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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A Fish Called Wanda 1988  R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Charles Crichton, John Cleese
Cast: John Cleese, Jamie Lee Curtis, Kevin Kline, Michael Palin, Maria Aitken, Tom Georgeson, Patricia Hayes, Geoffrey Palmer, Cynthia Cleese, Mark Elwes, Neville Phillips, Peter Jonfield, Ken Campbell, Roger Hume, Al Ashton
George (Tom Georgeson) and stuttering Ken Pile (Michael Palin) make up half of a quartet of jewelry thieves. Rounding out their little group is Wanda Gershwitz (Jamie Lee Curtis) who, as the means of grabbing the jewels for herself, finds a way to get her bumbling lover Otto (Kevin Kline) into the group. After the heist is completed, Wanda and Otto call the police, and George is arrested. But, George has hidden the jewels. As a way to find them, Wanda seduces George's lawyer, Archie Leach (John Cleese)–hoping that as part of George's plea he will reveal to Archie where the jewels are hidden. But, Wanda's tricks are turned when she falls for Archie. Kevin Kline carried away an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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The Grotesque 1995  R, 98 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
Grave Indiscretion
Director: John-Paul Davidson
Cast: Alan Bates, Theresa Russell, Sting, Lena Headey, Jim Carter, Anna Massey, Trudie Styler, Steven Mackintosh, John Mills, Maria Aitken
Eccentric British archaeologist Sir Hugo Coal (Alan Bates) prefers his laboratory to his home and family, both of which he manages to ignore. Then a new butler, Fledge (Sting), enters the picture, and lifestyles undergo a change.
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| 1. Asylum (2005)
2. A Fish Called Wanda (1988)
3. The Grotesque (1995)
aka: Gentlemen Don't Eat Poets
aka: Grave Indiscretion
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