Asylum 2005  R, 92 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: David Mackenzie
Cast: Natasha Richardson, Ian McKellen, Hugh Bonneville, Marton Csokas, Gus Lewis, Joss Ackland, Judy Parfitt, Rhydian Jones, Wanda Ventham, Robert Willox, Maria Aitken, Sarah Thurston, Alwyne Taylor, Hazel Douglas, Anna Keaveney
While her husband, Max (Hugh Bonneville), is assigned to serve as deputy director of a psychiatric hospital, Stella (Natasha Richardson) crosses the path of inmate Edgar (Marton Csokas), becomes attracted to him, and enters into an affair. She helps Edgar escape and follows him despite the fact that she knows he murdered and disfigured his wife. It does not take Stella long to learn that Edgar's brutality does not lie only in his past.
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Blow Dry 2000 R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Paddy Breathnach
Cast: Alan Rickman, Natasha Richardson, Rachel Griffiths, Rachael Leigh Cook, Josh Hartnett, Bill Nighy, Warren Clarke, Rosemary Harris, Hugh Bonneville, Heidi Klum
When the British National Hairdressing Championship comes to the town of Keighley, local resident Shelley (Natasha Richardson) convinces her former husband, Phil (Alan Rickman), and grown son Brian (Josh Hartnett) to enter the contest with her. They agree, and the race is on for the coveted Silver Scissors.
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Conspiracy of Silence 2003 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Deery
Cast: Jonathan Forbes, Hugh Bonneville, Brenda Fricker, Jason Barry, John Lynch, Jim Norton, Sean McGinley, Hugh Quarshie, Harry Towb, James Ellis, Niall O'Brien, Paudge Behan
Celibacy in the Catholic Church and the cover-ups that seem to go along with it is the subject of this story about journalist David Foley (Jason Barry) who sets out to uncover the truth behind HIV-positive priest Father Sweeney's (Patrick Casey) suicide.
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Daniel Deronda 2002  TV, 210 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tom Hooper
Cast: Hugh Dancy, Romola Garai, Jodhi May, Hugh Bonneville, Edward Fox, Amanda Root, David Bamber, Greta Scacchi, Barbara Hershey, Celia Imrie, Michael Attwell, Daniel Evans
George Eliot's classic novel was first telecast on BBC TV and then re-edited into a two-part, two-story series for Masterpiece Theater. One story involves beautiful, but spoiled, Gwendolen Harleth (Ramola Garai) who marries Henleigh Grandcourt (Hugh Bonneville) to regain a family fortune. In the second story, Daniel Daronda (Hugh Dancy) is a young Jew who is attracted to Gwendolen and is influenced by Mordecai (Daniel Evans) who lectures Deronda to be true to his heritage. When Deronda finds his inner-self, he finds true love with Mordecai's sister, Mirah (Jodhi May).
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The Emperor's New Clothes 2001  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alan Taylor
Cast: Ian Holm, Iben Hjejle, Tim McInnerny, Tom Watson, Nigel Terry, Hugh Bonneville, Murray Melvin, Eddie Marsan, Clive Russell, Bob Mason, Trevor Cooper, Chris Langham
If Napoleon did not die in exile and, instead, plotted to regain the throne by trading places with a commoner in Paris is the premise for this enjoyable comedy.
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The Gathering Storm 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Albert Finney, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Linus Roache, Lena Headey, Derek Jacobi, Tom Wilkinson, Ronnie Barker, Hugh Bonneville, Celia Imrie, Tom Hiddleston, Edward Hardwicke
Albert Finney is excellent as Winston Churchill, winning a golden Globe Award for his efforts in this BBC production. It covers the period from the early 1930s when Churchill was a lone voice in warning the nation of the threat posed by the Nazis to his position as Prime Minister. But the centerpiece of the biography is the story of his personal life with his wife, Clementine (Vanessa Redgrave).
