 Aeon Flux 2005  PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Karyn Kusama
Cast: Charlize Theron, Marton Csokas, Jonny Lee Miller, Sophie Okonedo, Frances McDormand, Pete Postlethwaite, Amelia Warner, Caroline Chikezie, Nikolai Kinski, Paterson Joseph
It is 400 years into the future, and disease has taken most of Earth's population. But humans do survive in the city-state of Bregna where the leader of a rebellion, Handler (Frances McDormand), sends Aeon Flux (Charlize Theron) on a mission to assassinate a government leader.
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Alien 3 1992 R, 110 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: David Fincher
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Charles S. Dutton, Charles Dance, Paul McGann, Brian Glover, Ralph Brown, Danny Webb, Christopher John Fields, Lance Henriksen, Pete Postlethwaite, Holt McCallany, Christopher Fairbank, Leon Herbert
Sigourney Weaver is back for round three in the continuing saga. This time, as the team heads home, they crash-land on a planet inhabited by prisoners who have been given the chance to rule themselves. The only survivor of the crash is Ripley (Weaver), and, while recovering, she realizes that the killer alien is on this planet. Ripley and the prisoners set out to find and kill the alien, but Ripley is aware that her own time is limited because the alien has implanted an offspring inside her. Good visual effects.
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 Amistad 1997  R, 152 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Morgan Freeman, Anthony Hopkins, Matthew McConaughey, Djimon Hounsou, Nigel Hawthorne, David Paymer, Pete Postlethwaite, Stellan Skarsgard, Anna Paquin, Xander Berkeley, Razaaq Adoti, Tomas Milian, Chiwetel Ejiofor
In 1839, a revolt broke out aboard the Spanish slave ship, Amistad. This is the story of those involved and of the slavery issue that divided the United States at that time in history. Anthony Hopkins was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor.
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Among Giants 1998  R, 94 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sam Miller
Cast: Rachel Griffiths, Pete Postlethwaite, James Thornton, Rob Jarvis, Andy Serkis, Lennie James, Alan Williams, Emma Cunniffe, Steve Huison, Sharon Bower
Ray (Pete Postlethwaite) and his cohorts are painting towers on the Yorkshire moors when Gerry (Rachel Griffiths) happens upon them and asks for a job. Suddenly life changes for this all-male work party as the beautiful Gerry moves into their midst.
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Animal Farm 1999 TV, 91 min.
Genre: Family / Drama
Director: John Stephenson
Cast: Kelsey Grammer, Patrick Stewart, Ian Holm, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Julia Ormond, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Scofield, Peter Ustinov, Alan Stanford, Caroline Gray, Gail Fitzpatrick, Jimmy Keogh, Jer O'Leary
George Orwell's allegory of Communist Russia is told in this film about the animals on Manor Farm. Led by the pig, Old Major (voice of Peter Ustinov), the animals stage a revolution only to find out that one very ambitious pig, Napoleon (voice of Patrick Stewart), deems himself "more equal than others" and turns their dreamed-of Utopia into a world they had not envisioned.
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Between Strangers 2002 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edoardo Ponti
Cast: Sophia Loren, Mira Sorvino, Deborah Kara Unger, Pete Postlethwaite, Klaus Maria Brandauer, Gerard Depardieu, Malcolm McDonald, Wendy Crewson, Andrew Tarbet, John Neville, Gerry Mendicino, Kathryn Winslow
The stories of three women, each trying to overcome past or current demons, are loosely intertwined through a shallow plot. Good cast, but not a great directorial debut for Sophia Loren's son Edoardo Ponti.
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Brassed Off 1997  R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Tara Fitzgerald, Ewan McGregor, Stephen Tompkinson, Jim Carter, Philip Jackson, Stephen Moore, Peter Martin, Sue Johnston, Mary Healey
A nuclear power plant is being considered for the new source of power, and this means that the town of Grimley will fold when its coal pits are closed down. One last moment of glory is possible if the miners' brass band can win the national competition. Enter Gloria (Tara Fitzgerald) with her flugelhorn, and bandleader Danny (Pete Postlethwaite) foresees a win for his band.
