OriginUnited-kingdom GenresScience fiction, Thriller, Horror ThemesFilms about magic and magicians ActorsSimon Callow, Paul McDowell, John Shrapnel, Terence Bayler, Esmé Bianco, Richard Franklin Roles Professor Brent Rating47% Upon entering a VR machine, Professor Oliver Haddo, a modern Cambridge scholar, becomes possessed by the spirit of the infamous occultist Aleister Crowley, as the machine's program has been corrupted by a former follower of Crowley. Resurrected 50 years after his death, Crowley begins his occult practices anew, seeking a new "scarlet bride" whom he can marry in an occult ceremony which will increase his power.
, 2h32 Directed byChris Columbus OriginUnited-kingdom GenresFantastic, Fantasy, Adventure ThemesFilms about education, Films about children, Films about magic and magicians, Harry Potter, Ghost films, Children's films ActorsDaniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, Robbie Coltrane, Richard Harris, Maggie Smith Roles Baron Sanglant Rating77% Harry Potter is a seemingly ordinary boy, living with his hostile relatives, the Dursleys in Surrey. On his eleventh birthday, Harry learns from a mysterious stranger, Rubeus Hagrid, that he is actually a wizard, famous in the Wizarding World for surviving an attack by the evil Lord Voldemort when Harry was only a baby. Voldemort killed Harry's parents, but his attack on Harry rebounded, leaving only a lightning-bolt scar on Harry's forehead and rendering Voldemort powerless. Hagrid reveals to Harry that he has been invited to attend Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. After buying his school supplies from the hidden London street, Diagon Alley, Harry boards the train to Hogwarts via the concealed Platform 9¾ in King's Cross Station.
, 2h14 Directed byJames Ivory OriginUnited-kingdom GenresDrama, Romance ThemesFilms about the labor movement ActorsAnthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve, Hugh Grant, Ben Chaplin Roles Trimmer Rating77% In 1950s post-war Britain, Mr. Stevens, the butler of Darlington Hall, receives a letter from Miss Kenton, a recently divorced former co-worker employed as the housekeeper some twenty years earlier. Lord Darlington has died a broken man, his reputation destroyed after he had been denounced as a Nazi-sympathiser in the Daily Mail, and his stately country manor has been sold to a retired American Congressman, Mr. Lewis. Stevens is granted permission to borrow his Daimler, and he sets off to the West Country to meet Kenton.
, 1h32 Directed byTerry Jones OriginUnited-kingdom GenresComedy, Fantasy ThemesFilms set in Africa, Films about religion, Films based on the Bible, Portrayals of Jesus in film ActorsGraham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Chris Langham, Eric Idle, Terry Jones Roles Gregory Rating79% Brian Cohen is born in a stable next door to the one in which Jesus is born, which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the future King of the Jews. Brian grows up an idealistic young man who resents the continuing Roman occupation of Judea. While attending Jesus' Sermon on the Mount, Brian becomes infatuated with an attractive young rebel, Judith. His desire for her and hatred for the Romans lead him to join the People's Front of Judea, one of many fractious and bickering independence movements, who spend more time fighting each other than the Romans.
, 1h9 Directed byRoger Mirams GenresDrama, Romance ActorsTerence Bayler Rating60% The film is about the relationship between Tom Sullivan, a Pākehā journalist, and Rawi, a Māori woman. Sullivan meets Rawi while researching articles on rural Māori life, and he stays for a time with Rawi's family. Rawi's family disapproves of her relationship with a Pākehā man, ending in a quarrel. Later, however, the two are re-united in the city, where Rawi goes to work as a nurse. The two resume their romance, but this time meet with opposition from Sullivan's family and friends, who do not wish him to be involved with a Māori woman. Sullivan eventually comes to agree with their views, and the couple separate once again. Sullivan has a change of heart, however, when he saved from a fire by a Māori friend's sacrifice. Sullivan and Rawi are reunited.