Doctor Sleep 2002  R, 108 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
aka: Close Your Eyes
Hypnotic
Director: Nick Willing
Cast: Goran Visnjic, Shirley Henderson, Miranda Otto, Paddy Considine, Fiona Shaw, Corin Redgrave, Claire Rushbrook, Josh Richards, Sarah Woodward, Andrew Woodall, Sophie Stuckey, Lauren Gabrielle Volpert
While treating police detective Janet Losey (Shirley Henderson) for smoking addiction, hypnotist Michael Strother (Goran Visnjic) makes an unguarded remark. Losey, recognizing that Strother has telepathic powers, puts pressure on him to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer.
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Plunkett & Macleane 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Jake Scott
Cast: Robert Carlyle, Jonny Lee Miller, Liv Tyler, Michael Gambon, Ken Stott, Alan Cumming, Claire Rushbrook, Iain Robertson, Tommy Flanagan, James Thornton
Macleane (Jonny Lee Miller) and Plunkett (Robert Carlyle) are two rogues living in England during the mid-1700s–an era when highwaymen took advantage of the well-to-do aristocracy. Macleane and Plunkett meet and join forces to conduct their own game of ridding society's finest of their assets. They learn quickly, but their partnership is threatened when Macleane falls in love with the beautiful Lady Rebecca (Liv Tyler).
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Secrets & Lies 1996  R, 140 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Timothy Spall, Phyllis Logan, Claire Rushbrook, Marianne Jean-Baptiste, Elizabeth Berrington, Lesley Manville, Michele Austin, Lee Ross, Ron Cook, Emma Amos, Brian Bovell, Travor Laird
A reunion brings together family members for Roxanne's (Claire Rushbrook) 21st birthday. Those attending are Roxanne's lonely mother, Cynthia (Brenda Blethyn); Cynthia's brother, Maurice (Timothy Spall); and his wife, Monica (Phyllis Logan)–and a surprise guest, Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste), a young Black woman searching for her biological mother who turns out to be Cynthia.
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Shiner 2000  R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Irvin
Cast: Michael Caine, Martin Landau, Frances Barber, Frank Harper, Andy Serkis, Claire Rushbrook, Danny Webb, Matthew Marsden, Kenneth Cranham, Peter Wright
Fight promoter Billy "Shiner" Simpson, a small-time crook, now has the chance of a lifetime: manage his son (Matthew Marsden) to the championship. But his past catches up with him when he bets all his money on his son and the son is set up.
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Spice World 1997  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Adventure / Drama / Musical
aka: Spiceworld
Director: Bob Spiers
Cast: Emma Bunton, Geri Halliwell, Melanie Brown, Melanie Chisholm, Victoria Adams, Richard E. Grant, Claire Rushbrook, Alan Cumming, Roger Moore, George Wendt, Meat Loaf, Richard O'Brien, Barry Humphries, Mark McKinney
This film presents an offbeat look at the backstage activities during one day in the lives of the Spice Girls–Baby Spice (Emma Bunton), Ginger Spice (Geri Halliwell), Scary Spice (Melanie Brown), Sporty Spice (Melanie Chisholm), and Posh Spice (Victoria Adams)–as they rehearse, perform, and travel around London aboard a double-decker bus.
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Under the Skin 1997 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Carine Adler
Cast: Samantha Morton, Claire Rushbrook, Rita Tushingham, Christine Tremarco, Stuart Townsend, Matthew Delamere, Mark Womack, Clare Francis, Joe Tucker, Daniel O'Meara
Iris (Samantha Morton) fights her grief over her mother's death through an obsession with erotic fantasies and a frenzy of drinking and casual sex–while wearing her mother's wig and lingerie.
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| 1. Doctor Sleep (2002)
aka: Close Your Eyes
aka: Hypnotic
2. Plunkett & Macleane (1999)
3. Secrets & Lies (1996)
4. Shiner (2000)
5. Spice World (1997)
aka: Spiceworld
6. Under the Skin (1997)
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