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 The Constant Gardener 2005 R, 129 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller / Romance
Director: Fernando Meirelles
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Danny Huston, Hubert Kounde, Daniele Harford, Bill Nighy, Pete Postlethwaite, Gerard McSorley, John Keogh, Archie Panjabi, Richard McCabe, Donald Sumpter, Keith Pearson, John Sibi-Okumu, Nick Reding
Based on John le Carre's novel, activist Tessa (Rachel Weisz) uncovers the fact that a pharmaceutical company is testing its drugs on African natives. She tries to expose the conspiracy and is killed. Her widower, British High Commission diplomat Justin Quayle (Ralph Fiennes), takes on the investigation in pursuit of not only Tessa's murderer but the possibility of Tessa's unfaithfulness to him as well. Weisz won an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress, and the film received three additional nominations.
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Dark Water 2005  PG-13, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Walter Salles
Cast: Jennifer Connelly, John C. Reilly, Tim Roth, Dougray Scott, Pete Postlethwaite, Camryn Manheim, Ariel Gade, Perla Haney-Jardine, Debra Monk, Linda Emond, Bill Buell, Elina Lowensohn
Dahlia (Jennifer Connelly) and her six-year-old daughter Ceci (Ariel Gade) find refuge in a run-down apartment following Dahlia's separation from Kyle (Dougray Scott). But their security comes into question when black ooze seeps into the apartment and footsteps are heard in the vacant apartment above. Could ghosts be involved?
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Distant Voices, Still Lives 1988 PG-13, 84 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Terence Davies
Cast: Freda Dowie, Pete Postlethwaite, Angela Walsh, Dean Williams, Lorraine Ashbourne, Michael Starke, Jean Boht, Sally Davies, Debi Jones, Carl Chase, Nathan Walsh, Andrew Schofield, Chris Darwin, Frances Dell, Matthew Long
This two-part film begins with "Distant Voices" and features a wedding and a funeral. Loosely based on director Terence Davies' family, the story looks at his dysfunctional family in which the son Tony (Dean Williams) and his mother (Freda Dowie) must deal with memories of Tony's violent father (Pete Postlethwaite). It begins with the family posing with the picture of their father at his funeral and remembering him. Memories of the past are next brought up at Tony's sister Eileen's (Angela Walsh) wedding when Eileen grieves for her father, but Tony and his mother share different memories. Later, in part two, "Still Lives," at another wedding, the film probes the two years between and reopens emotional scars. Sequel: "The Long Day Closes."
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Dragonheart 1996 PG-13, 108 min.
Genre: Animation / Adventure / Fantasy / Drama
Director: Rob Cohen
Cast: Dennis Quaid, Sean Connery, David Thewlis, Dina Meyer, Julie Christie, Pete Postlethwaite, Brian Thompson, Jason Isaacs, Lee Oakes, Wolf Christian, Terry O'Neill, Eva Vejmelková
In this medieval tale (actually three stories in one), Draco (voice of Sean Connery) is a dragon with a Scottish accent that joins forces with an embittered dragon slayer, Bowen (Dennis Quaid). The two work out a con game to fill their idle time now that dragons and dragon slayers are passe. The con becomes real when they stave off the advances of the psychopath, King Einon (David Thewlis). While the plots are confusing, the dragon animation is great.
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The Duellists 1977 PG, 101 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Keith Carradine, Harvey Keitel, Albert Finney, Edward Fox, Cristina Raines, Tom Conti, Alun Armstrong, John McEnery, Pete Postlethwaite, Robert Stephens
Based on a Joseph Conrad story, this film involves two Hussar officers, Armand d'Hubert (Keith Carradine) and Gabriel Feraud (Harvey Keitel), who cross swords time and again during the Napoleonic Wars.
