Alex Rider: Stormbreaker 2006 PG, 92 min. Genre: Family / Action / Adventure aka: Stormbreaker
Director: Geoffrey Sax Cast: Alex Pettyfer, Ewan McGregor, Bill Nighy, Sophie Okonedo, Mickey Rourke, Missi Pyle, Andy Serkis, Alicia Silverstone, Sarah Bolger, Jimmy Carr, Robbie Coltrane, Stephen Fry, Damian Lewis, Ashley Walters
Following his Uncle Ian's (Ewan McGregor) murder, 14-year-old Alex Rider (Alex Pettyfer) is forced to go undercover as a spy for the Special Operations Division of Britain's Secret Intelligence Service. Alex soon realizes that his uncle had been training him for this work, and he excels as a superspy. As a result, Alex saves millions of children in Great Britain from the diabolical plot of American computer maker Darius Sayle (Micky Rourke).
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Framed 1992 TV, 80 min. Genre: Action
Director: Geoffrey Sax Cast: Timothy Dalton, Timothy West, David Morrissey, Annabelle Apsion, Trevor Cooper, Penelope Cruz, Rowena King, Barry Findleton, James Findleton, Sheila White
Criminal Eddie Myers (Timothy Dalton) is arrested after a few years on the lam following an escape from jail. Eddie had participated in a major robbery, and the police ask him to act as an informant to capture the gang members and recover the stolen millions. Policeman Jimmy (Timothy West) is assigned to Eddie, and as the two hide from gang members, Eddie tries to convince Jimmy to share the entire cache between just the two of them.
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Othello 2001 TV, 90 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Geoffrey Sax Cast: Eamonn Walker, Keeley Hawes, Christopher Eccleston, Christopher Fox, Allan Cutts, Patrick Meyers, Del Synnott, Samantha McDonald, Andrew Charleson, Bill Paterson
"Othello" gets a new persona and setting in this made-for-British TV film. Racial tension reigns in near-future London, and John Othello (Eamonn Walker), a black policeman, is promoted to Police Commissioner over his friend and mentor, Ben Jago (Christopher Eccleston). Jago not only thinks he is best qualified for the job, he desperately wants it. Thus, he starts a campaign of lies against Othello and Othello's white wife.
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White Noise 2005 PG-13, 101 min. Genre: Thriller
Director: Geoffrey Sax Cast: Michael Keaton, Chandra West, Deborah Kara Unger, Ian McNeice, Sarah Strange, Nicholas Elia, Mike Dopud, Marsha Regis, Brad Sihvon, Mitchell Kosterman, L. Harvey Gold, Amber Rothwell, Suzanne ristic, Keegan Connor Tracy, Miranda Frigon
This thriller revolves around the efforts of architect Jonathan Rivers (Michael Keaton) as he tries to make use of the phenomena known as EVP (Electronic Voice Phenomena), which allows him to decipher voices from his deceased wife Anna (Chandra West).
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Widows 2002 PG-13, 270 min. Genre: Drama
Director: Geoffrey Sax Cast: Mercedes Ruehl, Rosie Perez, Brooke Shields, N'Bushe Wright, Jay O. Sanders, Jacob Davis, Timm Zemanek, Nigel Bennett, Colm Feore, Rod Wilson
When an art theft goes awry, the three thieves are killed. But that's not the end of the story; the three widows–Dolly, Linda, and Shirley (Mercedes Ruehl, Rosie Perez, and Brooke Shields)–join forces to complete the job while also finding the killer(s). Along the way they are joined by Bella (N'Bushe Wright) whose missing boyfriend may also have been killed. Originally a TV miniseries.
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| 1. Alex Rider: Stormbreaker (2006) aka: Stormbreaker
2. Framed (1992)
3. Othello (2001)
4. White Noise (2005)
5. Widows (2002)
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