, 1h35 Directed byJulian Fellowes OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Fantasy, Adventure ThemesTime travel films, Ghost films, Children's films ActorsMaggie Smith, Timothy Spall, Carice van Houten, Alex Etel, Eliza Hope Bennett, Pauline Collins Roles la voyante Rating66% This British ghostly haunting story spanning two worlds, two centuries apart, is set in 1944, near the end of World War II. Tolly, 13, arrives at his grandmother's country house, Green Knowe, after his father is reported missing in action. His grandmother (Maggie Smith) is faced with selling Green Knowe for financial reasons. Tolly soon discovers he can magically travel in time mysteriously between the present and the 19th century in the old manor house, and he begins an adventure that unlocks family secrets laid buried for generations. Exciting events include a terrible fire, a tale of stolen jewels, and threats of a press gang.
, 1h33 Directed byChris Noonan OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Biography, Comedy-drama, Romance ThemesFilms about writers ActorsRenée Zellweger, Ewan McGregor, Emily Watson, Bill Paterson, Barbara Flynn, David Bamber Roles Lady Sybil Rating69% The story begins with Beatrix Potter nervously packing her portfolio and narrating that she is a London spinster, and that her ambition to become a children's author meets with wide disapproval. She and her chaperone, Miss Wiggin, visit the publishing house of the Warne brothers and they decide to publish her book. Beatrix is thrilled and returns home, taking a drive through the parks to celebrate first. However it is revealed that the Warne brothers think her book is ridiculous and will no doubt be a failure. The only reason they agreed to publish her story is because they promised their youngest brother, Norman, a project.
, 1h37 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama ActorsLinus Roache, Ian Hart, Nayef Rashed, Lynn Farleigh Roles John's Mother Rating67% Brian Keenan, a humourless bearded Irish academic, has moved to Beirut in the mid 1980s and works as an English teacher. As he leaves for work one day, four armed men in a car kidnap him and he is incarcerated. Keenan wakes up, almost naked, alone in an iron-clad room. Initially he refuses to eat until he is told why he is being held prisoner. He is kept on his own but eventually he is moved into a cell in a deserted house, where he is joined by another hostage, the English journalist John McCarthy, who had been reporting on Keenan’s kidnapping not long before he himself was abducted. The grumpy Brit-hating Irishman and the more pliable British journalist are forced to share their small prison cell.
, 1h35 Directed byCharles Sturridge OriginUSA GenresDrama, Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance ThemesFilms about magic and magicians, Les fées, Children's films ActorsPeter O'Toole, Harvey Keitel, Florence Hoath, Paul McGann, Elizabeth Inglis, Joseph May Rating64% Early 20th Century Europe was a time and place rife with conflicting forces, from the battlefields of World War I to the peaceful countryside of rural England. Scientific advances such as electric light and photography appeared magical to some; spiritualism was championed by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle while his friend Harry Houdini decried false mediums who prey upon grieving families. J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan charmed theatergoers of all ages. Young Frances Griffiths, whose father is missing in action, arrives by train to stay with her cousin Elsie Wright in rural Yorkshire.
, 1h31 OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Thriller, Horror ActorsDavid Hemmings, Gayle Hunnicutt, Lynn Farleigh Roles The Mother Rating56% After her young son accidentally drowns, a woman has a breakdown and is finally placed in a mental hospital. After her release, her husband takes her for a weekend at a secluded country mansion, hoping to help her recover. However, things at the mansion aren't quite what they seem to be, the couple begin to feel an uneasy and oppressive presence, and the mother starts to see things that may, or may not, be hallucinations.