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Ron Donachie Movies
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Genres:
Adventure
Comedy
Crime
Drama
Starring:
Charlie Cox,
Kate Mara,
Billy Boyd,
Robert Carlyle,
Ciaron Kelly,
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Since around the 9th century, tradition holds that Scottish monarchs
took their place upon the Stone of Scone during their coronation
ceremony, until 1296 when it was captured by Edward I and placed in
Westminster Abbey under a seat upon which English sovereigns were
crowned, thereby showing the English power over the Scots. "Stone of
Destiny" tells the true story of Ian Hamilt...
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Genres:
Action
Biography
Drama
History
War
Starring:
Aksel Hennie,
Agnes Kittelsen,
Nicolai Cleve Broch,
Ken Duken,
Christian Rubeck,
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Although being a Norwagian WWII film, Max Manus has that international
appeal because it's about something the whole world experienced.Following Max and his saboteur friends is a real pleasure and a very
realistic depiction of the occupation of Norway. It's the first time i
have seen a Norwagian film of this "epic" quality and i hope we get
more in the future.If you have se...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
David Tennant,
Sarah Parish,
Harry Treadaway,
Jacob Theato,
Jay Simpson,
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Genres:
Drama
Romance
Starring:
Rafe Spall,
Louise Delamere,
Mary Healey,
Gerard Horan,
David Fairweather,
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Brilliant acting, photography, dialogue, you name it. This is a
fantastic production from the BBC and Andrew Davies does it again with
his great screen writing. Rafe Spall is wonderful as Keith, providing a
sensitive and genuine spark of reality into his performance. Definitely
a talent to watch. The actor who plays Keith as an old man also
deserves an award for being absolutel...
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Genres:
Drama
Sport
Starring:
Jonny Lee Miller,
Sean Brown,
Joseph Carney,
Crawford McInally-Kier,
Jan Plazalski,
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An inspiring movie I had the pleasure of seeing at the Edinburgh film
festival. I was briefly in the same cycling club as Obree. I followed
his career and read his autobiography. I still cycle today and boy was
I pleasantly surprised at the twists, turns and intrigue which come out
in the movie; it gave me new perspectives on a complex and colourful
life.What Obree did was monu...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Ken Stott,
Christine Tremarco,
Ron Donachie,
Stacy Hart,
Elaine Cassidy,
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I'm surprised no one has posted commentary yet on this compelling
telepic. Contrary to what some believe to be an attempt to "soften"
Hitler, what this film manages to do is to add the dimension of
humanity - in a most grotesque form - to the monster he was. Ken Stott is riveting as Hitler in his rise to infamy. Along the way,
he picks up his young, vital niece, Geli (the dynamic E...
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Genres:
Drama
Starring:
Joseph Fiennes,
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Iain Glen,
Hugh Bonneville,
Lomama Boseki,
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Yes, this film is perhaps a tad "worthy" and it certainly does aspire
to be bigger and more important than it is, however, it is, for all
that, vastly more interesting than most Hollywood high street fodder.
The film presents some interesting observations on societal issues as
well as the central humanistic drama. It excoriates the notion of man's
inhumanity,or humanity, toward...
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Genres:
Drama
Crime
Starring:
Marc Warren,
Kirsty Mitchell,
Al Sapienza,
Ralf Little,
Julian Littman,
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Having read the blurb about this picture, I was expecting a knockabout
English period farce at a very low budget. I was wrong. This is a nicely
written, well shot (in Liverpool) period drama which transcends its meagre
budget. The characters are well sketched and their working class
backgrounds counterpoint the slick American peformances offered up by the
likes of Al Sapienz...
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Genres:
Starring:
Ian Richardson,
Charles Edwards,
Rik Mayall,
Annette Crosbie,
Beatie Edney,
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The plot line is intriguing but not insoluble for the careful and
observant
viewer. What makes this episode of MYSTERY worth watching is the
customary
silk-smooth performance of Ian Richardson as Dr. Joseph Bell and the
astonishing and subtle characterization of Rik Mayall as a police
inspector.
For all those who remember Mayall only as the egregious DROP DEAD FRED,
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Genres:
Comedy
Thriller
Crime
Drama
Starring:
Susan Lynch,
Iain Glen,
Jake D'Arcy,
Rachel Weisz,
Tom Mannion,
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I felt like I had to leap to the defence of ‘Beautiful Creatures' after
what
everyone had been saying about it. I made it my film of the month in my
college magazine film pages. I loved it! I think that not only is it a
great
British film but a great film full stop. I know it only survived two weeks
and was slated by the critics. I think perhaps lots of people were put...
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Genres:
Family
Adventure
Romance
Starring:
Jason Scott Lee,
Cary Elwes,
Lena Headey,
Sam Neill,
John Cleese,
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One of my favorite childhood memories of all time, the live action
Jungle Book, in 1967 we had a classic animated movie of the same title,
it's a great movie, has fun music and terrific characters. When my
family bought the movie The Jungle Book, I don't think they realized
the surprise that we got when we just enjoyed watching this film. It's
strange because thi...
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