 Around the World in 80 Days 2004  PG, 125 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Frank Coraci
Cast: Jackie Chan, Steve Coogan, Robert Fyfe, Jim Broadbent, Ian McNeice, David Ryall, Roger Hammond, Adam Godley, Karen Mok, Howard Cooper, Daniel Hinchcliffe, Wolfram Teufel, Will Forte
In this production of Jules Verne's story, Steve Coogan takes on the role of the eccentric Phileas Fogg who hires valet Passepartout (Jackie Chan) to accompany him on a trip–by horse, train, hot-air balloon, and ship–around the world in 80 days. Lots of fun and action, especially Chan's martial arts.
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A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia 1990  TV, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Christopher Menaul
Cast: Ralph Fiennes, Alexander Siddig, Denis Quilley, Nicholas Jones, Roger Hammond, Peter Copley, Paul Freeman, Polly Walker, Gillian Barge, Jim Carter, Michael Cochrane, Robert Arden
T.E. Laurence (Ralph Fiennes) and Syrian King Emir Feisal (Alexander Siddig) attend the 1919 Paris Peace Conference at the end of World War I and argue for Arab independence in a political environment that makes their task very difficult.
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A Good Woman 2004  PG, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: Mike Barker
Cast: Helen Hunt, Scarlett Johansson, Tom Wilkinson, Stephen Campbell Moore, Mark Umbers, Milena Vukotic, Diana Hardcastle, Roger Hammond, Jane How, John Standing, Giorgia Massetti, Shara Orano
In this film adaptation of Oscar Wilde's 1892 play, "Lady Windermere's Fan," the scene is now set in the 1930s when Manhattan socialite Mrs. Erlynne (Helen Hunt) leaves her sullied and debt-ridden reputation behind and heads for the Amalfi coast of Italy hoping to start life anew. She is befriended by Meg and Robert Windemere (Scarlett Johansson and Mark Umbers), but gossip rears its ugly head after Tom helps her out financially, and now stories abound that Tom and Mrs. Erlynne are having an affair. Everyone seems to believe the gossip–except Tuppy (Tom Wilkinson) who has fallen in love with Mrs. Erlynne, and then there is Lord Darlington who is smitten with Meg and sees the scandal as his opportunity to seduce her.
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The Pied Piper 1972 G, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Fantasy
Director: Jacques Demy
Cast: Donald Pleasence, Donovan, John Hurt, Michael Hordern, Jack Wild, Roy Kinnear, Peter Vaughan, Diana Dors, Cathryn Harrison, Keith Buckley, Roger Hammond, Peter Eyre, Hamilton Dyce, Andre Van Gyseghem, John Falconer
This is a chilling version of the Grimm Brothers' story about the mysterious piper (Donovan) who is hired to rid the squalid town of Hamelin of rats in the 14th century. When payment is not made, he leads the children out of town. Despite its 1972 "G" rating, this movie is not for children.
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Queen Kong 1976  N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy / Horror
Director: Frank Agrama
Cast: Robin Askwith, Rula Lenska, Valerie Leon, Linda Hayden, Roger Hammond, John Clive, Carol Drinkwater, Brian Godfrey, Anthony Morton, Fiona Curzon
This comedic, often a scene-by-scene remake of "King Kong," never saw the theaters due to the threat of a lawsuit. Director Luce Habit (Rula Lenska) and leading man Ray Fay (Robin Askwith) head to Africa in search of material for a jungle film and find a giant female gorilla. Brought back to London, the gorilla wreaks havoc on the surroundings.
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Richard III 1995 R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Richard Loncraine
Cast: Ian McKellen, Annette Bening, Maggie Smith, Kristin Scott Thomas, Nigel Hawthorne, Robert Downey Jr., John Wood, Jim Broadbent, Bill Paterson, Edward Hardwicke, Jim Carter, Adrian Dunbar, Roger Hammond, Tim McInnery, Dominic West
The story remains the same as Richard uses seduction and murder to attain power in Shakespeare's story of the treacherous English monarch Richard III (Ian McKellen). There is a twist to the screen adaptation: the time has been updated to the 1930s, and the hunchbacked king is a Fascist. After killing members of his family, Richard finally does gain the throne and attempts to set up a dictatorship. In this version of Shakespeare's story, the famous lines, "My horse! My horse! My kingdom for a horse." are uttered by Richard when his jeep gets stuck in the mud.
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The Secret Agent 1996 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Christopher Hampton
Cast: Bob Hoskins, Patricia Arquette, Gerard Depardieu, Robin Williams, Jim Broadbent, Christian Bale, Eddie Izzard, Elizabeth Spriggs, Peter Vaughan, Julian Wadham, Roger Hammond, Ralph Nossek, Neville Phillips
Based on Joseph Conrad's novel, this film's story is set in 1890s' London and involves a group of anarchists planning to destroy society. Mr. Verloc (Bob Hoskins) runs a shop by day, but he lives another life as a member of a Soho anarchist organization and serves as a spy for Russia. When Verloc is told to prove himself, the order sets off a chain of events that results in the violent act of trying to bomb the Greenwich Observatory.
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Up at the Villa 2000 PG-13, 115 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Philip Haas
Cast: Kristin Scott Thomas, Sean Penn, Anne Bancroft, James Fox, Jeremy Davies, Derek Jacobi, Massimo Ghini, Dudley Sutton, Lorenza Indovina, Clive Merrison, Roger Hammond, Linda Spurrier, Ben Aris, Anne Ridler, Ann Bell
Based on W. Somerset Maugham's romantic thriller set in Italy during the 1930s, this film features Kristin Scott Thomas in the role of the beautiful young widow, Mary Panton, who is currently residing in a villa. Intrigue evolves from Mary's one-night affair with an illegal immigrant, Karl Richter (Jeremy Davies), while she is also being courted by both playboy Rowley Flint (Sean Penn) and the very respectable Sir Edgar Swift (James Fox).
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| 1. Around the World in 80 Days (2004)
2. A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia (1990)
3. A Good Woman (2004)
4. The Pied Piper (1972)
5. Queen Kong (1976)
6. Richard III (1995)
7. The Secret Agent (1996)
8. Up at the Villa (2000)
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