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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Driving Lessons 2006  PG-13, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Jeremy Brock
Cast: Julie Walters, Rupert Grint, Laura Linney, Nicholas Farrell, Oliver Milburn, Michelle Duncan, Jim Norton, Tamsin Egerton, Rose Keegan, Rupert Holiday
Shy teenager Ben Marshall (Rupert Grint) has been raised by his domineering mother (Laura Linney) and wants to get out from under her thumb. His chance comes when he finds a summer job working for retired actress Evie Walton (Julie Walters) who tricks Ben into a trip to Edinburgh where Ben's eyes are opened–for good and for bad–to a new world.
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Errors, Freaks & Oddities 2002  N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Crooks
Director: Paul Battista
Cast: Jim Norton, Mike Marino, Terry Gillespie, Charlie Callas, Viola Harris, Peter Linari, Irma St. Paule, Glenn Wein, Mark Ellmore, Carmine Battista, Rozie Bacchi, Jessica Alexander
While drinking one night, postman Sol Solzberg (Charlie Callas) tells bartender Nicky (Mike Marino) that he has plans to steal valuable stamps from the post office. Soon after, Sol suffers a heart attack and dies, which signals Nicky to set out with his good friend Paul (Jim Norton) and a moronic group of accomplices to carry out the heist.
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 Hidden Agenda 1990 R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ken Loach
Cast: Frances McDormand, Brian Cox, Brad Dourif, Mai Zetterling, Bernard Bloch, Des McAleer, Jim Norton, Patrick Kavanagh, Bernard Archard, Maurice Roeves, Maureen Bell, Michelle Fairley, Kim Dyson, Oliver Maguire, Ian McElhinney
Set in the war-like environment of Northern Ireland in the early 1980s, this thriller follows a British investigator (Brian Cox) and an international amnesty group activist (Frances McDormand). They investigate possible cover-ups at Britain's highest level that have also resulted in murder. Good performances make this worth a look.
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 The Hound of the Baskervilles 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Adventure / Mystery / Horror
Director: David Attwood
Cast: Richard Roxburgh, Ian Hart, Richard E. Grant, Neve McIntosh, Matt Day, John Nettles, Geraldine James, Ron Cook, Liza Tarbuck, Danny Webb, Richard Hawley, Paul Kynman, Jim Norton, David McNeill, Casper Zafer
Dr. James Mortimer (John Nettles) asks Sherlock Holmes (Richard Roxburgh) for help in protecting Sir Henry Baskerville (Matt Day) who is the heir to the Baskerville estate following his uncle Sir Charles Baskerville's mysterious death. Mortimer tells Holmes and Holmes' assistant, Dr. Watson (Ian Hart), about a curse that supposedly involves a hound that kills the Baskerville heirs. Watson accompanies Sir Henry to the estate where he finds conflicting clues before Holmes arrives at the estate to help solve the case.
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A Love Divided 1999 N/R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sydney Macartney
Cast: Orla Brady, Liam Cunningham, Sarah Bolger, Nicole Bohan, Brian McGrath, Ali White, Peter Caffrey, Tony Doyle, Jim Norton, Joe Gallagher
Catholic Sean Cloney (Liam Cunningham) and Protestant Sheila Kelly (Orla Brady) meet, fall in love, and marry in 1950s' Ireland. All goes well until it comes time for their oldest daughter to enter school, and Sheila finds major problems in what the social structure of Catholics in town expect of her.
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Memoirs of an Invisible Man 1992 PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: John Carpenter
Cast: Chevy Chase, Daryl Hannah, Sam Neill, Michael McKean, Stephen Tobolowsky, Jim Norton, Pat Skipper, Rosalind Chao, Paul Perri, Richard Epcar
After a bizarre accident, Nick Holloway becomes invisible, and a corrupt government agent has devious plans to take advantage of his condition.
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 Straw Dogs 1971  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Cast: Dustin Hoffman, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Del Henney, T.P. McKenna, David Warner, Ken Hutchison, Jim Norton, Peter Arne, Chloe Franks, Donald Webster, Len Jones, Sally Thomsett, Robert Keegan, Cherina Schaer
Quietly studious professor David Sumner (Dustin Hoffman) and his wife Amy (Susan George) move to a rural British home as the means of escaping violence in the city. They hire workers to build their garage, but the workers, led by Charlie Verner (Del Henney), make fun of David and flirt with Amy. Later, the workers take David on a hunting trip; but, they desert him, and then two of them find Amy and rape her. David becomes enraged following the rape and resorts to violence in his effort to fight those responsible. A very violent film (especially for that time).
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Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2008 R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Kevin Smith
Cast: Seth Rogen, Elizabeth Banks, Jennifer Schwalbach Smith, Jason Mewes, Jeff Anderson, Traci Lords, Katie Morgan, Ricky Mabe, Brandon Routh, Gerry Bednob, Justin Long, Craig Robinson, Anne Wade, Tom Savini, Jim Norton
Platonic friends Zack (Seth Rogen) and Miri (Elizabeth Banks) live together in Pittsburgh and decide to make some extra money to pay off their many unpaid bills. The idea of making a porn film comes to them at their high school reunion when they talk to porn actors (Brandon Routh and Justin Long) who are attending the party. In preparation for making their film, they enlist strippers Bubbles (Traci Lords) and Stacey (Katie Morgan) in their project, and then, to top it off, Zack and Miri decide to put themselves in leading roles of the film. Will the act of performing sex in front of the crew be what it takes for true love to enter their lives?
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| 1. Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
2. Driving Lessons (2006)
3. Errors, Freaks & Oddities (2002)
aka: Crooks
4. Hidden Agenda (1990)
5. The Hound of the Baskervilles (2002)
6. A Love Divided (1999)
7. Memoirs of an Invisible Man (1992)
8. Straw Dogs (1971)
9. Zack and Miri Make a Porno (2008)
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