2103: The Deadly Wake 1997  N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Drama / Sci-Fi
Director: Philip Jackson
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, Michael Pare, Gwynyth Walsh, Mackenzie Gray, Heidi von Palleske, Hal Eisen, Derek Ritschel, Michael Johnson, Daniela Nolano, Morris Durante, Sandy Kaizer, Elle Downs
It is the 22nd century, and Martine Quiller (Gwynyth Walsh), the CEO of Proxate Corporation, recruits Capt. Sean Murdoch (Malcolm McDowell) to command a run-down ship and sail to Nigeria. Too late, Murdoch realizes that his ship is carrying criminally insane inmates. As if that were not enough, Murdoch learns that bombs have been planted on the ship. It is obvious to Murdoch that the ship was never meant to reach Nigeria. When he changes the ship's course, Martine activates a killer cyborg (Daniela Nolano) that has been hidden on board, and chaos ensues with Murdoch now fighting for his life.
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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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High Hopes 1988  PG, 110 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Leigh
Cast: Philip Davis, Ruth Sheen, Edna Dore, Philip Jackson, Heather Tobias, Lesley Manville, David Bamber, Jason Watkins, Judith Scott, Cheryl Prime, Diane-Louise Jordan, Linda Beckett
Shirley and Cyril (Ruth Sheen and Philip Davis) are a hippie couple who deal with life among London's lower class in this brilliant satire on Margaret Thatcher's politics. Shirley and Cyril have no children, but they do tend to the needs of Cyril's widowed mother, Mrs. Bender (Edna Dore). Meanwhile, Cyril's upper-middle class sister Valerie (Heather Tobias) and her philandering husband Martin (Philip Jackson) ignore Mrs. Bender–until Valerie decides to give Mrs. Bender a 70th birthday party and invite the whole family. The family does get together with disastrous results, but Shirley manages to hold things together.
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The Intended 2002  N/R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Kristian Levring
Cast: Janet McTeer, Olympia Dukakis, Brenda Fricker, Tony Maudsley, JJ Feild, David Bradley, Philip Jackson, Robert Pugh, John Matthew Lau, Thomas Goh, Michael J. Langgi
Set in the Malaysian jungle in 1924, this tale involves British surveyor Hamish Winslow (JJ Feild) and fiancee Sarah (Janet McTeer) who arrive at a trading post where they encounter the head of the post, the very strong-willed Mrs. Jones (Brenda Fricker) who opposes their lifestyle. She tries bullying Hamish, but that doesn't work, and life settles down–until Mrs. Jones' high-strung son, William (Tony Maudsley) becomes interested in Sarah.
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A Little Trip to Heaven 2005  R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Cast: Forest Whitaker, Julia Stiles, Jeremy Renner, Peter Coyote, Philip Jackson, Anne Reid, Alfred Harmsworth, Joanna Scanlan, Iddo Goldberg, Vladas Bagdonas, Phyllida Law, Kharl Anton Leigh
Insurance agent Abe Holt (Forest Whitaker) is sent from the scene of a bus crash miles away to Hastings, Minnesota, to investigate another crash: a fatal car accident that left only charred remains. If the claim goes through, the beneficiary of a $1,000,000 death benefit is the victim's sister Isold (Julia Stiles) who lives in a run-down cabin with her husband Fred (Jeremy Renner) and son Thor (Vladas Bagdonas). During the investigation, Fred becomes the prime suspect in what Holt has now determined to be a murder case in which the car victim's identity was forged. But, as he gets to know Isold, Holt's professionalism wavers.
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Little Voice 1998  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Brenda Blethyn, Jane Horrocks, Michael Caine, Jim Broadbent, Ewan McGregor, Annette Badland, Philip Jackson
"Little Voice" (Jane Horrocks) never speaks above a whisper unless she is singing a Judy Garland or Marilyn Monroe song; then she is able to perfectly mimic their voices. The plot involves the attempt by her mother's lover (Michael Caine) to exploit Little Voice for the money he thinks she can earn on the stage. Brenda Blethyn received an Oscar nomination for Supporting Actress.
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Rogue Male 1976 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Clive Donner
Cast: Peter O'Toole, John Standing, Alastair Sim, Harold Pinter, Michael Byrne, Mark McManus, Ray Smith, Hugh Manning, Robert Lang, Cyd Hayman, Philip Jackson, Nicholas Ball, Ian East, Maureen Lipman, Ray Mort
This made-for-TV remake of Fritz Lang's 1941 film, "Man Hunt," is set in 1939 before the British went to war against Germany. Big-game hunter Sir Robert Thorndyke (Peter O'Toole) fails in an attempt to shoot Hitler. Thorndyke is captured, tortured, and left for dead. He survives and heads back to England, but the Gestapo is on his trail, so he must go underground to do battle with his enemies.
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Second Nature 2003 TV, 90 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Ben Bolt
Cast: Alec Baldwin, Powers Boothe, Louise Lombard, Philip Jackson, Cosima Shaw, Leigh Zimmerman, Michele Austin, Pip Torrens, Daisy Donovan, Kurtis O'Brien, Corey Johnson, Clive Mantle
Paul Kane (Alec Baldwin), the only survivor of a plane crash that also took the lives of his family, tries to remember his life before the crash. He finally determines that he was an assassin for the government. When he cannot perform his past duties, he becomes the hunted as he tries to figure out his past, including the tattoo–"Chilly Willy"–on his inner lip.
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| 1. 2103: The Deadly Wake (1997)
2. Brassed Off (1997)
3. High Hopes (1988)
4. The Intended (2002)
5. A Little Trip to Heaven (2005)
6. Little Voice (1998)
7. Rogue Male (1976)
8. Second Nature (2003)
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