The Awakening 1980  R, 102 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Charlton Heston, Susannah York, Jill Townsend, Stephanie Zimbalist, Patrick Drury, Bruce Myers, Nadim Sawalha, Ian McDiarmid, Miriam Margolyes, Ahmed Osman
Matthew Corbeck (Charlton Heston) is an archeologist whose baby daughter is "blessed" with the evil spirit of an ancient Egyptian queen. Based on Bram Stoker's "Jewel of the Seven Stars" and previously filmed as "Blood from the Mummy's Tomb" (1971).
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An Awfully Big Adventure 1995  R, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Georgina Cates, Alan Rickman, Alun Armstrong, Peter Firth, Rita Tushingham, Prunella Scales, Alan Cox, Edward Petherbridge, Gerard McSorley, Clive Merrison, Nicola Pagett, Carol Drinkwater, James Frain, Ruth McCabe
Members of a small repertory theater in London–manager Meredith Polter (Hugh Grant) and cast member Stella Bradshaw (Georgina Cates), a star-struck young actress–learn there is more than meets the eye to the company's leading man, P.L. O'Hara (Alan Rickman).
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Dance with a Stranger 1985  R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Rupert Everett, Ian Holm, Stratford Johns, Joanne Whalley, Matthew Carroll, Tom Chadbon, Jane Bertish, David Troughton, Susan Kyd
This film, set in London during the 1950s, is based on a true story that led to an infamous murder trial. Ruth Ellis (Miranda Richardson) was living with her 10-year-old son when she met playboy David Blakeley (Rupert Everett). Their ensuing romance was doomed from the start and ends with Ruth killing David. Ruth was hanged on 13 July 1955; she is the last woman executed in Great Britain.
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 Donnie Brasco 1997 R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Al Pacino, Johnny Depp, Michael Madsen, Bruno Kirby, Anne Heche, James Russo, Andrew Parks, Zach Grenier, Gretchen Mol, Val Avery, Zeljko Ivanek, Gerry Becker, Robert Miano, Brian Tarantina, Rocco Sisto
Based on FBI agent Joseph D. Pistone's 1989 memoirs, this is the story of how Pistone/Donnie Brasco (Johnny Depp) was able to infiltrate a Brooklyn mob, by acting as a mole, and win the trust of hit-man Lefty Ruggiero (Al Pacino). However, once he wins that trust, the two form a friendship that threatens to undermine Brasco's reason for infiltrating the gang. His friendship with Ruggiero also presents problems in his marriage to Maggie (Anne Heche) as well as his devotion to law and order.
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Enchanted April 1992  PG, 105 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Miranda Richardson, Joan Plowright, Josie Lawrence, Polly Walker, Alfred Molina, Jim Broadbent, Michael Kitchen, Neville Phillips, Stephen Beckett, Matthew Radford, Davide Manuli, Vittorio Duse, Adriana Facchetti, Anna Longhi
Lottie Wilkins (Josie Lawrence) and Rose Arbuthnot (Miranda Richardson) rent a Northern Italian villa and use it as the break form their unhappy marriages. Mrs. Fisher (Joan Plowright) and Caroline Dester (Polly Walker), who Lottie and Rose had not known previously, join them for a month of sunshine during which they form close friendships and reassess their marital relationships. An excellent remake of the 1935 film.
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Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 R, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Hugh Grant, Andie MacDowell, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Simon Callow, James Fleet, John Hannah, David Bower, Charlotte Coleman, Rowan Atkinson, Jeremy Kemp
This story follows the romance of Charles (Hugh Grant) and Carrie (Andie MacDowell) as they confront each other at weddings and a funeral.
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The Good Father 1985  R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Anthony Hopkins, Jim Broadbent, Harriet Walter, Frances Viner, Simon Callow, Miriam Margolyes, Joanne Whalley, Michael Byrne, Jennie Stoller, Johanna Kirby, Stephen Fry, Clifford Rose
Embittered over his own marriage failure and loss of his son's custody, Bill (Anthony Hopkins) encourages, and even funds, his friend Roger's (Jim Broadbent) court case for custody of Roger's young son.
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 2005 PG-13, 157 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Mystery
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint, Emma Watson, Eric Sykes, Timothy Spall, David Tennant, Mark Williams, James Phelps, Oliver Phelps, Bonnie Wright, Tom Felton, Jason Isaacs, Robbie Coltrane, Michael Gambon, Maggie Smith
It is Harry's fourth year at Hogwart's School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and he rejoins friends Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) for more adventures. This time around, Harry is entered in the Tri Wizard Tournament between Hogwarts, Beauxbatons and Durmstrang, which proves to be as dangerous as it is difficult, but Harry perseveres. An Academy Award nomination was received for Best Art Direction.
