The Blackheath Poisonings 1992  TV, 200 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stuart Orme
Cast: Christine Kavanagh, Ian McNeice, Zoe Wanamaker, Judy Parfitt, Patrick Malahide, James Faulkner, Christien Anholt, Julia St. John, Ian Bartholomew, George Anton, Nicholas Woodeson, Donald Sumpter
Set in 19th century Britain, this made-for-TV miniseries chronicles the events surrounding a series of mysterious deaths following a poisoning in an upper-class family. Many suspects exist in this adequate tale.
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Dark Corners 2007  R, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ray Gower
Cast: Thora Birch, Toby Stephens, Christien Anholt, Joanna Hole, Lorraine Bruce, Ray Charleson, Michael J. Reynolds, Alan Perrin, Oliver Price, Glenn Beck, John Bown, Sheryl Gannaway
Susan Hamilton (Thora Birch) is newly pregnant and enjoying a perfect marriage with her husband (Christien Anholt). But there is a problem: when Susan sleeps, she dreams about a mortuary worker, Karen Clarke (also played by Birch), who is being pursued by serial killer Needletooth (Oliver Price). Unable to cope with her nightmares, Susan consults a psychiatrist, Dr. Woodleigh (Toby Stephens). Karen, meanwhile, dreams about Susan, and now Susan is experiencing strange occurrences. What is going on as their consciousness and sub-consciousness begin to intersect?
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 Hamlet 1990  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, John McEnery, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pete Postlethwaite, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney, Trevor Peacock, Christien Anholt
Hamlet (Mel Gibson), the Prince of Denmark, finds his life changing after his father's murder. Soon after Hamlet's father dies, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alan Bates). When his father's ghost (Paul Schofield) appears, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him and orders Hamlet to avenge his murder. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and the death toll rises. Victims include Claudius, Hamlet's friends and family, and even Hamlet. A very good remake of the Shakespeare classic.
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Hard Times 1994  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Barnes
Cast: Bob Peck, Bill Paterson, Alex Jennings, Alan Bates, Harriet Walter, Richard E. Grant, Beatie Edney, Christien Anholt, Patsy Byrne, Dilys Laye
In this made-for-TV adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel criticizing England's industrial revolution, Thomas Gradgrind (Bob Peck) is a school teacher in an industrial town, and his philosophy that facts are the only important thing in life brings tragedy to his family
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Preaching to the Perverted 1997 R, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Guinevere Turner, Christien Anholt, Tom Bell, Julie Graham, Georgina Hale, Julian Wadham, Ricky Tomlinson, Roger Lloyd-Pack, Sue Johnston, Don Henderson, Charlotte Weston, Imogen Bain, Edward Jewesbury, Angela Easterling, Ian Embleton
The London underground S&M world and the government's attempts to stop it are satirized in this funny, near-porno film. Tanya (Guinevere Turner) is the sadomasochistic queen of London, and naive Peter (Christien Anholt) is sent by moral crusader Henry (Tom Bell) to infiltrate and bring back evidence to help his cause. Not unexpectedly, Peter falls for Tanya and longs for the day when she will have "normal" sex.
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| 1. The Blackheath Poisonings (1992)
2. Dark Corners (2007)
3. Hamlet (1990)
4. Hard Times (1994)
5. Preaching to the Perverted (1997)
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