A Good Year 2006   PG-13, 118 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Romance
Director: Ridley Scott
Cast: Russell Crowe, Albert Finney, Marion Cotillard, Abbie Cornish, Freddie Highmore, Tom Hollander, Didier Bourdon, Isabelle Candelier, Archie Panjabi, Rafe Spall, Richard Coyle, Kenneth Cranham, Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Based on Peter Mayle's "A Year in Provence," this is the tale of Englishman Max (Russell Crowe)–a ruthless, workaholic stock trader–who is notified that his nearly-forgotten Uncle Henry (Albert Finney) has died, leaving his Southern France vineyard estate to Max, his sole heir. Max had spent much time at the estate in his youth, and Uncle Henry was one of the few people that Max admired. His plan: sell quickly. But, upon reaching the estate, memories of his happy childhood at the estate give him second thoughts. Problems arise when he finds out that the estate is rundown, the wine is virtually undrinkable, and Christie (Abbie Cornish) arrives on the scene claiming to be Uncle Henry's illegitimate daughter.
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Green Street Hooligans 2005  R, 108 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Hooligans
Green Street
Director: Lexi Alexander
Cast: Elijah Wood, Charlie Hunnam, Claire Forlani, Marc Warren, Leo Gregory, Henry Goodman, Geoff Bell, Rafe Spall, Kieran Bew, Ross McCall, Mhairi Steenbock
Matt (Elijah Wood) takes the fall for his roommate's cocaine possession and is expelled from Harvard. With time on his hands, Matt moves to London to live with his sister, Shannon (Claire Forlani), and her husband, Steve (Marc Warren). It does not take long for Matt to get to know Steve's brother Pete (Charlie Hunnam), and that experience leads to Matt's introduction into the world of "firms," which regular guys join and then fight other firms on weekends during soccer season. The Green Street Hooligans represents one firm in this story that involves loyalty amidst violence in the world of football rivals living on the edge.
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The Last Drop 2005  R, 110 min.
Genre: Action
Director: Colin Teague
Cast: Billy Zane, Karel Roden, Michael Madsen, Alexander Skarsgard, Tommy Flanagan, Sean Pertwee, Laurence Fox, Rafe Spall, Neil Newbon, Coral Beed, Lucy Gaskell, Nick Moran, Andrew Howard
As part of a plan known as Operation Market Garden to end World War II before Christmas, 35,000 British troops are dropped behind enemy lines in Holland with the top-secret mission of finding a cache of priceless art stolen by the Nazis. Plans go awry, and seven British soldiers are separated from the others–destined to collide with three German soldiers who also want the artifacts.
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The Lion in Winter 2003 TV, 155 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Andrei Konchalovsky
Cast: Glenn Close, Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Andrew Howard, Yuliya Vysotskaya, John Light, Rafe Spall, Clive Wood, Soma Marko, Antal Konrad
Eleanor of Aquitaine (Glenn Close) plans the murder of her aging husband, King Henry II (Patrick Stewart), as the means to put her favorite son, Richard (Andrew Howard), on the throne. Meanwhile, the remaining two sons–John (Rafe Spall) and Geoffrey (John Light)–join forces with France's King Philip (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers) in their own plot for Henry II's demise.
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| 1. A Good Year (2006)
2. Green Street Hooligans (2005)
aka: Hooligans
aka: Green Street
3. The Last Drop (2005)
4. The Lion in Winter (2003)
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