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Into the West 1992 PG, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Gabriel Byrne, Ellen Barkin, Ciaran Fitzgerald, Ruaidhri Conroy, David Kelly, Johnny Murphy, Colm Meaney, Brendan Gleeson, John Kavanagh, Dave Duffy
This modern-day fairy tale is set in Ireland and begins with Grandfather (David Kelly) finding a beautiful–and perhaps magical–white horse on the beach. He gives it to his two grandsons, Tito (Ruaidhri Conroy) and Ossie (Ciaran Fitzgerald), who live in the slums of Dublin with their ex-"traveler" father, Papa Reilly (Gabriel Byrne). After the horse is taken by the police in order to sell it to a rich man, the boys steal it back and head west on the horse for a magical adventure with the police in pursuit. Some gritty moments, but the ending is happy.
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 Love in the Time of Cholera 2007 R, 138 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Javier Bardem, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Benjamin Bratt, Catalina Sandino Moreno, John Leguizamo, Hector Elizondo, Fernanda Montenegro, Liev Schreiber, Laura Harring, Angie Cepeda, Marcela Mar, Juan Angel
Based on Gabriel Garcia Marquez's 1998 novel, this story is set in Colombia where Dr. Juvenal Urbino (Benjamin Bratt) dies falling out of a mango tree. The day of the funeral, Florentino Ariza (Javier Bardem) arrives and delivers a message to the widow, Fermina (Giovanna Mezzogiorno), informing her that he has been in love with her for the past 51 years. The film then flashes back to their long-ago, ill-fated courtship and continues through their lives over the last half-century.
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 The Man in the Iron Mask 1976 TV, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Patrick McGoohan, Louis Jourdan, Jenny Agutter, Ian Holm, Ralph Richardson, Vivien Merchant, Brenda Bruce, Esmond Knight, Godfrey Quigley, Emrys James, Denis Lawson
Alexandre Dumas' classic novel comes to TV in this good, but not the best, rendition of the twin brothers (both played by Richard Chamberlain)–one of whom is the King of France. The other, the rightful heir to the throne, is raised by the Three Musketeers, led by D'Artagnan (Louis Jourdan), and wears an iron mask to protect his identity.
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 Mona Lisa Smile 2003 PG-13, 117 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: Julia Roberts, Kirsten Dunst, Julia Stiles, Maggie Gyllenhaal, Ginnifer Goodwin, Dominic West, Juliet Stevenson, John Slattery, Marcia Gay Harden, Topher Grace, Laura Allen, Marian Seldes, Donna Mitchell, Terence Rigby, Jennie Eisenhower
Katherine Ann Watson (Julia Roberts) begins the academic year as an art professor at Wellesley College. But, this rebellious, free-thinking UC Berkeley grad may be a bit progressive for her conformist 1953 students at the all-girls' college.
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 Pushing Tin 1999 R, 124 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Newell
Cast: John Cusack, Billy Bob Thornton, Cate Blanchett, Angelina Jolie, Jake Weber, Kurt Fuller, Vicki Lewis, Matt Ross, Jerry Grayson, Michael Willis, Philip Akin, Matt Gordon, Neil Crone, Mick O'Malley, Joe Pingue
Pressures in the world of air traffic control intensify when reckless Russell Bell (Billy Bob Thornton) is transferred into New York's Terminal Radar Approach Control, and the move develops into a competition with the top air traffic controller Nick Falzone (John Cusack). Their rivalry even affects their personal lives when Nick becomes involved with Russell's wife Mary (Angelina Jolie), and Nick's wife Connie (Cate Blanchett) becomes intrigued by Russell. This film is guaranteed not to be shown on your commercial flight!
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| 1. Amazing Grace and Chuck (1987)
2. The Awakening (1980)
3. An Awfully Big Adventure (1995)
4. Dance with a Stranger (1985)
5. Donnie Brasco (1997)
6. Enchanted April (1992)
7. Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994)
8. The Good Father (1985)
9. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005)
10. Into the West (1992)
11. Love in the Time of Cholera (2007)
12. The Man in the Iron Mask (1976)
13. Mona Lisa Smile (2003)
14. Pushing Tin (1999)
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