Another Country 1984  PG, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Marek Kanievska
Cast: Rupert Everett, Colin Firth, Michael Jenn, Robert Addie, Betsy Brantley, Rupert Wainwright, Tristan Oliver, Cary Elwes, Geoffrey Bateman, Philip Dupuy, Frederick Alexander, Adrian Ross Magenty, Tristram Jellinek, Anna Massey
Set in a 1930s' English boarding school, this adaptation of Julian Mitchell's play is faithful in its delivery of exploring how his homosexuality leads Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) to Marxist politics and then on to espionage.
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The Dock Brief 1962 N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Comedy
aka: Trial and Error
Director: James Hill
Cast: Peter Sellers, Richard Attenborough, Beryl Reid, David Lodge, Frank Pettingell, Tristram Jellinek, Audrey Nicholson, Eric Woodburn, John Waite, Frank Thornton
Aging lawyer Morgenhall (Peter Sellers) gets the chance for his big moment in court when he defends a husband accused of murdering his wife.
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A Handful of Dust 1988  PG, 118 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Charles Sturridge
Cast: James Wilby, Kristin Scott-Thomas, Rupert Graves, Judi Dench, Anjelica Huston, Alec Guinness, Richard Leech, Tristram Jellinek
This is a great film, with an unerring eye for detail, adapted from Evelyn Waugh's novel about the disintegration of the marriage of Tony (James Wilby) and Brenda (Kristin Scott-Thomas). Although money is far from being their problem, this couple cannot get their act together to form a mature relationship.
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M. Butterfly 1993  R, 101 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: David Cronenberg
Cast: Jeremy Irons, John Lone, Barbara Sukowa, Ian Richardson, Annabel Leventon, Shizuko Hoshi, Vernon Dobtcheff, Tristram Jellinek, Richard McMillan, David Hemblen, David Neal, Damir Andrei, Antony Parr, Margaret Ma, Philip McGough
While impersonating a woman, Song Liling (John Lone) is an opera singer who manages to have an 18-year love affair with French Embassy accountant Rene Gallimard (Jeremy Irons). When Gallimard is promoted to vice consul, Song spies on him for the Communists. Finally, Gallimard sees Song nude and flees from the relationship. Later, Gallimard is arrested and put on trial for treason, and the affair with Song is revealed while Gallimard maintains that he had no idea of the ruse.
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Morons from Outer Space 1985  PG-13, 87 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Mike Hodges
Cast: Mel Smith, Griff Rhys Jones, James Sikking, Paul Brown, Joanne Pearce, Jimmy Nail, Tristram Jellinek, George Innes, John Joyce, Mark Lewis Jones
Yes, aliens can also be stupid, and this movie is, at times, also stupid. While the least moronic alien, Bernard (Mel Smith), is out of the spaceship playing Space Ball, the other three accidentally shoot the pod they are in to the planet–Earth–below. They land, and the hilarity begins while Bernard hitches a ride with another alien ship. Some funny moments.
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Plenty 1985  R, 119 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fred Schepisi
Cast: Meryl Streep, John Gielgud, Sting, Sam Neill, Charles Dance, Tracey Ullman, Ian McKellen, Burt Kwouk, Tristram Jellinek, Andre Maranne
After World War II, a former French Resistance member (Meryl Streep) returns to London where her idealism turns to frustration over personal as well as political happenings.
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Top Secret! 1984 PG, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Action / Romance
Director: Jim Abrahams, David Zucker, Jerry Zucker
Cast: Val Kilmer, Lucy Gutteridge, Michael Gough, Omar Sharif, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Cushing, Ian McNeice, Warren Clarke, Tristram Jellinek, Christopher Villiers, Harry Ditson, Jim Carter, Eddie Tagoe, Gertan Klauber, Billy J. Mitchell
Rock 'n roll singer Nick Rivers (Val Kilmer) is invited to East Germany to perform in a cultural festival, which turns out to be a cover for the Germans' plan to secretly attack a submarine fleet. While in East Germany, Nick falls in love with Hillary (Lucy Gutteridge) whose father, Dr. Paul Flannon (Michael Gough), is a scientist being held captive by the Communists. The movie turns into a spy adventure when Nick becomes involved in espionage while trying to bring Hillary's father to the West. Hilarious. This film marks Val Kilmer's film debut.
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| 1. Another Country (1984)
2. The Dock Brief (1962)
aka: Trial and Error
3. A Handful of Dust (1988)
4. M. Butterfly (1993)
5. Morons from Outer Space (1985)
6. Plenty (1985)
7. Top Secret! (1984)
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