Croupier 1998  N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Clive Owen, Kate Hardie, Alex Kingston, Gina McKee, Nicholas Ball, Nick Reding, Alexander Morton, Paul Reynolds, Ozzie Yue, Kate Fenwick
Struggling author Jack Manfred (Clive Owen) hopes to find material for a book and takes a job as a croupier in a casino. He succeeds in coming up with the idea for a novel, but the late hours and drinking take their toll on his relationship with girlfriend Marion (Gina McKee).
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Heart 1999  N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles McDougall
Cast: Christopher Eccleston, Saskia Reeves, Kate Hardie, Rhys Ifans, Anna Chancellor, Bill Paterson, Matthew Rhys, Jack Deam, Kate Rutter, Nicholas Moss
Gary (Christopher Eccleston) sits in a wheelchair awaiting a new heart after a heart attack, and is convinced that his wife, Tess (Kate Hardie), is having an affair (which she is). When a teen is killed in an accident, Gary gets his heart. Upon recovery, Tess lets him know she is leaving, and, to complicate his life, the teen's mother (Saskia Reeves) becomes infatuated with Gary. The mother wants to be near the man who has her son's heart. A lackluster thriller.
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Mona Lisa 1986 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil Jordan
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Cathy Tyson, Michael Caine, Robbie Coltrane, Clarke Peters, Kate Hardie, Sammi Davis, Rod Bedall, Zoe Nathenson, Joe Brown
Bob Hoskins received an Academy Award nomination for "Best Actor" for his role as George who, upon release from prison, finds the only job available to him is working as a driver for beautiful call girl Simone (Cathy Tyson).
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| 1. Croupier (1998)
2. Heart (1999)
3. Mona Lisa (1986)
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