The Bank Job 2008  R, 110 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Roger Donaldson
Cast: Jason Statham, Saffron Burrows, Stephen Campbell Moore, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, Alki David, Michael Jibson, Georgia Taylor, Richard Lintern, Peter Bowles, Alistair Petrie, Angus Wright, David Suchet, Rupert Frazer, Christopher Owen
This story is based on a 1971 bank heist in London that begins when Martine (Saffron Burrows) tells Terry (Jason Statham) that the alarms have been shut down temporarily at the Baker Street branch of Lloyds Bank while the security system is being changed. Terry is a car dealer who has been having financial problems. He listens to Martine and then rounds up his friends (Stephen Campbell, Daniel Mays, James Faulkner, and Alki David) to tunnel in for a bank heist. After four days of digging, while Eddie (Michael Jibson) is stationed on a nearby roof with his walkie-talkie, they open the vaults and find cash and valuable jewelry–along with incriminating secrets involving the Royal Family, the British government, and notorious gangsters. What they do not know is that because a ham radio operator (Angus Wright) has been listening in on Eddie's conversations and has alerted the authorities, the heist is doomed.
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Circle of Friends 1995  PG-13, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Pat O'Connor
Cast: Minnie Driver, Chris O'Donnell, Saffron Burrows, Alan Cumming, Colin Firth, Geraldine O'Rawe, Aidan Gillen, Mick Lally, Britta Smith, John Kavanagh, Ruth McCabe, Ciaran Hinds, Marie Mullen, Marie Conmee, Tony Doyle
In 1957, close friends Benny (Minnie Driver), Eve (Geraldine O'Rawe), and Nan (Saffron Burrows) attend Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. Unlike her friends, Benny must live at home and commute to school because her strict parents will not allow her to live on campus. The first day of school, Benny meets Jack (Chris O'Donnell), and they are attracted to each other but have problems because every night Benny must return home where she wards off the advances of her father's assistant Sean (Alan Cumming). Meanwhile, Nan falls for Simon (Colin Firth) who gets her pregnant and then dumps her. Nan plans to get Jack drunk and then claim that he is the father. Eve, who has fallen for Aidan (Aidan Gillen), catches on to Nan's plot and reveals all, which allows Jack and Benny to continue their romance.
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Deep Blue Sea 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Action / Horror / Thriller
Director: Renny Harlin
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Thomas Jane, Saffron Burrows, Jacqueline McKenzie, Michael Rapaport, Stellan Skarsgard, LL Cool J, Aida Turturro, Wayne Knight, Cristos, Frank Welker, Valente Rodriguez, Ronny Cox, Mary Kay Bergman
Scientists are experimenting on sharks in an underwater lab off Mexico when the sharks suddenly become very aggressive, break free from their confined area, and seem determined to consume the good doctors working in the lab.
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 Enigma 2001 R, 117 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Michael Apted
Cast: Dougray Scott, Kate Winslet, Jeremy Northam, Saffron Burrows, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Tom Hollander, Matthew Macfadyen, Donald Sumpter, Corin Redgrave, Robert Pugh
During World War II, British code-breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott) raced against time to break the new code that replaced the Enigma Code used by Nazi U-boats. The plot unfolds as Tom and co-worker Hester (Kate Winslet) engage in love and adventure as they stay one step ahead of those who would betray the Allied effort.
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Fay Grim 2007 R, 118 min.
Genre: Action / Comedy / Thriller
Director: Hal Hartley
Cast: Parker Posey, Jeff Goldblum, James Urbaniak, Saffron Burrows, Liam Aiken, Elina Lowensohn, Leo Fitzpatrick, Chuck Montgomery, Thomas Jay Ryan, D.J. Mendel, John Keogh, Claudia Michelsen, Nikolai Kinski
In this sequel to 1998's "Henry Fool," Henry (Thomas Jay Ryan) has been missing for seven years, and his wife Fay (Parker Posey) is having problems with their son, 14-year-old Ned (Liam Aiken). Meanwhile, Fay's brother Simon (James Urbaniak) has been serving time in prison for helping Henry escape the law, and Fay negotiates with CIA agent Fulbright (Jeff Goldblum) for Simon's release. She is given a mission in undercover work involving a trip to Paris to retrieve Henry's notebooks containing his autobiographical confessions. Fay leaves for Europe, joins forces with Bebe (Elina Lowensohn) while running into spies and assassins, and ends up in Turkey tracking down political terrorists. Now, Fay must sort out how much of this Henry has been involved in.