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 Hamlet 1990  PG, 135 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Cast: Mel Gibson, Glenn Close, Alan Bates, Paul Scofield, Ian Holm, Helena Bonham Carter, Stephen Dillane, John McEnery, Vernon Dobtcheff, Pete Postlethwaite, Nathaniel Parker, Sean Murray, Michael Maloney, Trevor Peacock, Christien Anholt
Hamlet (Mel Gibson), the Prince of Denmark, finds his life changing after his father's murder. Soon after Hamlet's father dies, his mother, Queen Gertrude (Glenn Close) marries her brother-in-law Claudius (Alan Bates). When his father's ghost (Paul Schofield) appears, he tells Hamlet that it was Claudius who killed him and orders Hamlet to avenge his murder. Hamlet fakes madness to avoid suspicion, and the death toll rises. Victims include Claudius, Hamlet's friends and family, and even Hamlet. A very good remake of the Shakespeare classic.
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In the Name of the Father 1993 R, 127 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Jim Sheridan
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Pete Postlethwaite, Emma Thompson, Corin Redgrave, John Lynch, Joanna Irvine, Beatie Edney, Daniel Massey, Britta Smith, Don Baker, Gerard McSorley, John Benfield, Mark Sheppard, Anthony Brophy
Following an Irish Republican Army bombing attack in 1974, Gerry Conlon (Daniel Day-Lewis) and his commune friends (John Lynch, Mark Sheppard, and Beatie Edney), along with members of Gerry's own family, including his father Guiseppe (Pete Postlethwaite), are falsely convicted and sent to prison. Guiseppe dies while in prison, and during his 15 years of imprisonment Gerry, with help from British Attorney Gareth Peirce (Emma Thompson), tries to prove their innocence. Based on a true story. The film received seven Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, Actor, Supporting Actor and Actress (Pete Postlethwaite and Emma Thompson), and Director.
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James and the Giant Peach 1996 PG, 80 min.
Genre: Animation / Family / Adventure / Fantasy / Musical
Director: Henry Selick
Cast: Paul Terry, Simon Callow, Richard Dreyfuss, Susan Sarandon, Miriam Margolyes, Joanna Lumley, Pete Postlethwaite, Mike Starr, David Thewlis, Jane Leeves, Steven Culp, Mario Yedidia
This Disney film begins with a gigantic, orange peach floating to New York with a young orphan (Paul Terry) and his oversize insect friends on board. Blending live action with computer animation and stop-motion puppetry, this movie–based on Roald Dahl's children's fantasy book–is a delight.
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 The Last of the Mohicans 1992  R, 112 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Romance
Director: Michael Mann
Cast: Daniel Day-Lewis, Madeleine Stowe, Russell Means, Eric Schweig, Jodhi May, Steven Waddington, Wes Studi, Pete Postlethwaite, Colm Meaney, Maurice Roeves, Patrice Chereau, Edward Blatchford, Terry Kinney, Tracey Ellis, Dennis Banks
Beautiful cinematography backs this story of unlikely alliances between Native Americans and European nations during America's French and Indian War. The story centers around Hawkeye (Daniel Day-Lewis), the European-born adopted son of Mohican Indian scout Chingachgook (Russell Means). Hawkeye rescues the daughters–Cora (Madeleine Stowe) and Alice (Jodhi May)–of British Col. Edmund Munro (Maurice Roeves) who have newly arrived in the colonies. After a perilous journey in the midst of the war, the girls find safety under the watchful eye of Hawkeye. 1 User Review
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| | A favorite film of mine | Anonymous 07/09/2009 | | an emotional journey, filled with effective shots and solid acting. |
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The Lost World: Jurassic Park 1997 PG-13, 134 min.
Genre: Action / Adventure / Sci-Fi / Horror / Thriller
Director: Steven Spielberg
Cast: Jeff Goldblum, Julianne Moore, Pete Postlethwaite, Arliss Howard, Vince Vaughn, Peter Stormare, Richard Schiff, Richard Attenborough, Vanessa Lee Chester, Harvey Jason, Thomas F. Duffy, Joseph Mazello, Ariana Richards, Thomas Rosales Jr., Camilla Belle
Dr. Jan Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum), his daughter Kelly (Vanessa Lee Chester), and Dr. Sarah Harding (Julianne Moore) head for "Site B" where dinosaurs are breeding. Their mission is to get biological data, but, in the process, they encounter a group interested in financial gain at the expense of the dinosaurs. The dinosaurs turn against both groups, and the terror begins.
