3 Men and a Little Lady 1990  PG, 100 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Emile Ardolino
Cast: Tom Selleck, Steve Guttenberg, Ted Danson, Nancy Travis, Robin Weisman, Christopher Cazenove, Sheila Hancock, Fiona Shaw, Jonathan Lynn
In this follow-on to "Three Men and a Baby," five years have passed since the "Baby" was left on their doorstep. It is time for her to attend school, and now her mother thinks she must marry to gain respectability for her child. A series of misunderstandings are handled with humorous insight.
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The Anniversary 1968  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Roy Ward Baker
Cast: Bette Davis, Sheila Hancock, Jack Hedley, James Cossins, Christian Roberts, Elaine Taylor, Timothy Bateson, Arnold Diamond, Sally-Jane Spencer, Albert Shepherd, Ralph Watson
When a widow, Mrs. Taggart (Bette Davis), insists that her sons–Terry, Henry, and Tom (Jack Hedley, James Cossins, and Christian Roberts)–join her on the anniversary of her husband's death, they are forced to put up with her overbearing ridicule.
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Bait 2002 TV, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Director: Nicholas Renton
Cast: John Hurt, Sheila Hancock, Rachael Stirling, Angeline Ball, Jonathan Firth, Nicholas Farrell, Matthew Scurfield
Jack (John Hurt) picks up Pam (Sheila Hancock) and her daughter, Stephanie (Rachael Stirling), after their car has broken down and offers them shelter in his mansion. Noting that Stephanie bears a striking resemblance to his daughter who had been murdered, Jack decides to use Stephanie as bait to bring out the killer. Made for British TV.
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The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2008 PG-13, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Director: Mark Herman
Cast: Asa Butterfield, Zac Mattoon O'Brien, Jack Scanlon, Henry Kingsmill, Vera Farmiga, Cara Horgan, David Thewlis, Zsuzsa Holl, Amber Beattie, Sheila Hancock, Laszlo Aron, Richard Johnson, Ivan Verebely, Bela Fesztbaum, Attila Egyed
Set during World War II, this is eight-year-old Bruno's (Asa Butterfield) story of the forbidden bond he forms with a Jewish boy Shmuel (Jack Scanlon) who is a prisoner in the concentration camp that Bruno's father (David Thewlis) commands. As their friendship grows, Bruno begins to question the Nazi doctrines that his family, including his mother (Vera Farmiga) and sister Gretel (Amber Beattie) follow, and Bruno even begins to doubt the "heroism" of his Nazi father.
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Buster 1988 R, 102 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: David Green
Cast: Phil Collins, Julie Walters, Larry Lamb, Stephanie Lawrence, Ellie Beaven, Michael Attwell, Ralph Brown, Christopher Ellison, Sheila Hancock, Martin Jarvis, Clive Wood, Anthony Quayle
Loosely based on Britain's Great Train Robbery in 1963, this is the story of petty thief and family man Buster (Phil Collins) who goes for the bigger rewards when he falls in with the train robbers. The film follows the planning of the robbery, it's execution, and events following the heist. As the thieves are arrested one-by-one, Buster is able to elude the police. He and his family finally make it to Mexico, but his wife, June (Julie Walters), wants to return–which they do at a cost. Collins' original song "Two Hearts" won a Golden Globe and was nominated for an Oscar. .
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Love and Death on Long Island 1997  N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Richard Kwietniowski
Cast: John Hurt, Jason Priestley, Fiona Loewi, Sheila Hancock, Maury Chaykin, Gawn Grainger, Elizabeth Quinn, Harvey Atkin, Linda Busby, Bill Leadbitter
Giles De'Ath (John Hurt) views a film starring Ronnie Bostock (Jason Priestley) and falls in love with the actor and obsessively adores everything about him.
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Night Must Fall 1964 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Karel Reisz
Cast: Albert Finney, Mona Washbourne, Susan Hampshire, Sheila Hancock, Michael Medwin, Joe Gladwin, Martin Wyldeck, John Gill
In this so-so remake of the good 1937 film, Albert Finney takes on the role of crazy Danny, the axe murderer. He talks his way into the Bramson home, complete with his collection of former victims' heads.
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Yes 2004 R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sally Potter
Cast: Joan Allen, Simon Abkarian, Sam Neill, Shirley Henderson, Stephanie Leonidas, Samantha Bond, Sheila Hancock, Gary Lewis, Raymond Waring, George Yiasoumi
Speaking in rhymes throughout this story, an Irish American woman (Joan Allen) and a Lebanese man (Simon Abkarian) meet at a party, embark on a torrid affair, and then go their separate ways.
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| 1. 3 Men and a Little Lady (1990)
2. The Anniversary (1968)
3. Bait (2002)
4. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas (2008)
aka: The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
5. Buster (1988)
6. Love and Death on Long Island (1997)
7. Night Must Fall (1964)
8. Yes (2004)
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