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 Frida 2002 R, 120 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Julie Taymor
Cast: Salma Hayek, Alfred Molina, Geoffrey Rush, Ashley Judd, Antonio Banderas, Edward Norton, Valeria Golino, Mia Maestro, Roger Rees, Patricia Reyes Spindola, Saffron Burrows
This biography tells the story of sexual revolutionary/Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (Salma Hayek) who shared her life with her husband, the great artist Diego Rivera (Alfred Molina). But, at the same time, Frida found time for an affair with Leon Trotsky and participated in more than one romantic affair with women. The film won Academy Awards for Musical Score and Makeup and received four other nominations, including Best Actress (Salma Hayek).
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Gangster No. 1 2000 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Paul McGuigan
Cast: Malcolm McDowell, David Thewlis, Paul Bettany, Saffron Burrows, Kenneth Cranham, Jamie Foreman, Eddie Marsan, Andrew Lincoln, Doug Allen, Razaaq Adoti, Cavan Clerkin, David Kennedy
The career of an unnamed London gangster (Paul Bettany plays the young hood while Malcolm McDowell takes over the role of the seasoned veteran) is told through flashbacks as he remembers his life of crime.
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Hotel 2001  N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Thriller
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Max Beesley, Saffron Burrows, Rhys Ifans, Salma Hayek, David Schwimmer, Lucy Liu, Burt Reynolds, John Malkovich, Heathcote Williams, Valeria Golino, Julian Sands, Chiara Mastroianni
As filmmakers converge on the Hungaria Hotel in Venice to make a movie, Charlee Boux (Salma Hayek) films her documentary of behind-the-scenes filming action. Other activities at the hotel include those of hotel workers who kidnap guests at night to serve their own cannibal tastes...and on and on it goes.
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Hotel de Love 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Craig Rosenberg
Cast: Aden Young, Saffron Burrows, Simon Bossell, Pippa Grandison, Ray Barrett, Julia Blake, Peter O'Brien, Belinda McClory, Caleb Cluff, Cassandra Magrath
Hotel De Love is a tacky honeymoon "paradise" run by Rick Dunne (Aden Young). Rick's former love, Melissa (Saffron Burrows), comes to the hotel and regales Rick with news of her future marriage. Stephen (Simon Bossell), Rick's twin, it seems has been pining for Melissa since adolescence; it remains for Rick's girlfriend, Alison (Pippa Grandison) to bring closure to the dysfunctional obsessions.
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The Loss of Sexual Innocence 1999 R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Julian Sands, Saffron Burrows, Stefano Dionisi, Kelly Macdonald, Gina McKee, Femi Ogumbanjo, Jonathan Rhys-Meyers, Bernard Hill, Johanna Torrel, Rossy de Palma
This Mike Figgis film delves into the character of Nic–based on his sexual episodes from age five through adulthood. Some parts of Figgis' allegory work well, but most fail.
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The MatchMaker 1997  R, 96 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Mark Joffe
Cast: Janeane Garofalo, David O'Hara, Jay O. Sanders, Denis Leary, Milo O'Shea, Paul Hickey, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Saffron Burrows, Rosaleen Linehan, Olivia Caffrey, Joan Sheehy, Anne Gildea, James Ryland
Marcy (Janeane Garofalo) is an aide to Massachusetts Senator McGlory (Jay O. Sanders) when she is sent to Ireland to arrange for his future visit. Her trip proves more than a little enlightening when matchmaker Dermot (Milo O'Shea) determines that Marcy should be partnered with Sean (David O'Hara).
