UK movies

Bathory (2008)

Friday, June 25th, 2010
Genres: Drama | Fantasy | History
Countries: Czech Republic | Hungary | Slovakia | UK
Actors: Friel, Anna | Roden, Karel | Regan, Vincent | Matheson, Hans | Horváthová, Deana | Nero, Franco | Byrne, Antony | Polívka, Bolek | Mádl, Jirí | Hilmerová, Monika | Vondrácková, Lucie | Nosek, Jaromír | Majeský, Marek | Tiernan, Andrew | Vasut, Marek
Directors: Jakubisko, Juraj
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Bathory is based on the legends surrounding the life and deeds of Countess Elizabeth Bathory known as the greatest murderess in the history of mankind. Contrary to popular belief, Elizabeth Bathory was a modern Renaissance woman who ultimately fell victim to mens aspirations for power and wealth.

Elizabeth R (1971)

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Genres: Drama
Countries: UK
Actors: Jackson, Glenda | Hines, Ronald | Hardy, Robert
Directors: Wise, Herbert | Graham, Roderick | Martin, Richard | McWhinnie, Donald | Whatham, Claude
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When Elizabeth Tudor comes to the throne, her (male) advisors know she has to marry. Doesn’t she? Thus starts a decades-long political/ matrimonial game, during an age of high passions and high achievement.

One Night in Turin (2010)

Tuesday, June 15th, 2010
Genres: Documentary
Countries: UK
Actors: Francis, Elliot | Francis, Elliott
Directors: Erskine, James
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Before the Premier League and multi-million pound salaries, in England ‘football’ was a dirty word. The game was in disgrace, the fans, hooligans, the nation, it seemed, were all played out. Then there was Italia ‘90 - The World Cup - a shot at redemption. But this was no ordinary World Cup and no ordinary time. The manager, Sir Bobby Robson, was under intense media scrutiny, and his team described as ‘donkeys’. Yet over six short weeks, through their heroic exploits they united a nation, coming within a heart beat of reaching the World Cup Final. Narrated by Gary Oldman, featuring match action - from Platt’s last-gasp winner against Belgium to the silky skills of Gazza and the cool finishing of Linekar - and previously unseen footage, this is the definitive story of England’s greatest footballing adventure on foreign soil….so far.

Lusitania: Murder on the Atlantic (2007)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Documentary | Drama | History | War
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Hannah, John | Cranham, Kenneth | Panzner, Florian | Feast, Michael | Hopkins, Graham | Garrood, Madeleine | Marek, Frances | Topol, Adrian | Le Maitre, Martin | Otto, Kevin | Haacke, Karen | McCoubrey, Dean | Weideman, Andre | France, Ronald | Jennings, Steven
Directors: Spencer, Christopher
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The story of the sinking of the Lusitania in 1915 after she was torpedoed off the Irish coast. The story is told from the perspective of Prof. Holbourn (a passenger), the German U-boat and its captain and crew, and other passengers, crew and Admiralty staff.

Le Donk & Scor-zay-zee (2009)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Comedy
Countries: UK
Actors: Considine, Paddy | Graham, Richard | O'Neill, Seamus | Palinczuk, Dean | Colman, Olivia
Directors: Meadows, Shane
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An improvised comedy, shot over five days by Shane Meadows, devised with and starring Paddy Considine. Rock roadie and failed musician, Le Donk has lived, loved and learned. Along the way he’s lost a girlfriend but he has found a new sidekick in up-and-coming rap prodigy Scor-zay-zee. With Meadows’ fly-on-the-wall crew in tow, Donk sets out to make Scor-zay-zee a star…with a little help from the Arctic Monkeys… This low-budget rockumentary follows Le Donk and Scorz on their journey of a lifetime; it’s an unpredictable, irrepressible ode to spontaneous filmmaking - and to a burgeoning UK rap talent

Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel (2009)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Comedy | Sci-Fi
Countries: UK
Actors: O'Dowd, Chris | Wootton, Marc | Kelly, Dean Lennox | Faris, Anna | MacNeill, Meredith | Gardner, Ray | Ewans, Nick | Nightingale, Arthur | Adams, Paul | Attanasio, Dario | Snowden, John | Warman, John
Directors: Carrivick, Gareth
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The script, written by Jamie Mathieson, follows three social outcasts — two geeks and a cynic — as they attempt to navigate a time-travel conundrum in the middle of a British pub. Faris plays a girl from the future who sets the adventure in motion.

Deep Blue (2003)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Documentary
Countries: Germany | UK
Actors: Gambon, Michael | Attenborough, David | Brosnan, Pierce | Glaubrecht, Frank | Perrin, Jacques | Volonitz, Dalik
Directors: Byatt, Andy
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Alastair Fothergill’s nature documentary Deep Blue consists of 90 minutes of footage of undersea creatures — living, surviving, fighting, and dying. Similar to like-minded documentaries such as Winged Migration and MicroCosmos, Deep Blue features footage from locations throughout the world. The great British actor Michael Gambon provides the narration, which favors involving the viewer emotionally over providing enlightening factual information on the creatures. The 22 segments of the film conclude with footage of how man has affected life under the sea. This film was originally produced for the British television series The Blue Planet. According to the filmmakers, some of the creatures seen here have never been previously recorded on film.

Valhalla Rising (2009)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Action | Adventure
Countries: Denmark | UK
Actors: Bridges, Rony | Brown, Gordon | Flanagan, Andrew | Harrison, Robert | Lewis, Gary | McBeath, P.B. | McCormack, Gary | Mikkelsen, Mads | Mitchell, Callum | Morton, Alexander | Porter, Stewart | Ramsey, James | Russell, Douglas | Sives, Jamie | Stevenson, Maarten
Directors: Winding Refn, Nicolas
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1000 AD, for years, One Eye, a mute warrior of supernatural strength, has been held prisoner by the Norse chieftain Barde. Aided by Are, a boy slave, One Eye slays his captor and together he and Are escape, beginning a journey into the heart of darkness. On their flight, One Eye and Are board a Viking vessel, but the ship is soon engulfed by an endless fog that clears only as the crew sights an unknown land. As the new world reveals its secrets and the Vikings confront their terrible and bloody fate, One Eye discovers his true self.

How the Earth Was Made (2009)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: History
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Johnson, Corey
Directors: Strange, Robert
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How could the planet that was once a simmering sea of radioactive, molten rock evolve to become the universe’s greatest refuge for human life? This is the question asked by filmmaker Peter Chin as he descends deep into the volcanoes that formed the planet’s crust and dives to the bottom of the ocean to explore the first evidence of life on Earth. Beginning in the distant past and stretching into the far-off future, this documentary utilizes cutting edge special effects and breathtaking footage from remote locations in order to find out not only where life came from, but where it could be heading as well.

The Heavy (2010)

Monday, June 14th, 2010
Genres: Thriller
Countries: UK | USA
Actors: Stretch, Gary | Ryan, Lee | Marsh, Jean | Bell, Geoff | Harris, George | Andrews, Luing | Ardley, Sam | Bardini, Dean | Durden, Richard | F., Adam | Fogerty, Adam | Graham, Rufus | Jones, Vinnie | Lee, Christopher | Palmer, Austen
Directors: Warren, Marcus
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Sibling rivalry turned into betrayal between two brothers. One a prime candidate for Prime Minister, the other a henchman for a successful, yet shady businessman. Presented with an opportunity to take revenge against his brother, our anti-hero must come to terms with the truth in a world where you can trust no one and loyalty is rare.