Directed byPete Travis GenresDrama ActorsBen Batt, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Campbel Moore, Samuel Joslin, Lesley Manville, Vanessa Redgrave Roles Writer Rating67% Leo, an elderly man, is travelling back to the place where he spent the summer of 1900 as the guest of a much wealthier school friend, Marcus Maudsley. On his journey he recalls the events surrounding his original visit, during which he had celebrated his thirteenth birthday and also become besotted with his friend’s older sister Marian, whose family strongly hoped that she would marry local aristocrat Viscount Trimingham.
, 1h39 Directed bySimon Curtis, Simon Curtis OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Romance ThemesFilms about films, Films about television ActorsMichelle Williams, Kenneth Branagh, Eddie Redmayne, Julia Ormond, Emma Watson, Judi Dench Rating68% Following his graduation from university in 1956, aspiring filmmaker Colin Clark (Eddie Redmayne) travels to London to get a job on Laurence Olivier's (Kenneth Branagh) next production. Hugh Perceval (Michael Kitchen) tells Colin that there are no jobs available, but he decides to wait for Olivier, whom he once met at a party. Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh (Julia Ormond), eventually show up and Vivien encourages Olivier to give Colin a job on his upcoming film The Prince and the Showgirl, starring Marilyn Monroe (Michelle Williams). Colin's first task is to find a suitable place for Marilyn and her husband, Arthur Miller (Dougray Scott), to stay at while they are in England. The press find out about the house, but Colin reveals he secured a second house just in case, impressing Olivier and Marilyn's publicist, Arthur P. Jacobs (Toby Jones).
, 3h55 Directed byJoe Wright GenresDrama, Documentary, Historical, Romance ActorsRufus Sewell, Ian McDiarmid, Rupert Graves, Helen McCrory, Christian Coulson, Shirley Henderson Roles Writer Rating74% It covers the life of Charles II - beginning just before his Restoration to the throne in 1660. He was deeply traumatized by the execution of his father in 1649, after the former's defeat in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms; it begins, however, with his penurious exile in Antwerp in 1658. The film's emphasis is on his court, and his conflicts with Parliament - essentially the same issues which led to the Civil War between his father and the House of Commons, the politics of whom would succeed him - and his relationships with his family, his mistresses and his illegitimate son James, Duke of Monmouth.
, 2h25 Directed byStuart Orme OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantasy, Action, Adventure ThemesFilms about animals, Dinosaur films, La préhistoire, Animaux préhistoriques ActorsBob Hoskins, James Fox, Matthew Rhys, Tom Ward, Elaine Cassidy, Peter Falk Rating66% While on a journey through the remote regions of the Amazon rainforest, a long extinct animal shot by Professor George Challenger's (Bob Hoskins) team turns out to be a prehistoric pterosaur. During a lecture at the Natural History Museum of London, he argues that it is genuine and that he shot it several months ago. The lecturer, Professor Leo Summerlee (James Fox) dismisses it as nothing more than a clever hoax, as do several others. Eventually ambitious Lord John Roxton (Tom Ward), a noted hunter and womanizer, and Daily Gazette columnist Edward Malone (Matthew Rhys) announce they will volunteer for the expedition and even Summerlee joins them.
Directed bySimon Curtis GenresDrama ThemesFilms about children ActorsCiarán McMenamin, Emilia Fox, Maggie Smith, Daniel Radcliffe, Pauline Quirke, Michael Elphick Roles Adaptation Rating76% Angleterre, XIX siècle. David Copperfield est venu au monde après la mort de son père. Sa mère décide de se remarier à Murdstone, un homme vil et cruel. De nouveau enceinte, celle-ci décède en couches laissant David seul face à son beau-père qui le persécute et l'envoie travailler dans un entrepôt. Le petit garçon est mis en pension chez la famille Micawber dont il se fera des amis. Mais quand ceux-ci quittent Londres, il décide de partir pour Douvres, seul endroit où il lui reste un membre de sa famille, sa tante Betsey Trotwood. Murdstone est averti de la fuite du jeune Copperfield et tente de le récupérer auprès de Mrs. Trotwood mais elle décidera de le garder et de l'élever. Reprenant ses études, il va alors loger chez Mr. Wickfield qui a une fille, Agnès, amoureuse de David.
, 1h45 Directed byPhilip Saville OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesTransport films, Rail transport films ActorsChristian Bale, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein, Lee Ross, John Wood, Amanda Ryan Roles Writer Rating62% In 1977, Chris (Christian Bale) and Marion (Emily Watson) are leading a quiet married life with their child in Eastwood in the London suburbs known as Metroland, the staid commuter region at the end of the London Underground's Metropolitan Line. Their predictable life is disrupted by an early morning phone call from Chris's boyhood friend Toni (Lee Ross), who has returned to England after several years of wandering through Africa, Europe, and the United States as a bohemian poet. Years before, the two shared a dream of fleeing slow suburban death to live in avant-garde splendor in Paris. Toni's return sparks memories in Chris about their frenetic days in Paris in the late 1960s.
, 1h42 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Romance ActorsSaskia Reeves, David O'Hara, Joss Ackland, Rosemary Harris, Anthony Higgins, Geraldine James Roles Writer Rating67% In the hot summer of 1887, life seems idyllic when Isobel Hetherington and her three young daughters moved into their seaside residence. But when Phillip Wilson Steer arrives for his annual painting visit, a chain of events set off to change their lives forever. Overcome by his first sight of Isobel, Steer immediately decides to capture her on canvas; and as the painting grows, so does their love for each other. But jealousy and tragedy eventually force them to confront reality.
Directed byPete Travis GenresDrama ActorsBen Batt, Jim Broadbent, Stephen Campbel Moore, Samuel Joslin, Lesley Manville, Vanessa Redgrave Roles Executive Producer Rating67% Leo, an elderly man, is travelling back to the place where he spent the summer of 1900 as the guest of a much wealthier school friend, Marcus Maudsley. On his journey he recalls the events surrounding his original visit, during which he had celebrated his thirteenth birthday and also become besotted with his friend’s older sister Marian, whose family strongly hoped that she would marry local aristocrat Viscount Trimingham.
, 1h45 Directed byPhilip Saville OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesTransport films, Rail transport films ActorsChristian Bale, Emily Watson, Elsa Zylberstein, Lee Ross, John Wood, Amanda Ryan Roles Associate Producer Rating62% In 1977, Chris (Christian Bale) and Marion (Emily Watson) are leading a quiet married life with their child in Eastwood in the London suburbs known as Metroland, the staid commuter region at the end of the London Underground's Metropolitan Line. Their predictable life is disrupted by an early morning phone call from Chris's boyhood friend Toni (Lee Ross), who has returned to England after several years of wandering through Africa, Europe, and the United States as a bohemian poet. Years before, the two shared a dream of fleeing slow suburban death to live in avant-garde splendor in Paris. Toni's return sparks memories in Chris about their frenetic days in Paris in the late 1960s.