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Miss Julie 1999 R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Peter Mullan, Maria Doyle Kennedy, Tam Dean Burn, Heathcote Williams, Eileen Walsh, Sue Maund, Joanna Page, Andrea Ollson, Sara Li Gustafsson, Bill Ellis, Duncan MacAskill
Based on Swedish playwright August Strindberg's 1889 play, Mike Figgis' adaptation has Saffron Burrows in the role of Miss Julie who flirts and torments the servants. Peter Mullan takes on the role of Jean, the servant who plans to rise above his station using Miss Julie as part of his game plan. But, all is lost when Jean's lover, Christine (Maria Doyle Kennedy), catches on, and her jealousy leads to Miss Julie's ultimate destruction.
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Reign Over Me 2007 R, 124 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Binder
Cast: Adam Sandler, Don Cheadle, Jada Pinkett Smith, Liv Tyler, Saffron Burrows, Donald Sutherland, Robert Klein, Melinda Dillon, Mike Binder, Jonathan Banks, Rae Allen, Paula Newsome, John de Lancie, Paul Butler
Alan Johnson (Don Cheadle) has it all: a great job, loving wife (Jada Pinkett Smith), and beautiful daughters. One evening, Alan runs into his college roommate Charlie Fineman (Adam Sandler) and learns that Charlie once had everything Alan has, but Charlie's wife and children died when the plane crashed into the World Trade Center on 9/11. Charlie now suffers post-traumatic stress disorder. When Alan realizes that Charlie needs help, their friendship is rekindled. Alan hangs out with Charlie and draws him back, at least part-way, into the normal world and, in the process recognizes and finds solutions for his own troubles.
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Tempted 2001 R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Bill Bennett
Cast: Burt Reynolds, Saffron Burrows, Peter Facinelli, Mike Starr, George DiCenzo, Eric Mabius, Michael Arata, Randy Austin, Julia LaShae
When wealthy, New Orleans businessman Charlie (Burt Reynolds) is told he has only a short time to live, he decides to put his affairs in order. He wants to make sure that his young, beautiful wife, Lilly (Saffron Burrows), deserves his fortune. His plan to test her loyalty results in a deadly game.
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Time Code 2000 R, 93 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Mike Figgis
Cast: Saffron Burrows, Salma Hayek, Stellan Skarsgard, Jeanne Tripplehorn, Julian Sands, Holly Hunter, Kyle MacLachlan, Steven Weber, Richard Edson, Xander Berkeley
Writer/director Mike Figgis brings four interrelated stories to the screen–split into four segments that unfold simultaneously in real time. The volume is raised for the segment meant to draw the audiences' attention at that moment. This works in that it opens doors for future innovations and, once you have accustomed yourself to the four screens, the stories do entertain.
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Wing Commander 1999  PG-13, 100 min.
Genre: Action / Sci-Fi
Director: Chris Roberts
Cast: Freddie Prinze Jr., Matthew Lillard, Saffron Burrows, Jurgen Prochnow, Tcheky Karyo, David Warner, David Suchet, Ginny Holder, John Bondi, Ken Bones
Based on a video game, this movie is set in the year 2654 (or so) and involves a plot by the dreaded Kilrathi to destroy the universe. Not so fast; first those noble Earthlings–Christopher "Maverick" Blair (Freddie Prinze Jr.), Todd "Maniac" Marshall (Matthew Lillard), and Jeanette "Angel" Devereaux (Saffron Burrows)–must be dealt with, and they are well prepared for all-out battle.
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| 1. The Bank Job (2008)
2. Circle of Friends (1995)
3. Deep Blue Sea (1999)
4. Enigma (2001)
5. Fay Grim (2007)
6. Frida (2002)
7. Gangster No. 1 (2000)
8. Hotel (2001)
9. Hotel de Love (1997)
10. The Loss of Sexual Innocence (1999)
11. Lovelife (1997)
12. The MatchMaker (1997)
13. Miss Julie (1999)
14. Reign Over Me (2007)
15. Tempted (2001)
16. Time Code (2000)
17. Wing Commander (1999)
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