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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Venus 2006  R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Peter O'Toole, Leslie Phillips, Jodie Whittaker, Vanessa Redgrave, Richard Griffiths, Beatrice Savoretti, Philip Fox, Lolita Chakrabarti, Carolina Giammetta, Kellie Shirley, Ashley Madekwe, Ony Uhiara, Cathryn Bradshaw
Aging actors Maurice (Peter O'Toole) and Ian (Leslie Phillips) sit around cafes talking about the theater and the problems of growing old. But things change when Ian's grandniece Jessie (Jodie Whittaker) comes to stay with him. Jessie is very rough around the edges, and Ian sets out to polish her roughness by taking her to the theater and encouraging her to read. Maurice, on the other hand, sees romance in Jessie who is more than 50 years his junior. Although left impotent by prostrate surgery, Maurice employs a sly courtship that brings out the good things in Jessie, and they develop a bond.
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| 1. Cassandra's Dream (2007)
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