Easy Virtue 2009  PG-13, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Stephan Elliott
Cast: Jessica Biel, Kristin Scott Thomas, Colin Firth, Ben Barnes, Kimberley Nixon, Katherine Parkinson, Kris Marshall, Christian Brassington, Charlotte Riley, Jim McManus, Pip Torrens, Jeremy Hooton, Joanna Bacon, Maggie Hickey, John Warburton
In 1929, Englishman John Whittaker (Ben Barnes) falls in love with American Larita Huntington (Jessica Biel), and they marry after knowing each other only a short time. John takes Larita to his home in England, and his mother Veronica (Kristin Scott Thomas) does not approve of Larita as her daughter-in-law. As the battle of wits ensues between Larita and Veronica, Larita's marriage to John suffers.
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Incognito 1997  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Badham
Cast: Jason Patric, Irene Jacob, Thomas Lockyer, Ian Richardson, Simon Chandler, Pip Torrens, Michael Cochrane, Rod Steiger, Togo Igawa, Joseph Blatchley
Artist Harry Donovan (Jason Patrick) is hired by a British art gallery to forge a Rembrandt (that has been lost for over 300 years). The price: $500,000. Meanwhile, he meets and has a one-night stand with Marieke (Irene Jacob), who happens to be a Rembrandt expert and who later is hired to evaluate the painting's authenticity. So it's off to Europe to research and paint, but the plans go awry when Marieke declares the painting a fake and Harry runs for his life–with Marieke as a hostage.
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 Pride & Prejudice 2005  PG, 130 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Joe Wright
Cast: Keira Knightley, Donald Sutherland, Matthew Macfadyen, Claudie Blakley, Brenda Blethyn, Rosamund Pike, Judi Dench, Jena Malone, Talulah Riley, Simon Woods, Carey Mulligan, Kelly Reilly, Sylvester Morand, Pip Torrens, Janet Whiteside
Based on Jane Austen's novel about love and life in the class-conscious 19th-century England, Donald Southerland and Brenda Blethyn take on the roles of Mr. and Mrs. Bennet whose daughters' futures seem to hinge on marrying into the world of wealth–not necessarily with love involved. When Elizabeth (Keira Knightley) opts to choose her own husband for love, not money, her sisters follow suit. Four Academy Award nominations were received, including Best Actress (Keira Knightley).
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Revelation 2001 R, 111 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Fantasy / Thriller
Director: Stuart Urban
Cast: Terence Stamp, James D'Arcy, Natasha Wightman, Udo Kier, Liam Cunningham, Derek Jacobi, Celia Imrie, Ron Moody, Heathcote Williams, Charlotte Weston, Vernon Dobtcheff, Manuel Cauchi, Alan Talbot, Pip Torrens, Diran Meghreblian
Dating from the time of Jesus Christ, a box called "Loculus" was fought over for centuries. Originally, there were two images on its panels, but through history more were added. Many tried to unlock the secret of the box throughout the years, but without success. After missing for hundreds of years, it has surfaced, and the battle is on to get it and again attempt to unlock its secrets. But, the demonic protector of the box (Udo Kier) unleashes his fury on anyone attempting to get the Loculus.
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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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 Valiant 2005  G, 78 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy
Director: Gary Chapman
Cast: Ewan McGregor, Ricky Gervais, Tim Curry, Jim Broadbent, Hugh Laurie, John Cleese, John Hurt, Pip Torrens, Rik Mayall, Olivia Williams
Valiant (voice of Ewan McGregor), a small pigeon, joins the Royal Homing Pigeon Service during World War II. Following boot camp, Valiant finds romance and, later, enemy fire when his unit of pigeons steals secret plans and saves an imprisoned pigeon (voice of John Cleese).
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| 1. Easy Virtue (2009)
2. Incognito (1997)
3. Pride & Prejudice (2005)
4. Revelation (2001)
5. Second Nature (2003)
6. Valiant (2005)
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