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Martin Chuzzlewit 1994 TV, 330 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Pedr James
Cast: Keith Allen, David Bradley, Emma Chambers, Julian Fellowes, Paul Francis, John Mills, Pete Postlethwaite, Julia Sawalha, Paul Scofield, Maggie Steed, Tom Wilkinson, Peter Wingfield
This BBC miniseries adaptation of Charles Dickens' 1844 story is a social comedy about an English family that sent its youngest son to America to gain business sense. He succeeds and years later returns home as an old man whose relatives now scheme to inherit his property.
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 The Omen 2006 R, 105 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller / Drama
Director: John Moore
Cast: Liev Schreiber, Julia Stiles, Mia Farrow, David Thewlis, Michael Gambon, Pete Postlethwaite, Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick, Amy Huck, Bohumil Svarc, Carlo Sabatini, Reggie Austin, Predrag Bjelac, Giovanni Lombardo Radice, Tomas Wooler
In this remake of the 1976 film by the same name, Robert and Katherine Thorne (Liev Schreiber and Julia Stiles) adopt Damien who was born the same day that Katherine lost a baby during labor. Katherine was not told of the loss and believes that Damien is her natural-born son. The family moves to a large estate in London, and it does not take long for ghastly events to take over their lives. Could Damien be the devil incarnate?
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A Private Function 1985 R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Malcolm Mowbray
Cast: Michael Palin, Maggie Smith, Denholm Elliott, Richard Griffiths, Tony Haygarth, John Normington, Bill Paterson, Liz Smith, Alison Steadman, Pete Postlethwaite
Set in a Yorkshire village at the end of World War II, the plot revolves around food rationing prevalent in that era. The main focus is on a stolen pig that becomes the center of controversy.
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Rat 2000 PG, 88 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Steve Barron
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Imelda Staunton, Frank Kelly, David Wilmot, Kerry Condon, Andrew Lovern, Veronica Duffy, Ed Byrne, Niall Toibin, Peter Caffrey
Hubert (Pete Postlethwaite) loves to drop by the pub for drinks and gambling in this Irish fable. One evening while on his way home he changes into a rat–a big white one. His long-suffering wife (Imelda Staunton) figures it's just another of his many tricks, but the others of his family and friends view his situation differently. Odd, but somewhat fun.
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 Romeo + Juliet 1996 PG-13, 120 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Claire Danes, Brian Dennehy, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jamie Kennedy, Vincent Laresca, John Leguizamo, Pete Postlethwaite, Paul Sorvino, M. Emmet Walsh, Harold Perrineau, Miriam Margolyes, Vondie Curtis-Hall, Paul Rudd, Jesse Bradford, Dash Mihok
The story of Romeo (Leonardo DiCaprio) and Juliet (Claire Danes) is updated to the 20th century where they encounter sex, drugs, and pop music as members of opposing gangs (the Montagues and the Capulets). Romeo and Juliet meet at a party and fall in love. Although they try to hide their love from their warring families, obstacles lie ahead in the form of Tybalt (John Leguizamo) and Mercutio (Harold Perrineau) contributing to the problems of the "star-crossed lovers."
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The Serpent's Kiss 1997   R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philippe Rousselot
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Greta Scacchi, Pete Postlethwaite, Richard E. Grant, Carmen Chaplin, Donal McCann, Charley Boorman, Gerard McSorley, Britta Smith, Susan Fitzgerald
Dutch architect Meneer Chrome (Ewan McGregor) attempts to design a fabulous garden for the Smithers' estate in hopes the project will bankrupt Thomas Smithers (Pete Postlethwaite) and Smithers' wife, Julia (Greta Scacchi), will turn to him for solace.
