The Last Minute 2001  R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Norrington
Cast: Max Beesley, Emily Corrie, Tom Bell, Anthony Higgins, Kate Ashfield, Ciaran McMenamin, Jason Isaacs, Joseph Bennett, Udo Kier, Ronnie McCann
Told in flashback, this film relates the story of Billy Byrne's rise and fall. Out to become a famous entertainer, he succeeds, but fame is fleeting, and Billy falls from grace into the crime world.
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The Low Down 2000  N/R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jamie Thraves
Cast: Aidan Gillen, Kate Ashfield, Dean Lennox Kelly, Tobias Menzies, Rupert Procter, Samantha Power, Deanna Smiles, Maggie Lloyd Williams, Agnieszka Liggett, Adam Buxton
Frank (Aidan Gillen) belongs to a group of London Bohemian friends who just can't quite get it together. When Frank is forced into a mature relationship with Ruby (Kate Ashfield), the question becomes: will Frank be able to continue this new view on life?
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Pollyanna 2003  TV, 100 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Sarah Harding
Cast: Amanda Burton, Kenneth Cranham, Georgina Terry, Aden Gillett, Pam Ferris, Kate Ashfield, David Bamber, Tom Ellis, Tom Bell, Ben Thornton, Amanda Walker
This made-for-TV rendition of Eleanor H. Porter's story stars Georgina Terry as the young Pollyanna who cheers up her community and melts the heart of her cranky Aunt Polly (Amanda Burton). Good fare.
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Princess Caraboo 1994 PG, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Michael Austin
Cast: Phoebe Cates, Jim Broadbent, Wendy Hughes, Kevin Kline, John Lithgow, Stephen Rea, Peter Eyre, Jacqueline Pearce, Roger Lloyd-Pack, John Sessions, John Wells, John Lynch, Kate Ashfield, Arkie Whiteley, Ewan Bailey
Supposedly based on a true story, this is the tale of a young woman (Phoebe Cates) who shows up in an English village during the early 1800s speaking a strange language. She is taken in by the Worralls (Jim Broadbent and Wendy Hughes) whose butler, Frexos (Kevin Kline) convinces them to have her tried for vagrancy. During the trial, she uses pantomime to convince the magistrate that her name is "Caraboo" and that she is a princess who was kidnapped by pirates but managed to escape by swimming ashore. The Worralls take her back to their home, but a reporter, Gutch (Stephen Rea), still thinks she is a fraud and investigates to find out whether or not Caraboo is telling the truth. Fun, with a good cast and story.
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Shaun of the Dead 2004 R, 99 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror / Romance
Director: Edgar Wright
Cast: Simon Pegg, Kate Ashfield, Lucy Davis, Nick Frost, Dylan Moran, Bill Nighy, Nicola Cunningham, Keir Mills, Matt Jaynes, Penelope Wilton, Jessica Hynes, Peter Serafinowicz, Gavin Ferguson, Peter Serafinowicz, Horton Jupiter
Zombies have risen from the dead and are feasting on London's citizens. Loser Shaun (Simon Pegg) is determined to keep cool and sets out with his roommate Ed (Nick Frost) and only a cricket bat as a weapon to rescue his girlfriend Liz (Kate Ashfield) and his mother Barbara (Penelope Wilton). His plan is to bring them back to the only place he feels safe: the pub.
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The War Zone 1999 R, 98 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Tim Roth
Cast: Ray Winstone, Lara Belmont, Freddie Cunliffe, Tilda Swinton, Kate Ashfield, Aisling O'Sullivan, Colin Farrell, Annabelle Apsion, Mean Thorp, Kim Wall
In this film–Tim Roth's first directorial effort–the drama revolves around Tom's (Freddie Cunliffe) suspicion that his sister, Jessie (Lara Belmont), has been having an incestuous relationship with their father (Ray Winstone). Tom's self-imposed mission is to find proof.
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| 1. The Last Minute (2001)
2. The Low Down (2000)
3. Pollyanna (2003)
4. Princess Caraboo (1994)
5. Shaun of the Dead (2004)
6. The War Zone (1999)
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