare Higgins, Peter-Hugo Daly, Ashley Madekwe, Andrew Howard, Keith Smee, Lee Whitlock
Terry (Colin Farrell) is an alcoholic gambler who works as an auto mechanic and has just bought a house with his girlfriend Kate (Sally Hawkins). His brother Ian (Ewan McGregor), who works for his father's (John Benfield) London restaurant, has fallen for actress Angela Stark (Hayley Atwell) who thinks he has money. Needing cash, these working-class London brothers make a deal with their wealthy Uncle Howard (Tom Wilkinson). They will murder his business associate in return for a large sum of cash. The murder goes as planned but leaves Terry suffering from guilt over the act. Can Ian help Terry find a way to live with it, or will their dark secret be revealed?
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The Cherry Orchard 1999  N/R, 137 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Cacoyannis
Cast: Charlotte Rampling, Alan Bates, Katrin Cartlidge, Owen Teale, Tushka Bergen, Xander Berkeley, Gerard Butler, Andrew Howard, Melanie Lynskey, Ian McNeice
This film is based on one of Russian writer Anton Chekhov's greatest plays. Set in 1900 Russia, the story philosophizes about the fact that freeing the serfs has led to self-made businessmen while members of the aristocracy no longer can afford their accustomed lifestyles. Madame Ranyevskaya (Charlotte Rampling) is faced with a decision: sell the family's cherry orchard to a developer who will cut down all the trees–or risk losing everything.
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The Last Drop 2005  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Colin Teague
Cast: Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Michael Madsen, Alexander Skarsgard, Tommy Flanagan, Sean Pertwee, Laurence Fox, Rafe Spall, Neil Newbon, Coral Beed, Lucy Gaskell, Nick Moran, Andrew Howard
As part of a plan known as Operation Market Garden to end World War II before Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in Holland with the top-secret mission of finding a cache of priceless art stolen by the Nazis. Plans go awry, and seven British soldiers are separated from the others–destined to collide with three German soldiers who also want the artifacts.
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The Lion in Winter 2003 TV, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Andrew Howard, Yuliya Vysotskaya, John Light, Rafe Spall, Clive Wood, Soma Marko, Antal Konrad
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Glenn Close) plans the murder of her aging husband, King Henry II (Patrick Stewart), as the means to put her favorite son, Richard (Andrew Howard), on the throne. Meanwhile, the remaining two sons–John (Rafe Spall) and Geoffrey (John Light)–join forces with France's King Philip (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) in their own plot for Henry II's demise.
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Revolver 2005 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Guy Ritchie
Cast: Jason Statham, Ray Liotta, Vincent Pastore, Andre Benjamin, Terence Maynard, Andrew Howard, Mark Strong, Francesca Annis, Anjela Lauren Smith, Elana Binysh, Faruk Pruti, Bill Moody, Stephen Walters, Vincent Riotta
Gambler Jake Green (Jason Statham) has been released from prison after serving seven years and sets out for revenge against mobster, casino owner Macha (Ray Liotta) who sent him up the river. While in prison, Jake mastered a formula for a con that will make Macha pay for what he has done. Jake turns up at the casino and confronts Macha, but everything goes wrong–including Jake learning from his doctor that he has only three days to live, and that serves to increase his thirst for revenge.
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| 1. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
2. The Cherry Orchard (1999)
3. The Last Drop (2005)
4. The Lion in Winter (2003)
5. Revolver (2005)
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