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The Shipping News 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
Cast: Kevin Spacey, Julianne Moore, Judi Dench, Cate Blanchett, Pete Postlethwaite, Scott Glenn, Rhys Ifans, Gordon Pinsent, Jason Behr, John Dunsworth, Larry Pine, Marc Lawrence, Jeanetta Arnette, Robert Joy, Alyssa/Kaitlyn/Lauren Gainer
Down-on-his-luck Quoyle (Kevin Spacey), with young daughter Bunny (Alyssa, Kaitlyn, and Lauren Gainer) in tow, follows the advice of his Aunt Agnis (Judi Dench) to join her in the ancestral home in Newfoundland. He gets a job writing a shipping news column for the local newspaper and, with the help of widow Wavey (Julianne Moore), finds that new, better life.
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Treasure Island 1990 TV, 129 min.
Genre: Family / Adventure
Director: Fraser Clarke Heston
Cast: Charlton Heston, Christian Bale, Julian Glover, Richard Johnson, Oliver Reed, Christopher Lee, Clive Wood, Nicolas Amer, Michael Halsey, Isla Blair, John Abbott, James Cosmo, James Coyle, Pete Postlethwaite, Michael Thoma
Charlton Heston plays a devilish Long John Silver–the pirate who is determined to get his hands on the treasure map that Jim Hawkins (Christian Bale) has in his possession. This version of Robert Louis Stevenson's classic tale was filmed on the beautiful locations of Cornwall and Port Antonio, Jamaica.
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 The Usual Suspects 1995 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Bryan Singer
Cast: Stephen Baldwin, Gabriel Byrne, Chazz Palminteri, Kevin Pollak, Suzy Ames, Kevin Spacey, Pete Postlethwaite, Giancarlo Esposito, Benicio Del Toro, Paul Bartel
This film has it all–humor, terror, mystery, and shock. It is the story of five professional criminals who meet in a line-up and plot revenge. The film received two Academy Awards: Kevin Spacey for Best Supporting Actor and Christopher McQuarrie for Best Original Screenplay.
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Waterland 1992 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Stephen Gyllenhaal
Cast: Jeremy Irons, Sinead Cusack, Lena Headey, Grant Warnock, Ethan Hawke, John Heard, Pete Postlethwaite, Cara Buono
Tom Crick (Jeremy Irons) is an Englishman who suffers a nervous breakdown while teaching history in Pittsburgh. Failing to reach his disinterested students, he sends them the wrong message, but, at the same time, uncovers his wife Mary's (Sinead Cusack) secret past experiences.
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When the Sky Falls 2000 R, 107 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Mackenzie
Cast: Joan Allen, Patrick Bergin, Liam Cunningham, Kevin McNally, Jimmy Smallhorne, Pete Postlethwaite, Owen Roe, Jason Barry, Des McAleer, Gerard Mannix Flynn
Award-winning Irish journalist Sinead Hamilton (Joan Allen) found herself in grave danger when she exposed Dublin's drug lords. For her efforts, she was shot to death. "When the Sky Falls" is a fictional account of her life.
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| 1. Aeon Flux (2005)
2. Alien 3 (1992)
3. Amistad (1997)
4. Among Giants (1998)
5. Animal Farm (1999)
6. Between Strangers (2002)
7. Brassed Off (1997)
8. The Constant Gardener (2005)
9. Dark Water (2005)
10. Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
11. Dragonheart (1996)
12. The Duellists (1977)
13. Hamlet (1990)
14. In the Name of the Father (1993)
15. James and the Giant Peach (1996)
16. The Last of the Mohicans (1992)
17. The Lost World: Jurassic Park (1997)
18. Martin Chuzzlewit (1994)
19. The Omen (2006)
20. A Private Function (1985)
21. Rat (2000)
22. Romeo + Juliet (1996)
aka: William Shakespeare's Romeo + Juliet
aka: Romeo and Juliet
23. The Serpent's Kiss (1997)
24. The Shipping News (2001)
25. Treasure Island (1990)
26. The Usual Suspects (1995)
27. Waterland (1992)
28. When the Sky Falls (2000)
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