16 Years of Alcohol 2003  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Jobson
Cast: Kevin McKidd, Laura Fraser, Susan Lynch, Jim Carter, Stuart Sinclair Blyth, Michael Morland, Ewen Bremner, Elaine C. Smith, Marcia Rose, Lewis Macleod, Lisa May Cooper
Once the lead singer for Scottish punk band Skids, writer/director Richard Jobson's autobiographical tale revolves around Frankie (Kevin McKidd) who, through flashbacks, remembers his life of violence and alcohol that began when he was a child.
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A Christmas Carol 1999  TV, 95 min.
Genre: Family / Drama / Fantasy
Director: David Hugh Jones
Cast: Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Joel Grey, Ian McNeice, Saskia Reeves, Desmond Barrit, Bernard Lloyd, Dominic West, Trevor Peacock, Liz Smith, Claire Slater, Ben Tibber, Elizabeth Spriggs, Kenny Doughty, Laura Fraser
Patrick Stewart makes an excellent Ebenezer Scrooge in this fine TV adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic Christmas story. After visits from the Ghosts of Christmas Past (Joel Grey), Present (Desmond Barrit), and Future (Tim Potter), Scrooge re-evaluates his treatment of Tiny Tim (Ben Tibber) and and his family. It ranks among the best of the several film renditions.
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Coney Island Baby 2003 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Amy Hobby
Cast: Karl Geary, Laura Fraser, Hugh O'Conor, Tom Hickey, Andy Nyman, Patrick Fitzgerald, Conor McDermottroe, David McEvoy, Thor McVeigh, Sinead Dolan, Marian Quinn
After spending a year in NYC, Billy Hayes (Karl Geary) returns home to Ireland on a quest to woo the woman he left behind: Bridget (Laura Fraser). But, Billy has changed as has Bridget who is now engaged to another man.
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Iron Jawed Angels 2004   TV, 123 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Katja von Garnier
Cast: Hilary Swank, Frances O'Connor, Anjelica Huston, Margo Martindale, Molly Parker, Lois Smith, Patrick Dempsey, Laura Fraser, Vera Farmiga, Brooke Smith, Adilah Barnes, Bob Gunton, Julia Ormond, Carrie Snodgress
Women's suffrage is the theme of this story set in the early part of the 20th century when American feminist Alice Paul (Hilary Swank) and social reformer Lucy Burns (Frances O'Connor) left the mainstream effort and formed a more radical wing fighting for women's right to vote. The title comes from Alice's fight against being force fed while on a hunger strike after being jailed with her suffragettes when they picketed the White House. While she showed courage, the real courage was that of the suffragettes as a whole whose efforts resulted in the ratification of the 19th Constitutional Amendment on July 26, 1920, giving women the right to vote.
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A Knight's Tale 2001 PG-13, 132 min.
Genre: Adventure / Comedy / Romance
Director: Brian Helgeland
Cast: Heath Ledger, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Mark Addy, Paul Bettany, Laura Fraser, Alan Tudyk, Berenice Bejo, James Purefoy, Christopher Cazenove, Scott Handy, Leagh Conwell, Steven O'Donnell, Nick Brimble, Jonathan Slinger
Writer, producer, director Brian Helgeland presents this tale, set in the 14th-century. Knowing that the sport of jousting is reserved for royalty, lowly squire William Thatcher (Heath Ledger) takes on the persona of his dead master Sir Ulrich von Lichtenstein and enters a jousting competition. William wins and with help from friends, Wat and Roland (Alan Tudyk and Mark Addy) along with aspiring writer Geoffrey Chaucer (Paul Bettany), he continues his deception and wins match after match. He even beats the undefeated Count Adhemar (Rufus Sewell) and gains the affection of Lady Jocelyn (Shannyn Sossamon). But, how long will it take before William's deception is exposed?
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Land of the Blind 2006  R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Robert Edwards
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Donald Sutherland, Lara Flynn Boyle, Tom Hollander, Camilla Rutherford, Marc Warren, Robert Daws, Don Warrington, Ron Cook, Laura Fraser, Jonathan Hyde, Harry Eden
In this political satire, a military man, Joe (Ralph Fiennes), befriends political prisoner Thorne (Donald Sutherland) who teaches Joe about corruption within his government, recruits him to aid in the cause, and they work together–for awhile.
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Left Luggage 1998 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jeroen Krabbe
Cast: Laura Fraser, Adam Monty, Isabella Rossellini, Jeroen Krabbe, Topol, Marianne Sagebrecht, Maximilian Schell, David Bradley, Heather Weeks, Miriam Margolyes
During the 1970s a liberal Jewish girl, Chaya (Laura Fraser), finds employment as a nanny for four-year-old Simcha (Adam Monty) in his strict Hassidic home. Chaya becomes devoted to Simcha and, in the process, learns much about his family's beliefs as well as her own.
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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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 Titus 1999 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jessica Lange, Laura Fraser, Angus Macfadyen, Alan Cumming, Harry Lennix, Matthew Rhys, Colm Feore, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, James Frain
Shakespeare's first (and bloodiest) tragedy "Titus Andronicus" is brought to the screen in excellent fashion with a good cast and director–though some may disagree with the liberties taken by Director Taymor. Titus (Anthony Hopkins), though great in battle, cannot cope with forces that destroy his family.
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| 1. 16 Years of Alcohol (2003)
2. A Christmas Carol (1999)
3. Coney Island Baby (2003)
4. Iron Jawed Angels (2004)
5. A Knight's Tale (2001)
6. Land of the Blind (2006)
7. Left Luggage (1998)
8. Small Faces (1996)
9. Titus (1999)
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