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 Iris 2001 R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Judi Dench, Kate Winslet, Hugh Bonneville, Jim Broadbent, Eleanor Bron, Angela Morant, Penelope Wilton, Sioban Hayes, Juliet Aubrey, Joan Bakewell
After 40 years of marriage, playwright/novelist/philosopher Iris Murdoch (Judi Dench) is the subject of husband John Bayley's Jim Broadbent) memoirs. The story skips back and forth from young, sexually adventurous, Oxford student Iris (Kate Winslet) to Alzheimer-ridden Iris in this profile of an amazing woman's life. Jim Broadbent received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor; Judi Dench and Kate Winslet were nominated for Best Actress and Supporting Actress.
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Mansfield Park 1999 PG-13, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Romance
Director: Patricia Rozema
Cast: Frances O'Connor, Embeth Davidtz, Jonny Lee Miller, Alessandro Nivola, Harold Pinter, Lindsay Duncan, Sheila Gish, James Purefoy, Hugh Bonneville, Justine Waddell, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Talya Gordon, Lindsay Duncan, Bruce Byron, Philip Sarson
Based on Jane Austen's novel, set in 1806 London, this story revolves around the premise of Austen's day that money determines society. Fanny Price (Hannah Taylor-Gordon) is a poor ten-year-old girl who has been sent to live with well-to-do relatives in Mansfield Park. She establishes a bond with her cousin, Edmund Bertram (Philip Sarson), and later Fanny (now played by Frances O'Connor) and Edmund (now played by Jonny Lee Miller) fall in love. But love does NOT conquer all in 19th-century England, and when Fanny refuses an arranged marriage to Henry Crawford (Alessandro Nivola), she is sent out on her own.
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 Notting Hill 1999 PG-13, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Roger Michell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Julia Roberts, Richard McCabe, Rhys Ifans, Hugh Bonneville, Emma Chambers, James Dreyfus, Dylan Moran, Tim McInnerny, Gina McKee, Alec Baldwin, Clarke Peters, James Dreyfus, Henry Goodman, Lorelei King
The simple life of bookshop owner William Thacker (Hugh Grant) changes forever when a famous American actress, Anna Scott (Julia Roberts), browses in his London store. Their eyes meet, and sparks begin to fly–to the amazement and enjoyment of his friends and family. They get to know each other better, but forming a relationship isn't easy while under the scrutiny of not only family and friends but the press, as well.
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 Stage Beauty 2004 R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Eyre
Cast: Billy Crudup, Claire Danes, Rupert Everett, Tom Wilkinson, Ben Chaplin, Hugh Bonneville, Zoe Tapper, Richard Griffiths, Edward Fox, Derek Hutchinson, Mark Letheren, Jack Kempton
During England's Puritan era, the roles of women on stage were played by men, and Ned (Billy Crudup) portrayed many women. But when Ned is beaten up and can't play "Desdemona," his dresser, Maria (Claire Danes), takes on the role. Now, the Puritans are out of power, and Charles II decides that women should be on stage. This leaves Ned out in the cold–until rising-star Maria finally catches his eye.
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Underclassman 2005  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy
Director: Marcos Siega
Cast: Nick Cannon, Roselyn Sanchez, Shawn Ashmore, Angelo Spizzirri, Cheech Marin, Hugh Bonneville, Ian Gomez, Kelly Hu, Brandy Heidrick, Johnny Lewis
Underachieving LAPD bicycle cop Tracy Stokes (Nick Cannon) goes undercover at the elite Westbury School to investigate a student's murder that is tied to a stolen-car ring.
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| 1. Asylum (2005)
2. Blow Dry (2000)
3. Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
4. Daniel Deronda (2002)
5. The Emperor's New Clothes (2001)
6. The Gathering Storm (2002)
7. Iris (2001)
8. Mansfield Park (1999)
9. Notting Hill (1999)
10. Stage Beauty (2004)
11. Underclassman (2005)
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