The Escapist 2002  R, 88 min.
Genre: Thriller
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Jonny Lee Miller, Andy Serkis, Gary Lewis, Jodhi May, Paloma Baeza, Vas Blackwood, Phil Barantini, Paul Ronan, Barry Barnes, Barry Cassin, Rachel O'Riordan, Des Braiden
Criminal Ricky Barnes (Andy Serkis) breaks into Denis's (Jonny Lee Miller) house, kills Denis's wife, is caught, and sent to prison. The distraught Denis seeks revenge, so he commits a crime, hoping to be put in the prison holding Ricky. In order to gain entry into the high security prison, Denis attempts escape after escape until finally being placed in Ricky's prison. Now, it's revenge time.
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Hideous Kinky 1998 R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Kate Winslet, Said Taghmaoui, Bella Riza, Carrie Mullan, Pierre Clementi, Abigail Cruttenden, Ahmed Boulane, Sira Stampe, Amidou, Kevin McKidd
Set in the hippie-era 1970s, this is the story of a flower-child mother of two daughters who searches for that elusive spiritual enlightenment. The story of Julia's (Kate Winslet) sojourn to Africa with her two young girls in tow is effectively told through her youngest daughter.
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The Last of the Blonde Bombshells 2000  PG-13, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Judi Dench, Ian Holm, Leslie Caron, Olympia Dukakis, Cleo Laine, Joan Sims, Billie Whitelaw, June Whitfield, Thelma Ruby, Valentine Pelka
A seasoned cast brings energy and fun to this lighthearted film. Elizabeth (Judi Dench) played the sax in the all-girl (except for friend Patrick (Ian Holm) who played in drag) swing band–the Blonde Bombshells–during WWII. Fifty years later, after her husband dies, she pulls out the sax and before you know it, she and Patrick are searching for the rest of the band to once again tour.
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The Playboys 1992 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Albert Finney, Aidan Quinn, Robin Wright Penn, Milo O'Shea, Alan Devlin, Niamh Cusack, Ian McElhinney, Stella McCusker, Niall Buggy, Anna Livia Ryan
Set in a small Irish town in the 1950s, this is the story of Tara (Robin Wright) who has a child out of wedlock. This doesn't go over well, and she will not even identify the father. Meanwhile, the constable (Albert Finney), a recovering alcoholic, has his sights set on her, but she will not have anything to do with him. He is also under pressure to stop the smuggling from the North, not knowing that Tara is part of the smuggling. When a Shakespearian troupe comes to town, one of the players (Aidan Quinn) falls for Tara, and she feels the same about him.
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 Regeneration 1997 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Behind the Lines
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Jonathan Pryce, James Wilby, Jonny Lee Miller, David Hayman, Stuart Bunce, Tanya Allen, Dougray Scott, John Neville, Paul Young, Alastair Galbraith, Julian Fellowes, David Robb
Two poets, Siegfried Sassoon (James Wilby) and Wilfred Owen (Stuart Bunce), meet in an asylum during World War I. Owen is there because he could not cope with battlefield horrors, but Sassoon has been committed because he made a public statement condemning the war. Dr. William Rivers (Jonathan Pryce) is the psychiatrist whose job it is to "cure" the men quickly so they can be sent back into battle. Based on a novel by Pat Barker, which is based on the real-life story of Siegfried Sassoon.
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A Simple Twist of Fate 1994 PG-13, 106 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Steve Martin, Gabriel Byrne, Laura Linney, Catherine O'Hara, Stephen Baldwin, Kristoffer Tabori, Michael Des Barres, Ed Grady, Byron Jennings, David Dwyer, Tim Ware
Michael McCann (Steve Martin) lives alone but he learns that love for others is more important than all the gold in the world when he takes in an orphaned young girl.
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Small Faces 1996 R, 109 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Iain Robertson, Joseph McFadden, Steven Duffy, Laura Fraser, Garry Sweeney, Clare Higgins, Kevin McKidd, Mark McConnochie, Steven Singleton, David Walker
Lex Maclean (Iain Robertson), a 13-year-old Glasgow youth, is the youngest of three brothers. His older siblings have opted for diverse lifestyles. Alan (Joseph McFadden) wants to be an artist, and Bobby Steven Duffy) is a gang member. Lex struggles to find his own place in the world.
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Trojan Eddie 1996 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Gillies MacKinnon
Cast: Stephen Rea, Richard Harris, Brendan Gleeson, Sean McGinley, Angeline Ball, Brid Brennan, Stuart Townsend, Aislin McGuckin, Angela O'Driscoll, Jason Gilroy
Trojan Eddie (Stephen Rea) is a fast-talking ex-con who finds his niche in selling every-and-any thing at bargain prices. But Eddie winds up in the middle of an affair between the wife of his boss and her lover, Eddie's assistant. BIG trouble results.
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| 1. The Escapist (2002)
2. Hideous Kinky (1998)
3. The Last of the Blonde Bombshells (2000)
4. The Playboys (1992)
5. Regeneration (1997)
aka: Behind the Lines
6. A Simple Twist of Fate (1994)
7. Small Faces (1996)
8. Trojan Eddie (1996)
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