Beowulf 1999  R, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror
Director: Graham Baker
Cast: Christopher Lambert, Rhona Mitra, Oliver Cotton, Gotz Otto, Charles Robinson, Brent Jefferson Lowe, Roger Sloman, Layla Roberts, Vincent Hammond, Robert Willox
Medieval knight Beowulf (Christopher Lambert) battles the evil, man-eating beast, Grendel (Vincent Hammond), that has been devouring warriors at the Outpost.
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 The Dancer Upstairs 2002  R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Malkovich
Cast: Javier Bardem, Juan Diego Botto, Laura Morante, Elvira Minguez, Alexandra Lencastre, Oliver Cotton, Luis Miguel Cintra, Javier Manrique, Abel Folk, Marie-Anne Verganza
Latin American policeman Rejas (Javier Bardem) tracks down a revolutionary guerilla leader while he balances his private world as a loving father, his liaison with his daughter's beautiful ballet teacher (Laura Morante), and the world of corruption in which he operates.
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Eleni 1985  PG, 114 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Peter Yates
Cast: Kate Nelligan, John Malkovich, Linda Hunt, Oliver Cotton, Ronald Pickup, Rosalie Crutchley, Glenne Headly, Dimitra Arliss, Steve Plytas, Peter Woodthorpe
Based on Nicholas Gage's book, this is the story of Nick's (John Malkovich) investigation into the Greek Communists' execution of his mother in the late 1940s.
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Hiding Out 1987  PG-13, 99 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Drama / Romance / Thriller
Director: Bob Giraldi
Cast: Jon Cryer, Keith Coogan, Annabeth Gish, Oliver Cotton, Claude Brooks, Ned Eisenberg, Anne Pitoniak, Tim Quill, John Spencer, Alexandra Auder, Tony Soper, Ned Eisenberg, Marita Geraghty, Steven Small, Johnny Walker
When the mob is looking for Boston stockbroker Andrew Morenski (Jon Cryer), he tries to escape their notice by enrolling as "Max Hauser" in his nephew Patrick's (Keith Coogan) high school, which is located in another state. As he is adjusting to changes since his teenage days, the mob finds Andrew, and a fight in the high school gym ensues.
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The Innocent Sleep 1996 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Scott Michell
Cast: Annabella Sciorra, Rupert Graves, Michael Gambon, Franco Nero, John Hannah, Graham Crowden, Oliver Cotton, Tony Bluto, Paul Brightwell, Campbell Morrison, Hilary Crowson, Kieran Smith
Police dismiss the hanging death of an Italian banker as a suicide, but a homeless man, Alan (Rupert Graves), is a witness and knows it is a case of murder. With help from American reporter Billie Hayman (Annabella Sciorra), Alan is able to prove what really happened. Based on a true story.
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Oliver Twist 1982  TV, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: George C. Scott, Tim Curry, Michael Hordern, Timothy West, Eileen Atkins, Cherie Lunghi, Oliver Cotton, Richard Charles, Lysette Anthony, Eleanor David, Philip Locke, Ann Beach, Artro Morris, John Barrard, Brenda Cowling
Orphan Oliver Twist (Richard Charles) is booted from his juvenile workhouse and joins other orphan boys surviving by pickpocketing on the city streets. Their leader, the evil Fagin (George C. Scott), trains them in the art of pickpocketing, and, of course, they must bring their stolen loot back to him. Along the way, Oliver gets help from Mr. Brownlow (Michael Hordern) and, later, barmaid Nancy (Cherie Lunghi), but it will take a lucky inheritance to save Oliver.
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Out of the Ashes 2003 R, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joseph Sargent
Cast: Christine Lahti, Beau Bridges, Richard Crenna, Bruce Davison, Jonathan Cake, Jolyon Baker, Jessica Beichman, Oliver Cotton, Michelle Fine, Zoie Palmer, Ingrid Veninger, Nina Young
This made-for-TV movie is based on Hungarian Dr. Gisella Perl's (Christine Lahti) memoirs and is told in flashback as she endures intense interrogation by U.S. officials when she attempts to gain U.S. citizenship in 1946. She lost her entire family at the Auschwitz death camp and had come to the U.S. to begin life anew. The interrogation centered around her work as a gynecologist who performed morally questionable abortions at Auschwitz in an effort to save pregnant women from the gas chambers.
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 Shanghai Knights 2003 PG-13, 107 min.
Genre: Action
Director: David Dobkin
Cast: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Fann Wong, Aaron Johnson, Thomas Fisher, Aidan Gillen, Donnie Yen, Oliver Cotton, Alison King, Gemma Jones
The setting is 1880s' London for those mismatched pals–Chon (Jackie Chan) and Roy (Owen Wilson)–in this sequel to their "Shanghai Noon" (2000). Lots of banter and action in this entertaining film.
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Son of the Pink Panther 1993 PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther
Director: Blake Edwards
Cast: Roberto Benigni, Herbert Lom, Claudia Cardinale, Debrah Farentino, Burt Kwouk, Robert Davi, Graham Stark, Jennifer Edwards, Anton Rodgers, Shabana Azmi, Mark Schneider, Mike Starr, Kenny Spalding, Oliver Cotton, Aharon Ipale
Inspector Clouseau fathered an illegitimate son just as bungling as himself. In this story the son, Jacques (Roberto Benigni), gets in the way of an investigation being led by his father's old nemesis, Commissioner Dreyfus (Herbert Lom).
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 Steamboy 2004 PG-13, 126 min.
Genre: Animation / Action / Sci-Fi / Thriller
Director: Katsuhiro Otomo
Cast: Anna Paquin, Alfred Molina, Patrick Stewart, Kari Wahlgren, Robin Atkin Downes, Rick Zieff, Kim Thomson, Mark Bramhall, David S. Lee, Oliver Muirhead, Oliver Cotton, Paula J. Newman, Julian Stone
This animated adventure is set in Victorian England during the Great Exhibition of 1851, which marked strides in the Industrial Revolution. Pre-teen Ray Steam (voice of Anna Paquin) tries to keep the contents of a package containing a "steam ball" from the clutches of the unscrupulous O'Hara Foundation with whom his father (voice of Alfred Molina) is involved. It is Ray's own grandfather (voice of Patrick Stewart) who has sent him the package and given him instructions to protect it. Now, Ray is in the middle of the battle between his grandfather and father to control the development of steam machines.
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| 1. Beowulf (1999)
2. The Dancer Upstairs (2002)
3. Eleni (1985)
4. Hiding Out (1987)
5. The Innocent Sleep (1996)
6. Oliver Twist (1982)
7. Out of the Ashes (2003)
8. Shanghai Knights (2003)
9. Son of the Pink Panther (1993)
aka: Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther
10. Steamboy (2004)
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